Wildlife at Your Window

In Zambia, Old Mondoro sits right on the bank of the Zambezi River, just where the elephant cross. In fact, elephant often wander straight through the camp on their way to drink and bathe, in large family groups.

“First time in Africa, first day, not even left camp, and I had an elephant searching my boots for seed pods with its trunk! Just half an hour before, my guide had told me I’d never get closer to an African elephant on foot than I was right then — roughly 10 feet away behind a fallen tree on the edge of the lagoon at the camps boundary — how wrong he was! To this day, this is still my favourite place on the planet.”

PAUL HAWLEY
HEAD OF JOURNEYS

Costa Rica’s Lapa Rios offers a completely different environment — it’s surrounded by the rainforests of the Osa Peninsula. 17 private bungalows line the top of the ridges, putting you on the same level as the birds swooping above the forest canopy. Monkeys might chase you along the wooden walkways, and tree frogs will jump across your path. Toucans and macaws are the most colourful of neighbours, their bright plumage clearly visible even from some distance away.

You might as well be inside an aviary, such is the concentration of tropical birdlife around you. You can sit in bed and rack up lifers just looking out of the French doors — to date, 325 species have been recorded in and around the lodge. The black-cheeked ant tanager is a particularly special local sighting.

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