Zambia
When
May to Oct
Price
From 3 900€ excl. flights
(based on 2 people sharing)
How long
6 nights
Ideal length
A journey between Victoria Falls on the quiet side and South Luangwa Valley, the birthplace of the walking safari, where rangers reveal the bush at the pace of footsteps rather than a 4x4's engine.
The Zambian side of Victoria Falls, less visited than the Zimbabwean side, offers closer access to the curtain of water and trails that are often deserted, even in peak season. The Knife-Edge Bridge lets you feel the spray on your face facing the world's largest waterfall by combined width and height — a site the region's earliest inhabitants called 'the smoke that thunders', long before Livingstone gave it its current name.
It was in this valley that the walking safari was invented back in the 1950s, at a time when wildlife viewing still mostly happened from a vehicle. Walking at a slow pace, guided by an armed ranger able to read a track or an alarm call from a distance, radically changes your relationship to the bush — fewer kilometres covered, but far greater attention to every detail, from a bee-eater in flight to a leopard's fresh tracks.
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Zambezi Riverside Lodge
A wood-and-thatch lodge on the banks of the Zambezi in Livingstone, a terrace suspended over the river with views of the falls' spray in the distance.
South Luangwa Bush Camp
A small camp of canvas tents on the riverbank, unfenced from the bush, where animals sometimes pass right by the tents after dark.
