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	Lusenga Plains Game Park Tip Rating:

Updated By Bwana_Brown on March 15, 2003

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Lion Prey "On the Hoof"

by Bwana_Brown

Visit the game parks - especially the Luangwa Valley. Unfortunately, I did not have the means to visit this fantastic park at the time that I was in Zambia, but I did manage a few others. One was the off-the-track Lusenga Plains park in the north near Lake Mweru. This was not open to the general public but, because of our 'volunteer' contacts, we were able to get an escorted tour in the park. Photo of our party on foot with an armed Ranger with signs of recent burning of the grass as was customary by the local tribes people. Walking around here made me feel for the first time what an antelope must feel like - you are just another meal to a lion! Since then I have also been to Ngorongoro (Tanzania), Amboseli (Kenya) and Kruger (South Africa) and this was the only time that anyone was ever allowed out of their tour vehicle. Once you are on foot, all the rules change as far as the predators are concerned!

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	Rugged "Land Rover" Tip Rating:

Updated By Bwana_Brown on February 18, 2003

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Game Ranger Pick-up Time

by Bwana_Brown

Photo of the Land Rover that we took into the park for our stay, beside the local village where we picked up our Ranger guide. I was amazed that it could take the 10 of us and all of our equipment. We did manage to get it bogged down in a marshy area of the park but, with the help of a few branches and a lot of pushing managed to get it mobile again.

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	Visit one or more wildparks,... Tip Rating:

Updated By dutch_anna on January 9, 2003

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by dutch_anna

Visit one or more wildparks, see the animals, the trees and the flowers.
And visit Vic Falls, they are unforgettable.

Everything was a new experience, I liked the animals and the trees. But also the smell of a small wood fire, the laugh of a stranger, the sunset. And always a dove cooing somewhere far away.

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	Passports and Visas Tip Rating:

By Acirfa on January 17, 2008

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You should have a minimum of 6 months left on your passport on he day you leave Zambia.

British passport holders do need a visa, this is stamped into your passport on arrival.

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	Go down a copper mine. Visit... Tip Rating:

By JohnMG on August 26, 2002

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Go down a copper mine. Visit a game park - ideally Luangwa on a walking safari. See the Victoria Falls.

Useful webpages :
http://www.ex-luanshya.com/ for contacts and other info
http://www.greatnorthroad.org/links.shtml for contacts etc
http://www.virtualtourist.com/m/.53842/article/64/5/?s=q for South Luangwa Game Park
http://www.solipse.com/2001WEBSITE/africa/africa.html
http://www.chirundu.com/ for Zambia and ex-Northern Rhodesia

The people in the villages on the dirt roads that i met on the way to various fishing trips. Thank you.

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	A warm welcome Tip Rating:

By asgottl on February 27, 2003

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A warm Zambian welcome...

by asgottl

The children were the highlight of my trip! We rented bikes and traveled to some of the neighboring villages outside of Livingstone. Here's one of our warm welcomes...

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	Occupied Tip Rating:

Updated By duke0123 on December 21, 2002

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Door of toilet

by duke0123

Everybody has to go to the toilet sometimes. What you shouldn't forget is closing the door.

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	see Victoria Falls. Tip Rating:

Updated By cosmopolit on February 21, 2003

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African sunset

by cosmopolit

There was quite some wildlife along the way to be seen. I celebrated my birthday somewhere in the middle of nowhere. The present was me enjoying the priviledge of being first to have a hot shower.

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	The children. Tip Rating:

Updated By dutch_anna on October 14, 2002

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by dutch_anna

The children laugh and wave at you, but they are very shy. Bring something with you for them, they like ballpoints and toys!

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	White water rafting was a... Tip Rating:

Updated By asgottl on August 27, 2002

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by asgottl

White water rafting was a special treat. Here we are being terminated by THE TERMINATOR II...one of the class V rapids along the Zambezi...(I'm wearing the blue helmet and my sister is clinging onto the boat).

We floated along the outside of the boat for most of that rapid....

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