Livingstone (Zambia)

If travelling to Zambia it is well worth your while to go down to livingstone. Buses travel very regularly from lusaka and many other places for a fare fee (around $20/k100000). The journey takes about 6 hours. Obviously the main attraction is Victoria Falls, and when going I highly recommend picking up a guide and walking about the falls and visiting the 'Angel's Armchair'. This is a once in a lifetime experience and one in which you can go right to the edge of the falls and look into the famous 'mosi-o-tunya'. To get around while there there is a plentiful supply of taxis and you shuold not ... more

I lived in Africa for 13 years and we visited Victoria Falls countless amount of times. It is so beautiful, the Zambian side of the falls is better in my opinion as it is so unspoilt but Zimbabwe is a little commercialised but it is fun walking over the Zambia/Zimbabwe line! The white water rafting is something you will never ever forget, it is exhilarating, exciting and the scenery - well you cant really describe it untill you see it yourself. The locals are lovely a bit tiresome sometimes but they have so little and are so happy it makes you feel very humble. The wildlife is unbelieveable ... more