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With the schools reopening in Zambia this month Kalimba Reptile Park would like to inform you of their COVID-19 guidelines for school visits. 1. All schools must make a reservation by calling the number below to make a booking. Bookings will be made on a first come first served basis and a 50% deposit will need to be made to confirm your place. 2. The maximum number of pupils is 150. 3. All children from the age of 7 years upwards will be required to wear a mask. 4. Teachers must be sure that their pupils adhere to social distancing guidelines, as well as hand sanitation. No school visits on weekends or public holidays. Kalimba Reptile Park offers discounts for groups of 20 people or more and entrance comes down to K50 per adult and K25 per child. For school visits and educational tours, the entrance fee is K25 per child under 14 years of age and K50 for children and youths above that age. For every 10 children in the group, one teacher is free of charge. For example, if you bring 50 children, 5 teachers will be free of charge. Please note however that group or school discounts are NOT given on Weekends or public holidays.

“Snakes Alive Zambia” presented by Paul Lloyd and hosted by Kalimba Farms are running a “Snake Awareness & Recognition” course on Sunday, 30th August 2020. 8AM - 4PM The price covers entrance into Kalimba Farms, mid-morning refreshments, and training delivered in on-screen presentation format. Participants will receive: A full colour 64 page manual Mid-morning refreshments A certificate of attendance Enrolment is an administrative process, contact Paul Lloyd on “Messenger” for details and enrollment form. Come and enjoy something different from a training practitioner having more than 4 decades of experience with African snakes and +25 years of experience in the training field

Kalimba Reptile Park will exceptionally be closed to visitors on Wednesday 12th August 2020. This closure is due to maintenance caused by recent power outages. Kalimba Reptile Park will be open and welcoming you back again on Thursday 13th August 2020. Kalimba Reptile Park are sorry for any inconvenience caused.

Kalimba Reptile Park were called out to a neighboring farm to rescue a Southern African Python. She is 41.7 Kgs and 4m long!What a monster! Did you know that Pythons are a protected species in Zambia? Kalimba intend to take very good care of her while she stays with them for a short period of time. Her relocation will be organised to one of Zambia's beautiful national parks Come and see her while she is still with Kalimba Reptile Park.

Although never formally asked to close, Kalimba Management decided to close the Reptile Park for the month of April for the safety of our Staff and for the safety of our valued customers. As this global pandemic has evolved so has our fight against it, and in Zambia the economic backlash of this crisis has been felt much more than the decline in public health. The decision was therefore made to reopen the park on the 1st of May. Life as we know it must continue, but with caution. Respecting public health measures of mask wearing, hand washing and social distancing we have been open for two weeks with our restaurant and bar closed. This seems to have functioned well and our customers were thrilled to be able to get out, go fishing, have a picnic, and getting some fresh air - all things that are important in these strange times. Following the Government’s announcement this week in which restaurants have been allowed to reopen, we have decided to completely reopen the reptile park to its full capacity, but of course maintaining all of the public health regulations. We are looking forward to welcoming you all back to Kalimba, and trust each one of you to be responsible in keeping yourselves, your families and our staff safe, all while keeping our local economy and businesses open.

One of the most popular activities at Kalimba Reptile Park is a full day of fishing in the ponds that are open to the public. Visitors can hire basic bamboo stick rods and bait, and then braai (bbq) their catch for a picnic in the park. Individuals and groups are more than welcome to fish all year round.

Kalimba Reptile Park have an exciting new attraction at Kalimba! The Southern African Python. This snake measures 4.4 meter long (14.4 feet) with a girth of 50cm and weighs a whopping 51kgs. Kalimba Reptile Park will not keep the snake in captivity for long as they believe such a rare beautiful snake deserves to be in the wild. That said they will have it at Kalimba for the next couple of months while it is still cold. However due to its size it will not be handled and you will not be able to get your photo taken with it like you would with their other smaller Pythons. This specimen of Southern African Python is very rare and while it is very impressive it is not record breaking. The Python is the largest snake in Africa, it averages 3 to 4 meters and may reach up to 5.5m.

Kalimba Farm offers you an excellent selection of some of their best farm products including: Crocodile tail, meat, oil, burgers, smoked fillet and sausage Pekin duck English style pork breakfast sausages Pork chops Boerwors Bream fish (Tilapia)

One of the most popular activities at Kalimba Reptile Park is a full day of fishing in the ponds that are open to the public. Visitors can hire basic bamboo stick rods and bait, and then braai (bbq) their catch for a picnic in the park. Individuals and groups are more than welcome to fish all year round.