A short 15-minute boat ride from Lukulu, the lodge sits at the edge of one of Africa’s last great wetland wildernesses.
Matoya Fishing Lodge lies on the Barotse Floodplains — a remote, wild stretch of the upper Zambezi River, 20 minutes by boat from the town of Lukulu.
Matoya Fishing Lodge lies on the Barotse Floodplains — a remote, wild stretch of the upper Zambezi River, 15 minutes by boat from the town of Lukulu.
Tarred road through Mongu to Lukulu via Kaoma. Self-drive or arranged transfer. A long, beautiful day on the road.
M10 north via Senanga and Mongu, continuing to Lukulu. The classic overland route through Western Province.
Charter flights into the Lukulu gravel airstrip from JHB/Lanseira via Livingstone. The fastest, cleanest arrival.
Getting to Matoya is part of the adventure. The road bends through Western Province, the bush plane drops onto a gravel strip, the boat slips out from Lukulu — and slowly the rest of the world falls away.
Reel in a river monster on the Barotse Floodplains — the finest freshwater sport fishing in Southern Africa.
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