I recently returned from a press trip to the Kafue National Park in Zambia. It's claim to fame, the largest National Park in Africa. We were fortunate enough to visit two lodges situated on the serene Kafue River.
Wilderness Safaris' Lufupa tented camp and Hippo lodge. Both lodges offered outstanding hospitality and due to the location on the Kafue River, beautiful views and river based activities.
A Lufupa sunset boat trip treated us to a fresh new vantage point from which to watch a leopard surveying all that flowed by as it caught the last rays of a setting sun.
Of all the leopard I've seen, it may not have been the most up close and personal but given our position relative to his, it has to be labelled a "wow" experience. Unique it was but that brings me to the unique experience that I alluded to earlier.
Right from the word go, a banana boat transfer to Hippo Lodge, there wasn't time to get bored and wonder what next at Hippo. We were spoiled by one activity after the next, game drives, bream fishing & island brunches but the most memorable of all, the unique experience unlike any other I've had in any bushveld location was arriving shortly after sunset directly off a game drive at an "oasis", crystal blue waters enclosed by richly coloured volcanic rocks. The rising bubbles indicating that this was no ordinary pool, this was a hot spring, heat bubbling up from somewhere near the core of the earth to heat these mineral rich waters. 
Floating weightless in water the same temperature as our bodies surrounded by 24000 square kilometres of woodland bushveld and nocturnal sounds permeated by the popping of tiny bubbles rising from beneath the water, gazing at the Milky Way overhead is an experience that cannot be justified by words.
Yes, it could be labelled a selling point but I hesitate to publish this in fear of betraying a deeply kept secret. It is an experience that must be shared but such a place, a place as unique should be guarded closely. The "gatekeeper" Hippo lodge is one that I can highly recommend as a unique bush destination and one that will offer you unparalleled experiences.
