Country Info
- Lusaka
- Capital
- Kwacha (ZMK)
- Currency
- 9,770,199
- Population
- ZM
- Country Code
Zambia Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Zambia
Victoria Falls
... 2 day drive in 42 degree heat next to the Kalahari desert, and crossed the border between Botswana and Zambia at the most ridiculous broder crossing I have ever seen, on an ancient ferry transporting massive trucks. I was pondering ...
Livingstone
... bus....but only 6 hours and my last bus journey for a while - yippeee!!! Livingstone is the closest town to Victoria Falls in Zambia. On first impressions the town isn't quite what I expected - everyone had said it was much more touristy than ...
Day 11 - Bridge Camp on the border of Mozambique
... the Zambian visa and we were on our way heading for what we all knew was the rainiest season of the year and Zambia, renowned for its terrential storms. Our itinerary origanally included the South Luanga National Park, however we were made aware of a GAP ...
Day 12 - Capital of Zambia
Not to much of a drive ahead, we planned to have set off at around 9am. For some unbeknown reason however we departed just after 8am. Unfortunately by this point it was feeling quite repetitive and monotoneous simply camping, eating, driving. Luck for me ...
Victoria Falls...no water??? Is it possible???
... last week to finally go to Victoria Falls. I've been dying to go for quite some time. We took a bus from Lilongwe to Lusaka, Zambia. Although it was termed luxury, I can honestly say it wasn't (although still not as bad as the bus to Tanzania). The ...
Livingstone arrivals hall
This Zambian arrivals hall is how an airport should be built - immigration, baggage reclaim and customs all within a few feet of each other in one small building. Straight through.....no fuss. If only the staff were up to it. Fortunately, the plane was ...
Site Unseen
Livingstone or Maramba is a historic colonial city and present capital of the Southern Province of Zambia, a tourism centre for the Victoria Falls lying 10 km (6.2 mi) north of the Zambezi River, and a border town with road and rail connections to ...
The Lion´s Share of South Luangwa
South Luangwa National Park in eastern Zambia, the southernmost of three national parks in the valley of the Luangwa River, is a world-renowned wildlife haven. It supports large populations of Thornicroft's Giraffe, and herds of elephant and buffalo often ...
Leaving Lusaka
... supermarket which was in fact better than most in the UK. Putting aside the £4 can of beans I had bought previously and the 'Zambia is very expensive!' attitude I have developed I managed to buy a few snacks for the bus ride ahead and was thrilled to ...
Delta / Chobe national park / livingstone
Ended up in the Okavanga delta which was 1 of the best experiences of my life. was there for 2 days and the place is so peaceful / spiritual / alive! had elephants in our camp 10 feet away from us and loved every minute of it. Went on a couple of bush ...
How many Dogs?
Spent our last few days in Lusaka, the capital of Zambia. Stayed at my uncles place and visited relatives while we were there including mums uncle and aunt and cousin. Even more dogs here for Dips to play with as there are 6 around the ...
Zambia
Lots of long drives (some 14 hours) to get there. Even when it is a short drive it took 5 hours to do 100km. Camped on the river at South Luanga NP with hippos grazing around our tent. ...
Exploring Lusaka
... weeks has been getting out of the office and finally being able to see our programs. We have 3 main programs here in Zambia - one is an HIV prevention program for the Zambian Defense Force, funded by the DOD(!), another works with orphans who have ...
Zambia - Planes, ferries and automobiles.
... up at 5:30am. Safari bootcamp was over. Our transit to the River Club was an adventure in itself. Botswana meets Zambia at one border crossing which is a ferry across the Zambezi river linking Kazungula with the corner of Botswana. ...
South Luangwa National Park
South Luangwa national park is a fabulous place. We did three games drives but there was also a lot of wildlife in the campsite. We even had a smudge on our tent and lost a couple of tent pegs when an elephant brushed past us in the night! On the game ...
Oh dear...here we go again!!
Well, the evening of the 7th just involved drinking in the bar, and evading elephants...and drunken people on my way to the loo in the night! The 8th started early with us heading back on a very bumpy road...unfortunately as we were close to our ...
Wait ... I thought I was escaping the cubicle ...
... Malawi Defense Force that they asked us to come up with 2 more years worth of activities and send it to them, um, yesterday. Zambia and Malawi are both applying for funding from the Global Fund for AIDS, TB, and Malaria (I like to call it the GF ...
Caribe Guatemala
A daz until the border crossing but this definitelz doesnät fel like Guatemala ...
Sunset Cruise
Today we headed on a sunset cruise - better known as the booze cruise. We get on a lovely boat, down the Zambieze river. We were told there were Rhino's, giraffe, hippo's etc at the water's edge - we just have to take people's word for this, as we didn't ...
If Food Was Sleep...
... imaginary insects, and dreaming of showers and rooms ahead!! Highlights: Blueberry cheese cake at Rhapsody's in Arcade Mall, Lusaka, Zambia; The smooth pavement (finally) as we entered Lusaka after riding on what amounted to kms of pebbles lined up for ...
Sausage Tree Camp
After our exciting outing to Livingstone Island, we checked out of the hotel and left for the airport. Both Mike and I were really excited to be heading back to game drives and animal sightings but also sad that this was going to be our last stop in ...
A troublesome border
5th September - Sara and I packed up our tent as early as we could and then asked Ronnie and Peter to meet us at the entrance so we could go to the little souvenir shops again, as this was our last day in Malawi - already! At 11am we arrived in Lilongwe ...
Livingstone
... usual speedy but enormous African-skies sort of way. Lovely. We went back to JollyBoys and the African Cup of Nations (soccer). Zambia are the defending champions but were held to a goalless draw by Burkina-Faso and so knocked-out. I reassured the staff ...
Where??
... about to move there would know. Unfortunately, it seems I've turned into the person I swore I'd never become - I'm showing up in Zambia without any idea of what to expect at all. I tell myself its more exciting that way ... or something. ...
Dr Livingstone I presume
Our day's gorge swinging, abseiling and rap jumping was here. The walk out of the gorge was tiring and tough, the adrenaline was worth ...
Lusaka
... to buy a hard boiled egg and a bread roll for breakfast and got ourselves stamped out of Malawi.....no problem. ....getting into Zambia, however, was more of a mission!! We knew that we needed to pay for a visa and we'd got Malawian Kwacha ...
White Water Rafting!
Well today we are off to raft down the mighty Zambezi! Q. How scared am I? A. Very! Look at the photos, Stuart is at the front of the raft, on the right, I am directly behind him! It was a wicked day, one that I wish to repeat, apart from the ...
Royal Livingston
We woke up on Wednesday and headed out for our journey through borders....hitting 4 crossings again. I must admit that my patience got tried today! We were all thrilled to arrive at the Royal Livingstone....what a beautiful hotel! We were all very exited ...
A quick step into Zimbabwe and Goodbyes
... got! On the front is says Africa with a giraffe, and leopard, one arm has the four flags of South Africa, Namibia, Botswana and Zambia. The other had saying of our trip - Malvinisums: Good Mornings (our wake up call), Sun Scream (a combo of sun screen and ...
Victoria Falls
... of us so I wont go into that! But I'll just say that the mighty Zambezi is not to be messed with. Unfortunatley we had to leave Zambia as our car wasn't allowed in so it was a waste of the money we'd spent on our car to stay longer. But we'll definately ...