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Shenton Safaris have specialized, photographic hides guaranteed to get your guests close enough to the wildlife to capture incredible shots– in complete safety. The most famous are the Hippo Hide, Elephant Hide, Carmine Bee-eater Hide, and Last Waterhole Hide. They also have a host of mobile rigs for on-the-spot wildlife action. National Geographic, BBC and Discovery channel use these hides regularly in filming wildlife documentaries. Shenton Safaris’ Kaingo and Mwamba camps are the creations of the Shenton family, which has a proud history of three generations of wildlife conservation. Derek Shenton, who built Kaingo in 1992 and now runs these camps with his wife Juliet, is the son of Barry Shenton, former Warden of Kafue National Park and grandson of Capt. Lindsay Shenton, former warden of Hluhluwe National Park. Kaingo and Mwamba are renown for exceptional game-viewing in a beautiful, yet relaxed atmosphere. Experts have dubbed South Luangwa one of the greatest wildlife sanctuaries in the world, and not without reason. The concentration of game around the Luangwa River and its Ox-bow lagoons is among the most intense in Africa. Shenton Safaris is located deep within the richest game viewing area of the South Luangwa National Park. The areas surrounding their camps are incredibly abundant in wildlife, particularly the big cats. There are 10 leopards and two strong Lion Prides in this area, named the Mwamba Pride and the Hollywood Pride, the latter being so named due to the vast amount of time documentary filmmakers have spent following them.
