Zambia Travel Blogs

Zambia is a landlocked nation in southern Africa bordered by several countries. Located just below the equator, most of Zambia is on a high plateau, which gives the country a moderate subtropical climate. In Lusaka, the average temperature in the winter is 61F and 70F in the summer. In 1855 famed B…

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 …

Since the first Game Reserves were created in 1950s, the Luangwa Valley has been renowned for its walking safaries. The safety is excellent. An armed ZAWA Scout accompany all walks. A bushwalk is not about the big animals, but about the small details. We looked for tracks, droppings, birds and plan…

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…

During my trip I also visited an orphange that take care of the abandonned Zambian children. The HIV rate is very high in Zambia and causes so lots of deads, leaving a lot of children on the street. Normally their family should take care of them but everyone is so poor that that system doesn't work…

Back in Zambia - grass has grown to tunnels, rainy season, flooded pitch, Kaniki cup,    Lots of visitors... One of the visitors is Stephen Freid, the director of ITeams Africa, or maybe all of ITeams.... don't really know.  He was talking to us last night about the situation in K…

Bemba, also known as chibembe is the language spoken in the northern part of Zambia and in countries like Tanzania and Congo. The Bemba are a dominant tribe in Zambia and their language is the most common spoken by majority of the population. I found a lot of the traditions of the Bemba are not too…

I made myself mad! 3 hours sleep and we were off again. It was just a half an hour drive to the border Botswana-Zambia. No time to sleep in the truck. It was even fun, after passing some soldiers doing their morning drill. We took the ferrie and ended up in the queu, all waiting for this thing whic…

In less than 2 hours, I will board a flight to Atlanta, GA. From there, I will find myself in the heart of Africa. Having never been to southern Africa, I am so excited that I can hardly stand it! On the otherhand, I keep thinking will this be all that I've always expected it to be. I've dre…

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…

Got up 6:10am, packed up and left camp heading for the Malawi-Zambia border. We stopped in Lilongwe for a bit but I stayed on the truck. We played a lot of blackjack and I listened to my ipod to pass the time. The border crossing was uneventful but time consuming. The visa cost US$50 but Shelley ma…

Righty-oh, this one will be a bit more rambling than usual.  Try to stick with it.  I thought I'd write a blog on Zambia as a country since we left it last night and are now in Malawi, and then hopefully add a second one detailing what we've been up to recently tomorrow sometime, before d…

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…

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