Country Info
- Lusaka
- Capital
- Kwacha (ZMK)
- Currency
- 9,770,199
- Population
- ZM
- Country Code
Zambia Slideshow
Zambia
Travel Blogs from Zambia
Sindabazi
Today we were early to rise as we headed out for our sunrise cruise - just lovely. On my return I was a tad concerned when I stepped onto my decking and I heard a rustle, slither and a small splash. Apparently the crocodile took one look at me without my ...
South Luangwa National Park
The first day at the Flatdogs camp started off slowly as we recovered from our long journey here. The actual camp is quite lovely. The chalets consist of a large , open bed room that leads to a lovely bathroom with a shower built from river stones. There ...
Victoria Falls!!
... across from a cataract, you have to wear a raincoat so that you don't get completely soaked! Victoria Falls actually straddles the Zambia/Zimbabwe border, so on Sunday Derek, Mauricio and I took a taxi across to the Zimbabwe side to check things out. ...
Last day before the Holiday
Today was my last dinner before my break. I'm really looking forward to 3 days of sleep. Dinner was total crap. Honestly. Worst meal of the trip. The meat was gritty from too much tenderizer, it really took on an odd consistency. What the hell is ...
THE hot topic of conversation
US Politics is a hot topic of conversation... Everywhere we go people want to talk about US Politics. In the Wednesday Botswana newspaper, 3 pages were devoted to McCain vs. Obama. In Cape Town in a vendor's stall, there is Obama '08 ...
chillin' at Vic Falls
I'm sitting at the Waterfront Campsite, overlooking the Zambezi River. From here, I can see the "smoke that thunders" just down the way, the impressive Victoria Falls. Matt's gone into town with Foxy to try and get a gas bracket fitted to the back of ...
Livingstone
May 21: Today we had a short drive across the border to Zambia. We left around noon and had camp set up by 1500. We left shortly afterwords for a sunset booze cruise on the Zambezi river. For $35 USD we had snacks, dinner, a beautiful view, wildlife ...
A week in Senanga
I spent most of this past week with Jen and Elizabeth from VIDEA and my housemate Beth in two rural villages within the district of Senanga, in Western province. These villages are involved in a community twinning project with a group in ...
Walking with Lions
... . It was good to see it in the rainy season. It was very wet. As you walk along side it on the Zambia side it's like being in a power shower, we were soaking. There was a sign that amused me "Please don't entertain the illegal ...
Smoke that certainly Thunders = Victoria Falls
Well I survived the 3 day travel from Kande Beach to Livingstone (L'stone) even with a 5.40 am departure from our Eureka campsite just outside Lusaka. That was a 4.30 am wake up morning. I understand that we have even more of these early morning wake ups ...
Mar 20, 2011
On Safari
VICTORIA FALLS - 12,417.12
Thought were done with waterfalls? Nope. Our 6th destination will be Victoria Falls. Our five days here will be packed with many adventurous activities. One of the things that we get to do is get wet during our tour of the falls. We will also do some ...
NKwali Safari
Hello folks Week one ended with a game of golf and watching the Impala (antelope) run away from my miss-hits. Well honestly if they will get in my way. Week two started with clambering into a teeny-tiny plane and making our way to Mfuwe for three ...
Achieving the impossible
So we've managed to pack all of our equipment into separate bags for the 4 basic schools, an orphanage and a hospice. It was very time consuming!! And wouldn't of been able to do it without Sean's help, so big thank you to him... Our 4th visitor of the ...
Oct 03, 2011
Deep in the middle of Nowhere
This is a top pick! Ok time to move on...time to leave Belize and go back to Guatemala. Got up and hiked what felt like miles to the tourist info...where they werent any help. Walked even futher to a petrol station, where apparantly the water taxi left from. Was all a ...
3 months lata
... got to hang out as well. All in all a really fun trip and it was great to be pamperred and spoiled:) January: Returning to Zambia was tricky after the luxury of my free time in Egypt. Work kept me super super busy for all of January and February. ...
Retour civilisation
J'ai été content d'arriver en Zambie. Enfin le voyage redevient facile... Même si pays anglophone oblige, les changeurs, taximen, chauffeurs de bus essayent de vous extorquer le maximum d'argent en doublant les tarifs au minimum. Au moins les ...
Zambia is empty
They've killed and eaten all the animals and moved to the cities. Over 85% of Zambia's poplulation lives in it's few urban centers. The rest looks like it has been abandoned and forgotton. This was the country that charged the highest for the ...
On My Own
The rest of the group on the Exodus tour flew home this morning, so now I'm on my own in Livingstone until my next volunteer program starts on Nov. 2. I'll explore options for some short trips from here during the next 10 days, but right now I need ...
Accomodation
Comfortable in my new home, although equipment is taking up 90% of it! Reduced to sitting on the ...
The detour through Khaudom
So this is the story about our trip to the slightly overrated Khaudom... Before we left on our trip, Jo, during one of her few internet searches, had scouted out this little game park on the boarder of Botswana which requires 4x4's and insists that a ...
Reptile Farm Visit
The bus was loaded by 8:15! The children sang all the way there. The crocodiles were scary. Kind of like gatorland. They had a big snake exhibit too. We played games in the big grassy area. Then we took them to a modern strip mall for lunch. Pizza and ...
Floods and power outages
... disconnect the power system from interconnectors in Zimbabwe until the situation stabilizes. The power systems in Zambia, Namibia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, DRC and South Africa are all interconnected, meaning that any interruption or ...
Can you spare some cinder blocks?
Unfortunately/Fortunately depending on how some of us look at it, we've had to take today off from working. Our delivery of cinder blocks didn't arrive last night so we had nothing to build with. Things like this seem to be common here. Either people are ...
What a start!
8.08am What an exciting morning already! I'm now sat with my bins on lion watch - we have just heard them and the alarm call of buck so we are hoping they will come down to drink. This is the most amazing campsite, we are literally on the bank of the ...
Week 1 in Lusaka!
... and friendly. My officemate and I had a conversation on my first day, comparing the current minority governments in Canada and Zambia. Women for Change is a very active organization that is involved in a broad range of activities, and I'm ...