Let me tell ya ’bout the birds and the bees And the flowers and the trees And the moon up above And a thing called “Love” – Jewel Akens Southern carmine bee-eaters spend much of the year nesting on the clay banks of the Luangwa River in Zambia and, beginning…
Celebrating Community ~ With Delicious Journeys & Relais & Châteaux
At Royal Chundu, delicious means connecting the threads of community. In our new Delicious Journeys video, filmed with Etched Space for Relais & Châteaux’s inspiring global #deliciousjourneys campaign, one Chitenge cloth shows the story of how this iconic local fabric and the spirit of community connects us and all that…
“Why should we garden, when there are so many mongongo trees in the world?” ~ !Kung tribesman You may come across the mongongo tree, mongongo nut or manketti tree (Schinziophyton rautanenii) and imagine your younger self resting or climbing up, up, up on its sturdy sky-bound branches. If not you,…
How To Make A Zambian Doormat We’re excited to bring you the next lesson in The Royal Chundu Homeschool, compliments of Aggie! Thank you for Lesson #45 Teacher Ags! ~ How to make your own handmade recycled Zambian Chitenge doormat! ~ using Chitenge offcuts! This isn’t just about making something…
For Each Vote We’ll Donate An Extra Pack Of Seeds To The Village! We are honoured to be nominated as Zambia’s Leading Safari Lodge in this year’s World Travel Awards – for the 11th year running (in this, our 10th year as a running lodge)! We would love if you’d…
Small Steps & Good Deeds Through the Royal Chundu Online Shop
We’re incredibly grateful for all the support our sweet little shop has garnered thus far! Not only for the joy of sharing our vibrant Chitenge cheer and the patterns of the Zambezi with you, but also because it’s meant that our Zambezi makers have been able to bring in an…