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The Republic of Zambia with its capital city Lusaka is located in Central Africa. The Republic of Zambia shares borders with Angola in the west, the Democratic Republic of Congo in the west and north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east and Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south. Most of the country is located on a hilly plateau, lowering to the south. Areas of sublime relief include the famous Copper Belt and the picturesque plateau on the border with Nico Malawi, which is the highest point - the peak Mvanda (2150 m). The total area of the country is of 752.6 thousand square km. The climate, as it should be in Africa, tourists will be pleased: the coldest month is July, when the temperature drops to +15 ° C. In October, the air is to +27 ° C. The population is of 9 million 663 thousand persons, of whom 98 7% - indigenous Africans. The official language is English, but the local population uses to communicate vernaculars Bantu.

 

Tours to Zambia today offer a variety of operators. The Republic is famous for its beautiful nature and it has 19 protected national parks, the largest and the most popular of which is Kefyu. You will remember forever your holidays in this African country known to the world with its Victoria Falls, archaeological sites, numerous museums, and rafting on the Zambezi rapid River . The most popular is the tourist resort environment Zambian Siavonga, which is located in the north-eastern extremity of the lake called Kariba. The famous giant Victoria Falls (120 m and a width of about 2 km) is situated at the border area of Zambia on the Zambezi River near the town of Livingston. One of the best places to observe the "big plan" Victoria is at the "Knife Edge", which can only be achieved by subtle, but absolutely safe pedestrian bridge that passes directly through clouds of spray to the rocky island, a cliff overlooking a river. If the water is low and the wind is favorable, you will see a magnificent panorama of waterfalls and view the yawning chasm below the Zambezi Bridge which is more than offset the slight difficulty lifting. It is in Zambia where you can get an adrenaline rush, flying in a helicopter, light aircraft or glider, or alloys of the white foam of the boiling water on rafts and canoes. Here, also, to "Victoria Falls Bridge" is the world's largest attraction "bungee jump" (better known here as "bungee") - the height of the separation point is 111 m. Fans of more traditional rest also will be pleased, for their services - fishing on Lake Kariba and Tanganyika National Parks safaris and South Luangwa Loshinvar, watching animals and birds.


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Victoria Falls

Victoria Falls is one of the wonders of the world, the largest waterfall in the world, an amazing natural phenomenon. It is located on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe, where the fourth-largest river in Africa - Zambezi rushes down from a height of 120 m to 30 m in a wide gorge of the Kololi tribe that lived in these places in the 1800s, known as Waterfall Mozi-oa-Tunya, t...

Livingston

Surprisingly, very few tourists visiting the Victoria Falls on the border of Zambia, Zimbabwe, have time to visit Livingstone town, adjacent to the falls from the Zambian side. Meanwhile, it deserves at least a full day for walks and visits to its local attractions. A lot of them: colonial architecture, The Locomotive Museum, the Museum of David Livingstone. It must be confessed that Livingstone was disco...

Mosi-oa- Tunya National Park

Mosi-oa-Tunya is situated on the part of Zambia at Victoria Falls. In translation it means "thundering smoke". That is how the natives called the waterfall, which was feared as a terrible God. By cascading the 128-meter-high the water flows rapidly. Moreover, this superstition was alive in the last century. In the Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park are found, zebras, giraffes, antelopes and monkeys. In ...

Ndola

Ndola is the second largest city in Zambia, the administrative center of the wire. Copperbelt. International Airport. Railroad and pipeline are connected to the port of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), the Indian Ocean. This is the center for non-ferrous metallurgy, petroleum refining, chemical, light and the sugar industry. The city was founded in 1904 on the spot market of slaves. This city was called the "city drivers, banks, and t...

Lusaka

Lusaka - a typical African metropolis The capital of Zambia is not and is unlikely to ever become a tourist center. This is a typical African city of 3.5 million, reminiscent immensely overgrown village with a single main street where are half dozen obvious "Soviet" high-rise buildings, some of which are still abandoned. And all around are slums of urban poverty, residence in which is...

The Kariba Lake

Lake Kariba is one of the largest  lakes in the world. The lake, covering an area of about 5180 square km, is famous for its scenic beauty, attracting many tourists who come here to ride under sail, ride a water ski, sunbathe, go fishing or try their luck at the casino. One of the most remarkable achievements of the engineering construction of the century became Zimbabwe's 112-meter-high dam at Kariba...

Kabwe

Kabwe meaning Broken Hill is a town in central Zambia, the capital of Central Province. The population is about 210 thousand people. The airport of the town is located north of the capital Lusaka at a height of 1182 m. After opening of zinc deposits in 1902 in the Broken Hill the construction of infrastructure for the production and the refining of nonferrous metals (lead, zinc and vanadium) increased. In 1903 was founded “Rh...


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