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Livingstone Travel Guide

10 kms from the Victoria Falls - Livingstone is the tourist and adventure capital of Zambia boasting new hotels and lodges, lots of adrenalin activities.

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Town | Vic Falls & Livingstone

Previously the capital of Zambia before it was moved to Lusaka, Livingstone is fast becoming a major player in the tourism stakes of the Victoria Falls.

Livingstone itself is being upgraded with new shopping complexes and with plenty of accommodation choices the traveler is well catered for.
Although Livingstone is a fairly safe town be careful walking around at night as there are very few streetlights.
Taxis are freely available for hire or hop on a mini bus to get to the Falls.

Shopping for Curios and Souvenirs
the Mukuni Crafts centre at the Falls has a huge array of curios from the largest wooden giraffe in Africa to beautiful batiks.
From intricate animal carvings in stone, wood, or the beautiful green malachite, masks, drums, marimbas, spoons, book ends, walking sticks, jewellery and much more
Be prepared to bargain your T-shirt, battery or even shoes.

The Victoria Falls

To view the Falls, there is a network of walkways over the abyss and a steep track down to the base of the falls.

This World Heritage Site, is truly a once-in-a-lifetime experience as the Zambezi river tears headlong over the 1.7km expanse down into the chasm 110 metres below it

Accommodation in Livingstone | Restaurants | Activities

Photographic Slide shows

The Victoria falls

Vic Falls Bridge

White water rafting

Elephant Ride

Bungi Jump

Museums
The Livingstone Museum is Zambia's national museum tracing the history of man in Zambia

The Railway Museum features the restored Zambezi Saw Mills loco shed builidngs and traces the history of the railway in Zambia

The Victoria Falls Field Museum stands on an archaeological site - on display are stone tools used by our ancestors some 2.5 millions years ago.

Game Reserves
Running along a strip of riverine bush which stretches approx. 12 kms up river, the Zambezi National Park or Mosi O Tunya National Park contains giraffe, elephant, white rhino, buffalo, zebra, sable, eland, wildebeest as well as kafue lechwe.

Ceremonies
In July of each year the Leya people partake in the colorful Lwiindi Ceremony. The local people believe the spirits of their ancestors still dwell in the gorges of the Falls and during the Lwiindi, they offer sacrifices to them for rain.

Getting There

BY PLANE

Livingstone has its own small airport and flights arrive daily.

* British Airways, SAA and Nationwide fly between Livingstone and Johannesburg.

South African Airways is currently looking into direct flight from Johannesburg to Livingstone Airport (LVI).

BY BUS

The Euro-Bus travels between Lusaka and Livingstone - a journey of some 470 kms taking between 5 to 6 hours.

BY CAR
Rent a car and drive yourself.

For the international self driver, roads lead into Livingstone from Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe).
Temporary import permits can be purchased at the port of entry.
Zambian third party insurance is mandatory.

Visas

• Zambian visas which may be required : Zimbabwe Visas

Zambian Manifesto for accommodation in Zambia
If client's passport details are received prior to entry into Zambia, we will enter these onto a manifest which we give to the Immigration Department and visa charges will then be exempt

We can arrange your Zambian Visa manifesto, at either Livingstone Airport, the Victoria Falls border post (Zimbabwe) or Kazungula border post (Botswana)

Restaurants

Travelers Tips

Travelers cheques are not readily accepted by most establishments.
Major credit cards are accepted (American Express, Mastercard, Diners Club and Visa).
ATM cashpoints are available.

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