The valley that defined the walking safari. Riverine forest, oxbow lagoons and leopard sightings that are routine rather than lucky. Bush camps here are the purest safari experience in Africa.
This region is covered in depth on the Zambia guide — seasons, pricing tiers, wildlife and itineraries. Price a trip with the estimator.
The other regions.
Lower Zambezi
A floodplain wilderness on the great river opposite Mana Pools. Canoe past elephant and hippo, fish for tiger, and watch…
Vast wilderness, wild dog, cheetah on the Busanga PlainsKafue
One of Africa’s largest parks and its least visited. The Busanga Plains in the north offer open-savanna cheetah and lion…
The falls, adventure, river cruisesLivingstone & Victoria Falls
The Zambian side of the world’s greatest waterfall. Best experienced as the finale to a bush safari, not the reason for …
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