A suspected poacher from Zambia was last week gunned down by game rangers near the resort town of Victoria Falls while his two accomplices escaped following a heavy exchange of gunfire. Police confirmed the incident, which happened at Shumba Spring [...]
A wonderful dispatch from the Bushcamp Company and Mfuwe Lodge: Each year South Luangwa’s Mfuwe Lodge welcomes some rather large, grey, wrinkled guests…whole families of elephants have been regular visitors for a number of years, arriving between late October and [...]
African Parks, a conservation non-profit, and Norman Carr Safaris are proud to announce details of the investment in, and construction of, a luxury camp in Liuwa Plain National Park, Zambia. Mambeti is being funded by Africans Parks donors with the [...]
Monday 11 January, a team from GRI – Elephant Orphanage Project (EOP) drove down to Lower Zambezi to rescue an abandoned and orphaned elephant calf, the latest addition to the orphan herd at the Lilayi Elephant Nursery (LEN) outside Lusaka. [...]
Government and stakeholders have been urged to explore the tourism potential on Lake Tanganyika in Mpulungu District to positively contribute to the growth of the sector in 2016 and beyond. Mpulungu Harbour Authority (MHA) manager, Dennis Kaluba, said there was [...]
Having lived in Luangwa for nearly seven years, I have seen a lot of fascinating wildlife events. What follows is one of the most unusual that I can remember, although it is perhaps remarkable that I have not seen it [...]
The end of the year is fast approaching and with it a time for reflection on the year that was 2015. Here at Zambia Tourism, it's been a busy but very successful year. At the end of 2014, you may [...]
It was whilst on an afternoon drive from Musekese Camp, Jeffery & McKeith Safaris in north central Kafue National Park, Zambia that we witnessed the most unexpected and, as far a we know, as yet photographically un-documented sighting ever… We [...]
As the temperatures in Luangwa continue to rise and the water level continues to drop, tension amongst the wildlife is building as they fight over the limited resources available. Photographer, Kanwar Deep Juneja, was lucky enough to witness quite the [...]
In the past week, Zambia Wildlife Authority (ZAWA) has rescued six pangolins through four separate operations across western Zambia. These scaly anteaters had been illegally captured from the wild by poachers and were being sold as part of the illegal [...]
We are halfway through spring and summer is fast approaching, if not already upon us, considering the temperatures that have been experienced in Livingstone recently! The town of Livingstone, has a subtropical climate with hot and rainy wet seasons and [...]
Making safari dreams come true whilst supporting the local community is an ethos Tongabezi Safari Lodge lives by. Helping local communities and providing a better future for the underprivileged has always been close to the Tongabezi team’s hearts. The Tujatane [...]
The Zambia Tourism Board is pleased to announce that the Government of the Republic of Zambia through the Ministry of Home Affairs (Department of Immigration) launched the e-Visa facility on Wednesday, 14th October, 2015 at Mulungushi International Conference Centre in Lusaka which was [...]
A retired policeman from Plymouth in south-west England recently raised £15,000 for charity after spending four days on Zambia's mighty Zambezi River. Trevor Broome, aged 62, spent each night beside his raft on the river bank, as he and an international [...]
Once again, the creative team at Zambiatourism.com have been busy putting together a highly proffesional promotional video to showcase one of Zambia's flagship destinations - the pristine and game rich South Luangwa National Park, which also happens to be one [...]
Last June Project Luangwa had its fifth birthday – yes, that’s right Dave and I have been living and working here in Mfuwe for over five years. At the time we were a bit too busy to celebrate or even [...]
Authorities in Zambia have expressed optimism that the country will be able to capture the targeted 1 million tourist arrivals in 2015, the country's investment agency said on Tuesday. According to a statement posted on the Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) [...]
THE Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants (ZICA) has made a lot of progress on the construction of a state-of-the-art Convention Centre in Livingstone at a cost of about US$ 300 million. ZICA president Wesley Beene said the project, whose ground [...]
By Sarah Davies Eco-tourism – we hear it all the time but what does it really mean? We read about “green” safari camps who “contribute” to their local communities and “empower” staff but how can we really be sure that [...]
The following was written as a response to Christopher Clark's recent post, 'Lifting the big cat hunting ban: Some thoughts and a call' after it was republished on Untold Africa. Pieter Kat is a trustee and co-founder of LionAid. He [...]
