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Zambia, What An Amazing Country!

When you travel abroad, especially far away from home you want to have peace of mind. The same applies if you’re on an African safari. If your desire is to meet friendly, warm people then travel to Africa’s peace haven, Zambia. In Zambia you’ll find that which you most desire, warm African welcome. Peace, stability and friendliness describe Zambia. It is a country incredibly endowed with natural resources, heritage of a natural safari country. Just imagine these amazing sites: 1 The Victoria Falls, one of world’s most spectacular waterfalls, is considered world’s largest curtain of falling water. It measures 1701 metres wide and plunges down to 111 metres. The torrent of water plunging over a steep cliff creates a deafening roar and sends up billows of spray that can be seen 30km (19 mi) away. Thus local people have called it Mosi-oa-Tunya, meaning “the smoke that thunders.” 2. The wild untamed Zambezi River. From its source at Kalene Hills to its mouth at Indian Ocean Zambezi measures a whopping 3,540 kilometres. And 2,572km is in Zambia.

Zambezi River passes through changing sceneries. The wild exciting Barote Flood Plain site of colourful Kuomboka ceremony by Lozi people, violent torrent at Victoria Falls and 122m deep Batoka Gorge cut by river, serene Lake Kariba behind hydroelectric dam. And this lake has a great history. Finally wide Lower Zambezi surrounded by wild game. 3 Add to your travel itinerary Nchanga Open Pit one of largest open cast mines in world but largest in Africa. Operations started in 1957 and today it measures 4,700m long, 2,400m wide and bottoms up at 335m. Zambia’s major economic activity still remains copper mining. 4 Visit 19 national parks and 34 game management areas. All these constitute 30 percent of 752614sq km of Zambia. The management areas buffer game parks and parks are strategically located throughout country. 5 The unbelievable yet fascinating wildlife in pristine wilderness. The Zambian national parks are considered to have largest concentration of game in world. The variety of animal species is wide with over 202 mammals that include Big Five: lion, giraffe, leopard, rhino and elephant.