Wildlife, Waterfalls, Witchcraft Zambia Has It All!

There is only one place in the world where four countries meet at a single frontier, - a landlocked country with the largest man-made lake in the world, national parks, Africa’s fourth-largest river and a lake where the water temperature never drops below three degrees.

- Charmaine de Villiers

This is Zambia, a country of rugged terrain and diverse wildlife, the famed Victoria Falls, Kariba Dam, Lake Tanganyika, and a four-way border between Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Zambia. This quadripoint is actually located at the confluence of the Cuando and Zambezi rivers, denying tourists the opportunity to do a quick dance across four countries.

The tourism industry is a major and growing industry in this southern African country which has so much to offer the tourist. Not only does it have many attractions but the Zambian people are friendly and helpful. As in South Africa, many of the inhabitants live in townships similar to our own but what is striking is the cleanliness of the country. Townhouse complexes are extremely popular with freehold homes belonging to those wealthy enough to afford them.

Waterways, wildlife and witchcraft

With the current situation around the world with Covid-19 sweeping through the populations, and bats seemingly a favourite for having been the cause of the pandemic, the idea of being close to millions of bats is a good reason not to visit a destination. However, for those with an interest in wildlife, witnessing Zambia’s spectacular fruit bat migration – which sees 10 million of the creatures descend on the swamp forest of Kasanka National Park between October and December – is something of a red-letter day. When I return to Zambia one day this will definitely be on my list of ‘must-see’.