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RISING FROM THE ASHES

Around midnight on a Thursday in June last year, a fire started at Green Safari’s Ila Safari Lodge in Kafue National Park, Zambia. By sunrise the entire boma area (reception, dining, bar and pool) was gone. Fortunately, the guest rooms remained intact, the guests were unharmed and the blaze didn't spread to the surrounding national park.

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