ZAMBIA REPORT TRAVEL.

 

The Zimbabwe border can be reached from the center of Victoria Falls on foot (1.5km) or by taxi (USD 2, but you have to bargain).

Between the Zimbabwean border and that of Zambia there is 1.3 km that can be covered on foot or by taxi (1 USD, but you have to bargain and wait for the taxi to fill up).

The visa for Zambia is taken at the border and costs 50 USD, or 15 USD if you stay in the country less than 24 hours.

The entrance to Victoria Falls from the Zambian side, adjacent to the Zambian border costs 100 ZMK. They only accept local currency but adjacent to the Ticket Office there is the currency exchange office. When there is the Full Moon there is a ticket that is valid both for the day and for the evening which costs 150 ZMK.

Victoria Falls from the Zambian side (located near the border) are easily visited on foot, not much walking. The only negative thing is that it almost always gets very wet from head to toe.

From Victoria Falls on the Zambian side (located near the border) I take a collective Blue Taxi to Livingstone for the price of 7 ZMK (11 km). The taxi leaves only when it is full and leaves you at the address you want.

I sleep at the fantastic Livingstone Backpackers Lodge (Zambia) located practically in the center. It costs 60 ZMK, per night in 4-person dorms, including swimming pool, climbing gym, bar, ect.

The next day at 8 in the morning from the Bus Station located in Town Center Market in Livingstone (Zambia), I take the Shalom bus at the price of 100 ZMK which in 7 hours (about 500 km) brings to the Intersity Bus Station in Lusaka, the Capital of Zambia. There are several per day.

The taxi to go to the hostel costs me 30 ZMK.

I sleep at Flinstones Backpackers Lodge about 1 km from the center of Lusaka (price USD 12 in 8-bed dormitory). There is the bar.

The next day I visit Lusaka.

To reach the tiny Lusaka Airport, which is only 22 km from the center, there are no buses or minibuses. The only solution is to take a private taxi at the minimum price of 150 ZMK.

My complete travel report with map, photographs and videos is available at this link:

http://vivendosalendo.blogspot.com/2016/10/viaggio-in-sudafrica-lesotho-swaziland.html