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Lushine
US
Visited:
August 2010
Reviewed: Aug 9, 2012
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A beautiful, friendly place where simple things are loved and appreciated
We had a wonderful weekend trip from Malawi to South Luangwa. Our camp was set up on the banks of the South Luangwa river, where we could watch the hippos and crocodiles. The hospitality and our guides were excellent, and South Luangwa park is enormous so there was much to see. We were so fortunate to see many lions, including a mother and five adorable and active cubs who just played all around our vehicle! I will never forget waking up in the middle of the night to the sound "chomping" from outside my window, and peering out to see a gigantic hippo eating grass right in front of my window! There were several other hippos walking around the grounds as well, the natural lawn-mowers of South Luangwa! Later, still in the early morning, as they called us for breakfast while it was still dark, we could hear rustling trees and one of the staff trying to chase the elephants off the grounds who were blocking the walking path! All in all an unforgetable experience!
Ricardo Coelho
Visited:
May 2010
Reviewed: Jun 17, 2012
inikep
Visited:
December 2011
Reviewed: May 10, 2012
Zambia is a great destination with Victoria Falls and many stunning national parks full of wildlife to visit. The only lowlight is a high cost of travel.
Chris Sparks
Visited:
February 2005
Reviewed: May 6, 2012
So many great places to be discovered, remote, beuatiful, huge rivers, great people.
Less spoiled by too many tourists than other safari destinations.
T.M.
Visited:
March 2003
Reviewed: Apr 29, 2012
20-35 years of age
Zambia is a beautiful country with extremely friendly people and great wildlife. Aside from the area around Victoria falls there are comparatively few visitors to the country and so one can experience amazing landscapes and abundant wildlife without the crowds often found in Parks in other countries.
hemrin2000
US
Visited:
December 2002
Reviewed: Apr 24, 2012
20-35 years of age
Zambia still has natural beauty. Hopefully it will continue to be conserved. It has flights from major cities to the safari destinations with a short drive to the safaris. It is safe.
Jaka
Visited:
August 2007
Reviewed: Apr 24, 2012
Because I enjoyed it very much I give it an excellent grade. It was also much better than other surrounding parks (Malawi ones), but those were all also much smaller.
Trapperjem
Visited:
August 2011
Reviewed: Apr 24, 2012
This is only bit of Zambia I've seen as we drove from and back to Malawi but it was great.
Katy Roth
Visited:
November 2005
Reviewed: Apr 22, 2012
Unlike any place on Earth
We stayed at Sussi and Chuma on the Zambezi River. We didn't care about visiting the falls, but we did go boating on the river each day, late in the afternoon, early evening. We went to see animals in the reserve earlier in the day on land with a guide.
While the animals in the reserve were amazing, the scenes on the river were unimaginable. We saw massive crocodiles and hippos everywhere. We saw animals on the banks of Zimbabwe although we did not visit Zimbabwe. Only after we returned home did we realize how dangerous our adventures had been.
A hippo had been hit on the road that ran through the reserve one night. The locals used it to feed the poor. While on the river one evening, we saw the carcass lowered down to the crocs on the banks. It was something you could never imagine seeing and put life in America into sharp perspective.