Shoebill Island Camp, situated on an island in the Bangweulu Wetlands, offers accommodation in safari tents under thatch roofs and reed cottages. Each of the 5 tents has 2 beds, an ensuite shower and flush toilet. The island has panoramic views over the swamps and gets its name from the Shoebill, which are in reach of the camp between May and July. Boating can be arranged in banana boats or dugout canoes. Guests can also be taken on guided walks over the reedbeds and game drives are also available. Later in the year when the waters dry and recede, day and night drives and bush walks area enjoyed.
Bangweulu is a great place for birdwatchers as it attracts a profusion of waterfowl. The papyrus swamps along the Lukulu river are also the breeding ground of the Shoebill, a massive grey, do-do like bird found nowhere else in the sub-region. Bangweulu is probably the best place remaining in the world to see Shoebill storks in the wild. As well as birdlife, guests here can also hope to see elephant, buffalo, tsessebe, reedbuck, oribi and sitatunga in this wetland environment.
