Travel Zambia
An exciting journey around Zambia...
The Emerald season • Source of the Luangwa • Building lodges in Kafue • Unearthing Zambia's prehistory • Chaminuka...
And loads of news and views from across Zambia
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The rainy season: a time of downpour and deluge, impassable roads, impenetrable bush, wildlife heading for the hills or vanishing behind a wall of greenery. Certainly no time for a safari. Or is it? Anna Devereux Baker donned her waterproofs and headed to South Luangwa National Park to find out for herself.
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Every July and August you will find American archaeologist Professor Larry Barham and his team, digging small holes in the Luangwa Valley. It is gruelling, painstaking work. But each season adds more pieces to the jigsaw of Zambia’s ancient past. Larry took time out to talk to Mike Unwin.
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To safari buffs the name ‘Luangwa’ evokes an instantly recognisable landscape, one of sandbanks, meander loops and heaving pods of hippos. Yet, over its twisting 800km length, this great river encounters many different landscapes – and none more so than the remote mountains where it rises. Mike Unwin set off to track the river to its source.
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Most tourists visit Zambia to enjoy the wonders of nature. Yet in rushing headlong to Victoria Falls or on safari, visitors risk overlooking the nation’s cultural riches – including its fine artistic tradition. Jake da Motta visited a unique lodge near Lusaka, where both nature and culture find custodians in a remarkable family.
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Ever thought of running your own game lodge? It’s a dream that has lured many first-timers, drawn by a spirit of enterprise and the call of the wild. But getting started just might not be as easy as you imagine. Huw Williams visited Kafue,, where he spoke to two very different operators about the trials and tribulations of setting up.
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