Last week my Uncle Jock and his wife, Alma, from Zambia came to New Zealand for two weeks after a 23-year absence. It has been wonderful to see them again and we had them over to dinner last night for the second time and I took a few terrible photos so I have only included a couple. At the bottom of this post, there is a photo of the main course I made for them and the group at the table. There was a lot of laughter and constant chatter so it was hard to get everyone still for a good photo. The blurry mess on the right is my uncle and that’s Dario laughing at him with Adriano next to him. Alma is on the left. Yes, that’s the best photo I took.
The first photo above is my uncle’s fishing lodge in Zambia. He has created a paradise on earth but now he has decided to sell it. We visited there eleven years ago and loved the place. The lodge is built on a hill overlooking the Zambezi River and is situated on his privately owned game farm which is fully fenced.
It is called Tiger Mile Lodge because of the Tiger fish that inhabit the river in that area. The property is 3100 + hectares (7660 acres) in size with approximately 30 kms of game fencing (2.5 metre tall with 17 strands of 2.24 mm high tensile fencing wire), including 5 kms of Zambezi River frontage.
If anyone is interested in any more information on this property, I have an information pack I can send you. Please get in touch with me through the contact form on this blog. You can also see more HERE.
The recipe for our main course can be found here.
Sounds like you had a great time! Group photos are hard to take – among other things, I think it must be a law that at least one person has blinked and has their eyes closed!
We had a fabulous time, John. There is nothing like getting together with your favourite family members.
Lovely to see the family photo. It looks so full of life and like everyone is having the best of times. I love the look of the sanctuary in Zambezi. And I would love to buy it but sadly I must count myself out. It looks like a great place to go for a holiday. And what a beautiful looking dinner your created – such a work of art! xx
It was a very rowdy evening filled with laughter.
I was very pleased with my main dish – I love it when the food looks as good as it tastes.
Dear Susan,
I am in the game ranching business here in Zambia and always have international investors looking for places like yours. Will you please be so kind and email me your coordinates for a better view on Google Earth?
Thanks and kind regards,
Phil C. Minnaar
Director/Consultant/Pilot
ZAMBIAN GAME RANCHING & WILDLIFE SERVICES
Email: wildlifeservices@bwana-game.com
Office: +2609 7777 0488
Mobile: +2609 7515 0505
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MODERN GAME RANCHING, THE SCIENTIFIC WAY !
THE ENVIRONMENT IS EVERYONE’S BUSINESS!
Phil, I will email you.
Hi Suzanne
I know this is almost a year too late by looking at the date of your Article above, but thought i would send you this massage any way. Please could you let me know if your Uncle Jock’s Lodge is still on the market, as my father is moving to Zambia and is looking for a place to make a fresh start. Any information you could give me would be greatly appreciated . This is my email (chiduri@gmail.com)
Kind Regards Charles
Hi Suzanne
Please send details of your Uncle Jocks lodge for sale…
We live in Zambia and would be very interested
Many Thanks
Sherry
Dear Suzanne,
Please send me more info and price for the game farm for sale along the Zambezi River. If possible also send me contact details of a person i could negotiate and deal with here in Zambia,
Kind Regards,
Fardeen
I have sent you an email and passed on your details to my uncle.
Hi Suzanne,
I was Gillian McIntosh from Te Toro, and I have just googled Tiger Mile Lodge to see if Jock and Alma had finally sold. It appears they havent as yet, and found your wonderful notes and photos.
I knew that they had come back to NZ briefly as they had had a flying visit to Waiuku with your Uncle Joe to see Irene Luhrs. I am in frequent contact with her as she was my mothers first cousin.
( I was a flowergirl at her wedding as your sister Janet was supposed to be also but was unwell) Our family still have extremely fond memories of Aunty Vide and Uncle Alan and I hope all your families are well.
Take care, Gillian
Hi Suzanne, not sure if you remember me, from NZ days. I just saw this because Alma suggested I have a look. I get there every couple of years and was just there in Jan. I tried to list it for them a few years back – no luck. Regards, Stuart Watson, KY/USA.
Hi Stuart. Yes, I definitely remember you and see your mother from time to time. I have just created a separate website for them and hope it starts to get a bit of SEO traction but I have 3 backlinks from my site to theirs which should help since mine is very visible to Google. I have had several inquiries over the years from my mentions of the Zambian farm and hope their new site gets results too. It would be really good to see them sell. Back at the beginning I listed it with 3 real estate agencies and again with a couple about a year ago. Things move very slowly over there.
Please email more details and price
Also annual income, prices per room and staff etc
I have sent your details on to my uncle in Zambia.
Zusanne
Can you please put me in contact with your uncle.
I would like more information regarding this property for sale as well as the game reserve it is located in
Kind regards
Rietha
My apology Suzanne!!, fingers do what they want
🙂 Rietha
Hello , please send details on the lodge for sale .
is the lodge sold already? If not I would like pricing , annual returns and also is this being sold by the owner or a real estate agent , if its the real estate agency what commission are they getting?
Thanks
Hi Suzanne,
I am of African farming stock and am currently looking at Zambia for a possible investment. Before taking any further steps w.r.t. your uncle’s farm I should like to establish whether his farm on the Zambezi is still on the market and whether I could contact him directly or need to deal through an agent. It has been marketed by several agents on the net for a while now.
Kind regards
Helgo
Hello Suzanne
I have recently sent an email to your aunt and uncle about the farm but have not received a response. Maybe I have their address wrong. Would you mind sending it to me again.
Kind regards, Helgo
Helgo – would be good to be in touch.
Hi Suzanne been trying to get hold of your uncle re Zambezi Lodge I am prepared to offer $1-5mil.Kind regards Mike.
Hi Suzanne
Is the Game farm still available for sale.
Please can you provide me with contact details so I can discuss purchase of the the farm
Thanks Andrew
Hi Susan, is your uncles lodge still available? If so, please do send me his contact details. My email :memorynalah@gmail.com
Susan, I am afraid the lodge has sold though he is still currently living there.