Zambia
Travel Reports
In the rainforest
16.11. – 2.12.17 Rainy season Rainforest can be exhausting. When we wanted to drive to a nice camp site, we were stuck between the lush bushes. During three hours four people helped [...]
Experiences during the rainy season
26.1. – 3.3.17 His Royal Highness and the Brits On our way along a very difficult and exhausting earth road we were looking for a place to stay overnight. In the village [...]
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Big Prey
On the Zambezi we were able to take pictures of hippos jumping into the water and "birds of paradise" catching prey. The very pleasant weather allowed us to enjoy beautiful sundowners on the shore. [...]
Zambia, the surge chamber of Africa
In Zambia we met a lot of hospitable and cheerful people. We had some wonderful moments. On top we liked the landscape with its beautiful riverscapes and lovely waterfalls. As we travelled during the rainy [...]
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Bye bye Zambia
The tarred roads and main roads in Zambia can sometimes be very tiring. Potholes follow on potholes. So driving is very exhausting, but only by using these roads we will get to the interesting places, [...]
Luangwa & Zambesi
There are also beautiful places in camps. Especially in touristically very developed areas, it is usually inalienable to overnight on a campsite. These sites are normally designed for vehicles in defender size and are often [...]
Across the country
The Swiss driving test does not really help a lot on the streets of Zambia. The African driving style is quite different to ours, demonstrated in Lusaka. Quite the same is true for the street [...]
Muddy tracks
Rocks and sand are great off-road undergrounds, but flooded roads can command our respect. When the slippery tracks get really muddy and become deep morass the power and technical advantages of Globi can take effect. [...]
Waterfalls in Zambia
Zambia is the water basin of Africa, at least the southern part of Africa. That becomes very obvious during the rainy season. The many rivers are building some quite impressiv waterfalls in the bush. Sometimes [...]
Itinerary
Beautiful and less beautiful tarred roads
This time we drove only through South Zambia. Finally we visited the South Luangwa NP and then we went down to the Zambesi after Lake Kariba. During that trip we found the beautiful Bottom Road [...]
Dead Ends par principe
The streets, roads, tracks were difficult. As we have been travelling during the rainy season, some of the tracks had been washed away or closed. Some of them were so muddy that we could only [...]
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Information Zambia
Actual March 17 Food In the district main towns you can find a Shoprite, which normally as a good assortment. On the local markets you get nice fresh vegetables and fruits. Even along the big [...]