Kafue National Park is a protected area of many superlatives. With a size of 22.480 km2, it is not only the largest National Park in the country but also one of the largest worldwide and more than half the size of Switzerland. Furthermore, it is the first National Park in Zambia, founded in 1950, but […]
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Ngonye Falls – Die Ngonye-Fälle
Driving from Mongu, the capital of Barotseland in western Zambia, on the well-developed M10, which runs parallel to Zambezi River on its eastern side, in south-eastern direction to Sesheke at the Namibian border, one passes the small town of Sioma halfway. South of Sioma, the bridge crosses Zambezi River from east to west, and between […]
Kariba dam wall – Die Kariba-Talsperre
A few kilometres east of Siavonga lies the Kariba dam wall with the road to Zimbabwe. The construction of the dam wall was planned in 1955 by the government of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, under the name of Central African Federation (CAF) a part of the Commonwealth. Preparation work started the same year. […]
Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park
Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park is Zambia´s smallest National Park with a size of only 66 km2. It is nestled between Livingstone and Zambezi River upstream of Victoria Falls which are also part of the park. The landscape is stunning with lush vegetation, rolling hills and the majestic stream as a background. Because being situated at a […]
Mosi-oa-Tunya – The smoke that thunders – Der Rauch, der donnert (Victoria Falls/Victoriafälle)
Modern-day Livingstone is located where once Constitution hill had been, only a few kilometres from Victoria falls and the original settlement. That settlement had been founded in 1898 but was relocated to the present place as early as 1901 because of the problematic climate conditions right at Zambezi River. Das moderne Livingstone liegt heute dort, […]
Macolline, Antalaha
Right before entering the southernmost town of the SAVA region, Antalaha, there is a steep hill that once had been intensively used for agricultural means. More than ten years ago, Marie-Hélène Kam Hyo, a Malagasy pharmacist, and her german dentist husband Bernd Zschocke have bought those 10 ha of land. Both are passionate about conservation, […]
Queen Elizabeth National Park
Despite attractions like the mountain gorillas or Rwenzori mountains, Uganda’s most famous National Park is still Queen Elizabeth National Park, the oldest park in the country and with 1.978 km2 also the second largest. The region where the Rift Valley crosses the equator is under protection since the 20s of the last century, and the […]
Lake Mburo National Park
Lake Mburo and the eponymous National Park protecting 260 km2 of rolling hills, forests, and bush savanna is an underrated gem in Uganda’s impressive set of National Parks. The landscape surrounding the five lakes within the park is picturesque at least, and there is an abundance of wildlife ranging from zebra and antelope, like the […]
Nsumbu National Park
At the extreme northeastern end of Zambia, amazing Nsumbu (or Sumbu) National Park stretches from the shores of Lake Tanganyika deep into the forested hinterland. With over 2.000 square kilometers Nsumbu belongs to the medium size Parks in Zambia. In the 70s it was said to be one of the best in the country besides […]
Ndole Bay Lodge, Lake Tanganyika / Tanganjika-See
In an extremely remote corner at the north-eastern end of Zambia, travellers with either an iron butt, tons of patience, excellent driving skills or pockets full of cash can reach as far as paradise which comes just around the next corner of a dilapidated track, miraculously named “a road” by some confused people. It is […]
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