Your flight to Livingstone introduces you to Zambia and an upbeat colonial city founded in 1905 as capital of Northern Rhodesia, now a base for adventure holidays. Explore colonial buildings such as the North West Hotel and St Andrews Anglican Church and take a helicopter ride over Victoria Falls (Mosi-oa-Tunya) and the mighty Zambezi River (10km from Livingstone).
Explore the origins of Zambia at the Livingstone Museum with its displays of archaeology, ethnology, art and colonial rule. Mix with the locals of Livingstone in the Maramba Market and the curio and craft shops of Mosi-oa-Tunya Road.
Enjoy adventurous days white-water rafting along the Zambezi or bungee-jumping from the Victoria Falls Bridge. Or opt for the more sedate African Queen riverboat and then head out on safari in the Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park (10km from Livingstone).
Locals in Livingstone can’t live without their nshima, mealie meal or maize flour stiff “porridge”. Eat it with your fingers for breakfast, lunch or dinner with “relishes” of beans, fried meat, fish or cabbage, and wash it down with a Mosi or Rhino beer. |