Zambezi Trader

Zambezi Trader

Hull Type

Pontoon

Length

160ft long, 48ft wide and weighs 220 tons

Powered By

two 200hp, diesel Cummings engines

Cruising Speed

7 knots

Electrical Power

2 x 60kva 3 phase and a 20kva 3 phase gensets. Square plug points, clients will need to bring adaptors if necessary

Please Note:  Generator will be switched off at 10pm which is Government Stipulated Lake Rules. 

PAX

50 on overnight charters, 150 for day cruises

Crew

7 permanent, extra hired dependant on booking requests

Genral Info

The ship is comprised of 3 decks

For overnight cruising safaris it has 23 all air-conditioned cabins with total capacity of 50 sleeping comfortably but lots of space for additional mattresses on decks of your choice.

  • Upper C-Deck – houses 5 luxury double-bedded executive suites (presidential, king and 3 x queen suites) all with private verandas (total capacity 10). This deck also has a large covered area with a bar and suitable for different functions (weddings, parties, conferences etc)
  • Middle B-deck – houses 2 bunk rooms, each with twin beds and 1 bunk (total capacity 8). The main dining room, bar and lounge with DStv and an infinity pool are also on this deck
  • Bottom A – Deck with 16 twin bedded en-suite railway design cabins (total capacity 32)

AIRCON

Yes

SPLASH POOL

Yes

Tender Boats

4 x tender boats
  • Trader 1 – 115 Hp Mariner engine (pontoon);
  • Trader 2 – 85 Hp Yamaha engine (pontoon);
  • Trader 3 – 85 Hp Yamaha engine (speed boat); and
  • Trader 4 – 30 Hp Mariner engine (aluminium haul)
Please Note: Tender Boats are for Game Drives and fishing in the vicinity of the houseboat and are strictly crew driven. Should you require a speed boat for long distance fishing, please either bring your own which will be towed behind the houseboat leaving behind one of the houseboat tenders, (please bring your own rope for towing and fuel) or you can hire a speed boat from Marineland. (Contact us for details)

EXTRA FACILITIES

Full DSTV with satellite tracking so guests won’t miss out on any of their favourite programmes

Additional Info

There are 2 bar area’s that can be stocked by the boat for the charter. There are several games on board. Combination lock(safe) provided

Registration Number

KF2315

Boarding

12 noon 
Disembarking: 10:00a.m

Mooring

Kariba Safari Lodge

*overnight parking will be charged at USD3 per vehicle per night

**Please note that whilst every effort has been made to ensure the details supplied above are correct we cannot be held responsible in any way should an item mentioned above not be on board/broken or miss quoted.