The first critical task was to set up the solar plant that would ultimately service and run both properties. The moment the team turned on the first electric kettle there was a ‘hooray’ that rippled through the camp! The environment certainly wasn’t easy, and the team faced daily challenges, but things began to come full circle and lots of progress was being made.
Our team ranged from semi-skilled local contractors to unskilled first timers who had never had real employment before. This was a challenge but Paul, Michael and the skilled workers engaged daily to empower and develop the team. It was extremely important to us that we employed local and as a family our ideas remained integral in the design.
We were able to maintain all our staff throughout Covid and many of them are still employed by Sungani today. Load by load our materials started to arrive. Given the fact we had one road in and out meant a lot of what you see has been hand-built from scratch and created onsite.
Everything came from Lusaka on our large truck, offloaded in Mfuwe at our storage container and finally loaded onto our military DAF truck to make the long journey to camp – check it out here.
Our investment goes far beyond the properties themselves and into the wider area. We own and maintain all our own equipment in order to build, create and maintain road networks. Alongside this we also maintain our airstrip.
The lack of access was one of the most challenging aspects that the area presented. This in turn resulted in the wildlife suffering at the hands of poachers. Whilst there are now limited to no instances of poaching in the area that we operate in we still maintain on high alert. Our presence and the fundamental work of our conservation partners namely DNPW, CSL and ZCP means there has been a rapid increase in wildlife. This is well documented on our social media platforms. As the building continued everything began to take shape. You can see a video of this here.

 All of our family has been involved, even our grandad who turned 104 this year. He visited in 2019 whilst we were building. Here is Michael working on this beautiful table to commemorate his 100th birthday. You will see the table perfectly placed on the main deck at Sungani.
 The brand is a testament to safaris of old. Personal touches from generations are scattered throughout both properties to give you a sense of ‘our home’.
SIGHTINGS NOVEMBER 2022

 Sightings this month have been fantastic! The Sungani Pride remain present in the area and very active with daily sightings. We have seen them hunt, kill and fight over a carcass with crocodiles.
 The Three Rivers Pride have also been very active in the Kulandila and Chinengwe area with wonderful sightings of the entire pride.

 Some our guests in early November were lucky enough to witness wild dog being collared as part of our ongoing work with ZCP.
In the last few days we have had huge herds of elephant, zebra, roan, leopards with a kill and a couple of giraffe being born to name a few…
Just yesterday we had a leopard roaming through Sungani by tent 4. This is becoming very frequent.
 We are closed now until the start of Green Season which is 25th January 2023.
I hope this story has inspired you to visit and help you understand what your contribution can make possible.
Warm regards,
Jordan
SOURCE: SUNGANI.COM |