ZAMBIA

This park offers some of the best game viewing in the whole of Africa. The Muchinga escarpment in the west and the Luangwa Valley in the east make this a diverse park in terms of landscape and it is the southern most portion of the famous GREAT RIFT VALLEY. The scenery is truly dramatic and besides large herds of elephant, antelope and buffalo you have rare Thornycrofts Giraffe, Crawshays Zebra and rare Sable and Cooksons Wildebeest. Lion and Leopard also frequent the plains int he Luangwa valley. The guided walking safaris are a signature experience of this park, but you also have fantastic safaris in 4 x 4 staying in well managed private lodge concessions in the area.

Access: Best accessed via flights to Lusaka and then a 70 minute charter flight into Mfuwe and then the lodge owners will collect you directly from Mfuwe.

The “smoke that thunders” describes the mighty plume of mist that rises from the Victoria Falls, and this is the heart of Zambia’s tourism mecca, Livingstone. A town that almost entirely exists on the back of this attraction, but if you just move a few kilometers up or down the Zambezi River, you have beautiful lodges, hotels and safari camps suited to the person wanting africa, wanting wildlife, but who has already been to a safari and wants to wind down their trip, or simply focus on the many activities in the area. eg helicopter flights over the falls, elephant back safaris, sun-downer cruises on the Zambezi, canoe safaris along the banks of the mighty Zambezi, and of course the traditional rain forest walk to the viewpoints overlooking the Vic Falls.

Access: The easiest way to access this area is via Livingstone airport, ( 2 hour flight from Johannesburg) or after your safari in Botswana a road transfer from the Kasane border town. Road and bus transfers for the budget orientated customer is an option as Livingstone is a hub from Namibia, Botswana and South Africa for overland tour companies and overnight bus companies.