Say hello to kayilacamp.com. Situated in the vast 8,000 acre private conservancy of the game management area outside Lower Zambezi National Park, Kayila is the perfect first stop of the exceptional Zambezi Experience.

I slammed on the breaks and pointed into the distance, there was an impala ewe giving birth, it was the last thing I wanted to see before leaving the Zambezi Valley. We watched from quite a distance, this is where binoculars come in handy. Both Shannon and I were in absolute awe but the ewe didn’t seem to be very happy about the current situation.

I remember going on many safari holidays as a child and I absolutely loved them, but the worst was always when the sun set and darkness filled the sky. My bed time was fairly early and I dreaded my parents switching off the lights because I was most certainly afraid of the dark.

The sun had just set behind the Zambezi Escarpment and the last of the light was starting to fade. The birds were singing one last tune and the baboons walked across the floodplain to the trees that line the dry Mushika River where they slept most nights.

The Lower Zambezi National Park is a massive unfenced wilderness area which means that the animals are free to roam wherever they please. This also means that they tend to find themselves in a bit of trouble, as humans have decided to set up shop along the Zambezi River in many different ways.

Before the sun has even risen over the mighty Zambezi River the sounds of the bush can be heard. The groans of a disgruntled buffalo, whooping hyena in the distance and, of course, the bellowing calls of hippo are amongst the most common sounds you’ll hear on safari. However, the birds never seem to stop tweeting in the lower Zambezi Valley.