Why Zambia should be the next place you visit…
A vast array of incredible wildlife, thunderous waterfalls and wide open plains, Zambia is as varied as it is beautiful. At Wildlife Worldwide, Zambia is very close to our hearts – it was while founder Chris Breen was working in South Luangwa National Park as a safari guide that the idea for the company was born.
I’ve been visiting the Luangwa Valley for the past 35 years - it’s my second home!” – Chris Breen
If you’ve not travelled to Zambia before, then now is the time! We have complied 10 reasons why we love Zambia…
1) This stunning country is known, for good reason, as the home of the walking safari, with an amazing array of wildlife including the endemic Thornicroft’s giraffe.
Thornicroft’s giraffe standing along the Luangwa river bed.
Group tour: Classic Luangwa Walking
2) Each year straw-coloured fruit bats undertake their incredible migration, gathering in their millions in a small swamp forest- they create one of the most wonderful wildlife spectacles on Earth.
Straw-coloured fruit bats (Eidolon helvum) returning to their daytime roost at sunrise, Kasanka National Park, Zambia (Nick Garbutt)
Trip idea: Batty about Kasanka
3) Zambia is home to one of the Seven Wonders of the World - Victoria Falls, or Mosi-oa-Tunya as it is known locally…‘The Smoke that Thunders’. White-water rafting, walking, bird and mammal watching, canoeing and bungee-jumping are all possible… or you may prefer to simply relax and enjoy the scenery and local colour.
Victoria Falls
Trip idea: Green Season Secrets
4) South Luangwa National Park is home to the world’s highest naturally occurring population of leopard. They are regularly seen during the day, but also can be spotted hunting during a night-drive from many of the outstanding lodges in the park.
Beautiful leopard walking through South Luangwa National Park (Bret Charman)
Trip idea: Leopards of Luangwa
5) In Zambia there are photo opportunities around every corner, from zebra, hippo and elephant to leopard, lion and wild dog.
Wild dog (Nick Garbutt)
Group tour: South Luangwa Photo Safari
6) You can’t help but feel creative after all those wildlife encounters… So join in on a wildlife art safari.
Elephant sculpture being created (Nick Garbutt)
Group tour: South Luangwa Wildlife Art Safari
7) On top of the magnificent mammals, Zambia is home to a brilliant array of birdlife – with some of Africa’s biggest colonies of carmine bee-eaters.
Carmine bee-eater in South Luangwa National Park (Bret Charman)
Group tour: Sacred Combe Safari
8) Watch elephants play together in the water on a boating safari in Lower Zambezi
Elephant with her calf
Trip idea: Luangwa Valley & Lower Zambezi
9) Bangweulu Swamps – whose name poetically means ‘where the water meets the sky’- is the most reliable place to see the remarkable endangered shoebill and the endemic black lechwe.
Portrait of a shoebill
Trip idea: Shoebills, Lechwe & Luangwa
10) You can visit one of the best kept secrets in Africa - Kafue National Park - and, if you are lucky, come face to face with cheetah.
Cheetah
Trip idea: Scenic Wonders of Kafue & Hwange
If you still need convincing on the wonders of Zambia, speak to one of our travel specialists!
