Southern Africa
Zambia
The home of the walking safari — wild, low-key and guide-led, with some of the best big-cat country on the continent.
Zambia is for the safari-curious who want to walk. South Luangwa is where the guided walking safari was born, and the guiding culture here is among the finest anywhere — quiet, knowledgeable, on foot. It’s wilder and less polished than Botswana or South Africa, which is precisely the point. Tag on the Zambian side of Victoria Falls and you’ve got drama at both ends.
Field notes and lodge reviews for Zambia are below.
Main destinations
South Luangwa
Where the walking safari was invented; superb leopard viewing.
Explore →Lower Zambezi
Canoeing and fishing beneath the escarpment, elephants on the banks.
Explore →Kafue
Vast and varied — the Busanga Plains' lions are the prize.
Explore →Liuwa Plain
A little-known wildebeest migration and huge open skies.
Explore →Victoria Falls (Livingstone)
The Zambian side of the Falls, and Devil's Pool in low water.
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Field notes on Zambia
Field notes on Zambia are on the way — I'm writing them as I travel.