Livingstone Travel Blogs

We got up at a quarter past six to pack our bags and check out. Today we were going to go rafting on the Zambezi river, which started at the Waterfront lodge. This was very convenient for us, as we would be staying the night there as well, so this meant we could check out of Fawlty Towers and take …

We all met in the garden of the Royal Livingstone Hotel (I will definitely stay here when I can afford more upscale accommodation). A short boat ride brought us out to Livingstone Island in the middle of the great Zambezi River, right on the edge of Victoria Falls. First we strolled around the isla…

I am still chilling in Livingstone after everyone else has gone.  We had a blast of a Thanksgiving dinner at the hostel and I tried my hand at green bean casserole without the benefit of an oven.  It wasn’t pretty but it was tasty.  We hosted six gentlemen, a sort of UN of sor…

Kick off: Gathering at the central point in the campsite, to breakfast. This would take an hour, meeting new people that also signed in. Than in an old truck up to the river Zambezi. Arrived there, we had to descent into the rift. Putting on our saving shirts and helmets, first action w…

Woke up 7:15am. At 8am Tammy, Karl, Dad and I had to meet for breakfast with the rest of the rafting crew. I had to hurriedly say goodbye to some people who were leaving, and it was so quick I didn't have time to get sad. Tammy and I both felt quite sick this morning so at breakfast we just shared …

If you are so lucky to find yourself at the Falls you will want to return there always and forever more into the arms of the Zambezi. The waterfall’s mist rises up to heaven and that’s where this place belongs. It is Africa’s adventure capital with bungee jumping and of course white water raf…

Today we traveled the road from Namwianga to Livingstone with Victoria Falls being our destination. This is our only full day of being tourists while in Zambia. So, let me start with the evening before! After a wonderful "American" dinner with David and Linda, Joe, Judy, Willie and I decided to p…

Welcome to my travels through Africa - I had the pleasure of experiencing South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Namibia and Botswana

We had three days of driving to get to Livingstone, which is the town closest to Victoria Falls on the Zambian side.  I was really looking forward to getting there and seeing Victoria Falls, which as one of the seven natural wonders of the world promised to be amazing.  I was not to be disappoint…

after a  very intereseting  week long overlanding tour with Nomad  including some very drunken nights, Crazy guides and our truck no where to be found (thats not true it was Stuck in Nomans land between Zambia and Zimbabwe) I had arrives in Livingstone where I was going to be li…

Three instances of death, near death, and not really close to death at all, have crossed our path in the last week.  Firstly the president of Zambia, Dr. Levy Mwanawasa, died last week and as a result the country has been in mourning, with flags at half-mast.  It seems like he was a very …

This is a special note to the Earthwatch volunteers meeting me Maun:   Tomorrow, I’m leaving Livingstone (Zambia) at 6 am and heading to Maun (Botswana). I’m taking public transport, so there’s a possibility I might be delayed.   I expect to get to Maun on 5 December, so I shoul…

After two amazing weeks our tour has come to an end. It was quite sad to say goodbye to all the nice people of the groupe. Since Swakopmund we saw so many things that I don't know where to start....In Swakopmund we all did a "Rhino Buggy" tour. That was so much fun! We drove with a two person veh…

met the truck and rest of the crew at the waterfront campsite, which is right on the banks of the upper Zambezi, and immeadiately set about booking up all of the activities i'd been planning since England. 1st i had an evening meeting the rest of the group that i'd be travelling to cape town with, …

24 days trip, 5800 km in a truck, sleeping in tents.