Zambia Travel Articles
  • 4x4 in Southern Africa
    Sports utility vehicles may be de rigeur in the suburbs these days, but few dare to go beyond a bit of curb mounting at the local shopping mall. Jacques Marais ventures off the beaten track to...
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  • Eco-Tourism: Zambia
    Staying in the village is an outstanding experience. Unlike more westernised “show” villages elsewhere in Africa, the people of Kawaza have sanitised things very little for their village stays. The...
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  • Kafue Lodging Review
    Lufupa Camp is in the wilds of Kafue National Park in Zambia. Carrie Hampton explains that you come here for a rustic safari experience in the truest sense of the word...
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  • Kafue National Park
    We are headed for Zambia's oldest and largest park. The 22 400 square kilometre Kafue National Park was proclaimed in 1950. The size of Wales, it is the second largest National Park in the world. A...
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  • Kafue Travel Article
    Hippo Lodge has a massive wilderness area of Kafue National Park all to itself. There are several cottages of various sizes dotted along the riverside which are delightful and comfortable in a semi-rustic way...
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  • Kalambo Falls
    Few visitors venture up to northern Zambia to its border with Tanzania, but if they do they may witness one of Africa's purest sights - the 212-metre drop of Kalambo Falls. Follow the trail with...
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  • Lake Kariba
    Carrie Hampton had always dreamed of taking a houseboat down the length of Lake Kariba in northern Zimbabwe. Lake Kariba must be one of the most peaceful places to truly chill out...
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  • Livingstone Revived
    Livingstone, Zambia is experiencing something of a revival and Carrie Hampton goes there to meet some of its more interesting characters. She finds herself in top class accom...
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  • Lochinvar National Park
    Lochinvar National Park in south-central Zambia once held the world record for the most number of bird species spotted in one day, 428. As fledgling birders, we didn't break any records, but birds...
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  • Mosi-o-Tunya Nat'l Park
    Africa's fourth longest river finds its 2700 kilometre journey from the north-western corner of Zambia to the Indian Ocean interrupted by a 1.7 km-long World Heritage site. Named by the British ex...
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  • Southern Africa on the Move
    Sub-Saharan Africa already enjoys the lion's share of international tourist arrivals to the continent. While the attractions of South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, and Swaziland are well...
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  • Sumbu National Park
    Lake Tanganyika - If you like really out of the way places then Sumbu National Park on Zambia's section of Lake Tanganyika is an adventure for you to consider. Carrie Hampton travelled...
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