Exciting LUSAKA to LIVINGSTONE Overland Adventure Safari Tour

Travel advice: So, from where ever you will be staying in Lusaka, on this morning of day 1, kindly find your way to StayEasy Lusaka Hotel ( GPS INFORMATION S 15 24' 10'' E 28 17' 7'') in the central business district (CBD) of Lusaka.
What will happen: In the lobby of StayEasy Hotel, you will find and meet the trip leader waiting for you in the lobby wearing a Lochinvar Safaris branded uniform or name tag. After some formal introduction formalities, you will receive a short briefing from the Trip Leader on some pertinent issues such as important country information and safety issues.
Friendly advice: For convenience sake, you could consider staying at the same StayEasy Hotel in Lusaka. This can be a convenient arrangement for you so that on the morning of the commencement of the tour, our staff will find you waiting in the hotel lobby of StayEasy Hotel.
Program of activities on day one (1)
Phase I
06:30 am: This whole journey will start from the beautiful and centrally located StayEasy Lusaka Hotel. It is situated on the corner of Church and Kabelenga Roads in Lusaka city within Levy Shopping Mall yard. Please note that StayEasy Hotel is the official meeting place/venue for the commencement of this exciting 6-day Lusaka to Livingstone tour.
Advice Notes: (1). Kindly make advance arrangements with reception staff of the lodge/hotel where you will be staying at in Lusaka. Request them to assist you find a reliable taxi to pick you the following morning as early as 05:30 am and transfer you to StayEasy Lusaka Hotel. Please be mindful of traffic congestion around Lusaka city. Traffic congestion is a common phenomenal every morning especially as one drives towards StayEasy Lusaka Hotel area which is the central business district of Lusaka city.
(2). Please get the Lochinvar Safaris contact phone details a day before the commencement of the safari tour. This will enable you to call our staff on phone just in case you delay to reach StayEasy Hotel on the day of travelling. The Trip Leader will decide whether to wait for you at StayEasy Hotel or make any alternative arrangements so that you do not miss out on this exciting trip.
Narration (information tip): StayEasy Lusaka Hotel is located within the same yard with the popular Levy Park luxury shopping mall. The luxurious Levy Shopping Mall Park is situated in the Lusaka's Central Business District (CBD) directly opposite the Lusaka central police station.
Phase II
07:30 am: Commencement of the tour: Thereafter all the travel formalities, you will board the tour vehicle and travel by road from Lusaka to Choma via the T-2 Kafue Road and the T-1 Livingstone road.
09:50 am: After Kafue town, we will head to one of Zambian’s unique natural landmark; the Kafue River and state-of-art Kafue Road Bridge. The vehicle will slow down on the Kafue Bridge. You will have a chance to have a closer view of the Kafue River. Kafue is one of the main rivers of Zambia, the main source and water supply to the greater Lusaka city population. The tour guide will be close by to provide more detailed information on these two important landmarks.
Second stop-over: Munali Pass National Monument
Along the main T-1 Livingstone tourism route, you will visit the Munali Hills Pass historic site. It is situated about 56km north of Mazabuka, a stone cairn 1km along the Munali Pass road. This monument is a commemoration of Dr. David Livingstone’s passage through the hill pass that separates the Lusaka high plateau from the Kafue Flats.
Turn-Pike Turn Off: At Turn Pike junction, we will branch off from the T-2 Kafue road and turn into the T-1 Livingstone road. By the road-side, we will briefly stop-over by the lay-bye to buy some fresh bananas and apples.
In-transit breakfast: You will be served with some breakfast whilst in transit to Mazabuka.
10:20 am: Munali Hills Pass route: You will experience the true Zambian culture of this beautiful country along the way to Mazabuka. The vehicle will wind its way through beautiful landscape, passing through some green commercial farms, traditional African villages and schools along the way to Mazabuka.
11:30 am – Arrive in Mazabuka, dubbed “The Sweetest Town” in Zambia. This is because sugar canes that are processed into edible household sugar are grown on a large scale in Mazabuka.
11:40 am – Depart for Monze, the next town after Mazabuka. You will see large sugar plantations on the way out of Mazabuka town. You will pass a number of small village siding settlements along the way to Monze, approximately 72 kms from Mazabuka.
13:20 pm: Arrive in Monze: - An agriculture town, with an estimated population of 163,578 people.
13:30 pm: Eat a sumptuous lunch at Food Royal or the Indian Restaurant or at any other upmarket restaurant in Monze town.
13:30 pm - 15:00 pm: Visit the Samu Lya Moomba national heritage site outside Monze town in Bweengwa area, Chief CHOONGO’s chiefdom to see Zambia's deep cultural heritage.
Narration (information tip): Samu Lya Moomba holds a special place in Zambia's history as it was the location some freedom fighters from across Zambia would meet to strategise on the attainment of Zambia's political independence.
15:30 pm – Depart for Choma, the provincial headquarters of southern province (97.4 kms from Monze). You will pass through small village siding along the way, namely Rusangu, Chisekesi, Pemba, Muzoka, Batoka in that order before reaching Choma (Distance is 285km from Lusaka and 188 km from Livingstone).
18:00 pm: Arrive in Choma and enjoy your dinner.
21:30 pm: Spend an overnight sleep over in Choma.
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Please note that the times of activities cited above may be varied to accommodate changed circumstances
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Program of the day
06:10 am: Wakeup call; thereafter take a warm shower.
07:00 am – 07: 30: am – Enjoy morning breakfast.
08:00 am – Visit the Choma Museum and Craft Center;
09:00 am: Proceed to Kalomo town. Leave for Kalomo town travelling by road down southwards on the original T-1 main tourist road of Zambia (The Livingstone – Lusaka main tourist road).
Visit and tour the Kalundu Mound: About 3 km before reaching Kalomo, on the main road, is a slightly raised mound (a matter of just a few metres) of earth through which the road passes. This marks the site of an Iron-Age village, and the mound is the accumulated debris of many centuries of occupation.
12:30 pm: Arrive in Kalomo town, the first colonial capital city of Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia). In 1907, Kalomo became the colonial capital centre of what was then known as Northern-Western Rhodesia. In 1911 it became the capital of Northern Rhodesia, what is today called Zambia.
Other places you will visit and tour
1. Colonial Administrators Residence
2. Site of the first Standard Chartered Bank of North-Western Rhodesia
15:30 pm- Proceed to Livingstone.
06:30 pm - Arrive in Livingstone, the final destination of your safari trip but the beginning of some exciting adventure and cultural activities!
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Overview of Livingstone
Livingstone is the tourist capital city of Zambia and Adventure capital Centre of Southern Africa. Livingstone town is named after the famous Victorian missionary explorer, Dr David Livingstone who explored this area extensively. Livingstone Town was established in 1905. As a major European settlement, being close to the Zambezi River crossing over to Southern Rhodesia, the town was made the capital of Northern Rhodesia in 1911. The capital was moved to Lusaka in 1935. A major event in 2011 was the installation of the town’s first set of traffic lights!
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07: 00 pm: - Check-in at any good tourism compliant accommodation facility in Livingstone.
8:30 pm: Relax and spend quality time with your colleagues. Recollect on the exciting events of the just completed travel journey from Lusaka to Livingstone. Sit around the open foyer or inside the bar whilst taking your beverages at your own cost.
09: 30 pm - Eat sumptuous dinner.
Night life: Those interested in night life. You are free to go out to any night club around Livingstone city and enjoy beverages on your own cost.
23:00 am: Retire for a goodnight sleep.
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Morning Game Drive and Rhino Walk Safari in the Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park in Livingstone
You will do a morning game drive and Rhino walk safari in the Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park for approximately 2 to 3 hours. This will be done in an open 4x4 safari vehicle with a qualified safari guide by your side at all times.
Narration (information tip): A game drive offers a thrilling experience to have close encounters with 3 of the Big 5 animals. These are Elephant; Buffalo and the near threatened White Rhino with good photographic opportunities while in the safety confines of the vehicle.
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Narration (information tip):- This little Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park sanctuary is Zambia's smallest National park free from predators. This, in combination with it being an area with manmade boundaries, guarantees an abundance of wildlife throughout the year. In addition to the migratory elephants, wildlife including white rhinos, giraffe, buffalo, waterbuck, impala, wildebeest, zebra, bushbuck, warthogs, monkeys, baboons, hippos and crocodiles are residents in the park year round. They inhabit a mix of riverine forest, mopane woodland as well as grassland, which also provides a variety of habitats for numerous bird species.
Within this park is the Old Drift Crossing Point as well as Cemetery, where the first European settlers were buried. Historically, the Old Drift was where ox-wagons were floated across the Zambezi, before there was a bridge.
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Rhino Walk Safari
You will experience BREATH TAKING ENCOUNTERS with the endangered White Rhino whilst walking in the untamed Zambian bush of Livingstone's Mosi-ao-Tunya National Park.
Detailed Program of the Day:
1st Item: Group briefing by the Tour Director. Then enjoy your sumptuous morning breakfast.
06:00 am: Wakeup call and take a bath.
07:30 am: Take your breakfas
08:10 am: You will be picked from your lodge and proceed to Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park main entrance. You will be required to pay the necessary park entry fees to enable you enter the Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park.
09:45 am: Commence game viewing within the Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park. You will take a mini break by the shores of Zambezi River.
Rhino Walking Safari
Thereafter, you will proceed to the other side of the Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park for a walking safari to view the White Rhinos. You are encouraged to donate anything either materially or financially to the Wildlife Protection Officers who watch over these few remaining white Rhinos 24/7.
12: 00 am - Exit the Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park and return back to your lodge for lunch.
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm - Pass by and tour National Art Gallery.
12:30 pm - 14:30 pm: Lunch
Afternoon Activity: You will be picked from the reception of the lodge. You will then be transferred for your exciting, relaxing and splendid sunset cruise on the mighty Zambezi River above the mighty Victoria Falls aboard a medium-sized boat cruise.
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Overview of the local Zambezi sub-basin:
This sub-basin is the area in which you will do your sunset cruise excursion on the Zambezi River. Wildlife such as Elephant, hippo, crocodile, bush-buck, various antelope, Buffalo, bee-eaters, fish eagle, zebra and giraffe to name a few are home in this area of the Zambezi River sub-basin and can be seen on the edge of the river. Knowledgeable local guides will accompany you on this cruise and share their knowledge on the local history and wildlife. Cold and warm delicious, well prepared snacks are served on board.
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At the end of the cruise, you will be transferred back to your lodge, marking the end of activities for the day.
19:30 pm: At the end of the day, you will be served with a well prepared fresh dinner.
21:50 pm: After an exciting day on the sunset cruise, you will retire to bed.
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Please note that the times of activities cited above may be varied to accommodate changed circumstances

07:00 am – 07:30 am - Take your sumptuous breakfast
08:00 am - Travel to the Victoria Falls for a wonderful waterfalls touring experience.
08:00 am – 10:30 am – Commence touring Victoria Falls; Thereafter visit the local craft market.
10:30 am – 11: 00 am - Travel back to Livingstone city;
11:00 am – 12:30 pm – Visit and commence touring Livingstone city. You will see the colonial buildings, many shops, banks, local market.
Narration (information tip):- This is an opportunity for you to withdraw cash at the numerous automatic teller machines (ATM cash dispensers) for your spending pleasure in Livingstone. Buy your assortment of drinks at the famous Shoprite shop on your own cost; thereafter, return to the lodge.
13:00 pm 14:30 pm - Lunch break
14:30 pm - 15:30 pm - Take afternoon rest in your room.
15:30 pm - 16:00 pm - Travel from Livingstone to Mukuni village.
16:00 hrs: Next activity: Village Tour to Mukuni Village. Experience the African Cultural Lifestyle in Real-time at Mukuni Village in Livingstone Zambia.
During your tour you will be treated to an African experience where you will get to learn more about the African culture and also interact with people from the village.
At the end of the Mukuni Village Tour, you will be transferred back to your Lodge for dinner and good night rest of sleep.
Signing off for the day! At the end of the Mukuni Village Tour, you will be transferred back to your Lodge for dinner and good night rest of sleep.
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Please note that the times of activities cited above may be varied to accommodate changed circumstances

Narration: (information tip):- This is an Open and Free Day. This means you are free to do any other preferred activities of your choice at your own cost. This can be either within Livingstone or you may decide to go for a Day trip to Chobe National Park in neighboring Botswana.
Suggestions!
We suggest and propose that you may do any of these two exciting activities:
A. Water related activities and other adventure activities on the Zambezi River in Livingstone at your own cost activities:-
B. Chobe National Park full day trip from Livingstone at your own cost activities:-(Please go to the bottom of this page to see the program for this trip)
A. Water related activities and other adventure activities at your own cost activities:-
(1) Undertake Devil's pool experience at your own cost. We shall transfer you to the Victoria Falls to undertake Devil's pool experience. You will pay directly to the Devil's pool ground operator and service provider.
The Devils Swimming Pool and Livingstone Island Tour is an Exhilarating and Memorable Experience. This activity is only available from the Zambian side of Victoria Falls. It is an awesome once in a lifetime experience and the operation is extremely well managed and run,.
Note; Depending on the time of the year, if the water levels on the Zambezi river are high, you will not be able to do the Devils Pool swimming experience for safety reasons. Instead, you will undertake yet another exciting swimming pool experience on the same Zambezi River at the Angels's Pool.
(3) Undertake Bunjee jumping at your own cost. We shall transfer you to the Victoria Falls to undertake Bunjee jumping experience. You will pay directly to the Bunjee jumping ground operator and service provider.
(4) Abseiling (at your own cost)
(5) Canoeing and kayaking (at your own cost)
(7) Microlight Flights over Victoria Falls (at your own cost)
(8) Helicopter Flights over Victoria Falls (at your own cost)
(9) Fishing (at your own cost)
(10) Hiking (at your own cost
(11) Horse Riding (at your own cost)
(12) Jet Boats (at your own cost)
(13) Lion Walk (at your own cost)
(14) Microlight and Ultralight Flights over Victoria Falls (at your own cost)
(15) Quad biking (at your own cost)
(16) Rafting (at your own cost)
(17) River-boarding and River-cruises (at your own cost)
**Meals will be arranged and provided for you as per your planned activity program.
20:00 pm. Group Farewell dinner expressing full gratitude for successfully ending this once in a lifetime trip. Votes of thank you shall be offered!
You will take an assortment of drinks on your own account which you should buy earlier during the day.
23:00 pm: Retire to sleep.
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B. You decide to do Chobe National Park full day trip from Livingstone.
Overview: You will do a game drive in Chobe National Park in the neighboring Botswana for a full day by travelling by road from Livingstone Zambia to Kasane in Botswana. The Chobe National park is home to the world's largest Elephant population, amazing wildlife, and Africa's largest predators: Lions, Leopards and Wild dogs.
05:20 am: You will be picked from your lodge/hotel in Livingstone and proceed straight away to Kazungula - Zambia/Botswana one stop border post, a distance of about 80 kms. Please do not carry all your luggage from your lodge/hotel as you will return back to the same lodge/hotel on the same day at the end of the Chobe day trip unless otherwise.
Very important information.
Please ensure that you obtain a KAZA Visa in advance that will enable/allow you enter Botswana on a day trip which cost $50. This KAZA visa can be obtained at the port of entry the first time you enter Zambia. This can be done either at the Lusaka's Kenneth Kaunda International Airport or the Livingstone's Harry Mwaanga Nkumbula International Airport or at the Zambia's Victoria Falls Border.
If you do not obtain a KAZA Visa, you still can exit Zambia and enter Botswana subject to conditions attached to the nationality of your passport and you declare that you are going for a full day Chobe Day Trip. At the end of the day trip and upon returning to Zambia, the Zambian Immigration Officers will charge you $10 (valid at the time of writing) to allow you re-enter Zambia. So kindly decide and choose which option you prefer. The advantage of getting a KAZA Visa is that you can also use it to enter Zimbabwe from Zambia and remain there for 30 days of touring around Zimbabwe.
08:00 am: Kazungula Zambia/Botswana one stop border station
You will present yourself before the immigration officers of both Zambia and Botswana immigration authorities at the one stop border station at Kazungula on Botswana soil. This will be for the purpose of processing your exit from Zambia and entry into Botswana respectively. Please carry your passport with you and sufficient USD hard currencies to pay for any border fees. If accompanied by any children with only one parent present, kindly carry a letter from the other parent absent authorizing you to travel with the child internationally. A letter with a seal of oath will carry more weight to avoid being inconvenienced and denied entry into Business. Otherwise if all your documentations are in order, you will smoothly exit Zambia and enter Botswana without any hassles.
08:40 am: Enter Botswana and travel to Chobe National Park.
You will be picked by our Botswana counter part tour guide driving a safari vehicle right at the border. You will immediately be driven to the entrance of Chobe National Park, a distance of approximately 22 km.
You will be presented before the Botswana wildlife officers at the main gate of Chobe National Park to process your entry into the park..
Overview of Chobe National Park
The Chobe national park is well known for its wildlife and bird life and beautiful sunsets. Established in 1968, Chobe National Park covers approximately 11,700 sq km, encompassing floodplains, swamps and woodland. The Chobe River forms the park's northern boundary, which includes four distinct geographical areas: the Chobe Riverfront: the Ngwezumba pans; Savuté; and Linyanti.
What is special about Chobe National Park?
The park is widely known for its large elephant population, estimated to be around 50,000. Elephants living here are Kalahari elephants, the largest in herd size of all known elephant populations. They are characterized by rather brittle ivory and short tusks, perhaps due to calcium deficiency in the soils.
You will commence your game drive in Chobe National Park in an open safari vehicle under the supervision of a qualified tour guide. You will see the world's largest Elephant population, amazing wildlife, and Africa's largest predators: Lions, Leopards and Wild dogs.
You will be offered refreshments whilst on the game drive activities.
12:30 pm: Excellent buffet lunch - Chobe Safari Lodge Restaurant on the shores of Chobe River.
You will take a delicious buffet lunch at Chobe Safari Lodge by the shores of Chobe River. This is a high end Chobe Safari Lodge and the food selection is excellent, from the salads to the meats to the desserts.
14:00 pm: Chobe Boat Cruise.
You will go for an afternoon boat cruise experience on the Chobe River using a speedboat which allows you to come closer to the animals. You will be surprised at the number of wild animals you will see within this area. Accompanied by a tour guide, you will see elephant swimming across from Namibia to Botswana, crocodiles, hippos, water buffalos , a lot of different species of bird life. you will be offered refreshments on this boat cruise.
16:00 pm: Kasane - Botswana .
You will be dropped off on the shores of Chobe River at the end of the boat cruise tour and quickly rushed to the Botswana/Zambia one-stop border station.
16:40 pm: Re-enter Zambia and travel back to Livingstone to your Lodge
You will then travel back to Livingstone, covering a distance of about 80m kms.
18:00 pm: Livingstone - (Zambia) at your Lodge/Hotel.
You will be dropped off at your lodge/hotel, marking the end of the tour.
Important things you need to know
- You shall strictly abide and follow all the instructions issued by the Tour Guide during the game drive.
- You will not be allowed to alight from the safari vehicle unless instructed to do so by the Tour Guide.
- During the Safari Tour in the Chobe National Park, kindly expect to be joined and share the safari vehicle with other people.
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05:30 am -05:50 am: wakeup. Take your morning body bath.
06:00 am: Nicely and neatly pack your personal belongings into your travelling bag.
06:20 am: thereafter take your last delicious breakfast. Bid farewell to your newly found Livingstone friends.
06:00 am: Transferred to the Livingstone International Airport and leave to your beautiful home country or to your next tour destination.
NOTE: If you wish to be transferred back to Lusaka, arrangements will be made for your transfer back to Lusaka at a cost that will be negotiated with you.
“END OF A GREAT SIX (6) DAY TOUR EXPEDITION FROM LUSAKA TO LIVINGSTONE OF SOUTHERN PROVINCE OF ZAMBIA”
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Please note that the times of activities cited above may be varied to accommodate changed circumstances