Zambia

What members cross for

• ViewpointDay trip

  Livingstone & the Zambian side of the Falls

  Livingstone

  The Knife Edge and the Eastern Cataract

  Cross the bridge and walk the Zambian rainforest for the Knife Edge views of the Eastern Cataract, with Livingstone town and its riverfront a short drive beyond.

  Do both sides in one trip — Zimbabwe for the full curtain, Zambia for the Knife Edge and the spray in your face.

• WildlifeDay trip

  Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park

  Livingstone

  Rhinos on foot above the falls

  Zambia's smallest national park protects the river and bush upstream of the falls, including a white rhino sanctuary visited on foot with a ranger.

  Book the walking rhino visit with a licensed guide, and take a morning slot when it is still cool.

• WildlifeFly-in

  South Luangwa National Park

  Mfuwe

  The home of the walking safari

  Zambia's walking-safari heartland, where guides read the bush on foot and the leopards are famously relaxed about vehicles and people alike.

  Give it at least two nights and ask for a walking guide — this park is built for being on foot.

• WildlifeFly-in

  Lower Zambezi National Park

  Chiawa

  Canoes, buffalo and big water

  A river park opposite Mana Pools, canoed and driven from the bank while elephant and buffalo herds come down to the water's edge.

  Canoe in the mornings and drive in the afternoons — that is how the light and the game work here.

• WildlifeFly-in

  Kafue National Park

  Central Zambia

  Zambia's biggest, quietest park

  The country's largest park, a mix of river plains, miombo woodland and, in the north, the Busanga floodplain where lions hunt across open grass.

  It is vast and lightly visited, so pick one area and stay a few nights rather than racing across it.

• WaterOvernight

  Lake Kariba & Siavonga

  Siavonga

  An inland sea on the Zambezi

  The Zambezi dammed into a vast lake, fished for tigerfish, sailed at sunset, and dotted with houseboats and the grey skeletons of drowned trees.

  Take a houseboat night if you can — the lake is at its best in the hours around sunset and sunrise.

• CityOvernight

  Lusaka

  Lusaka

  Markets, kitchens and galleries

  The capital's busy markets, craft centres and growing restaurant scene, and the usual connecting point for flights further into Zambia.

  Most visitors only pass through — stay a night and eat where the city actually eats.

Businesses based in Zambia, most followed first.