Zambia OVERVIEW
Spectators turn speechless and only gasp in awe as the mighty Zambezi River sends 2 million gallons of tumultuous water down a 300 feet high vertical wall and gushes the spray back up in the air to form a thick cloud of enigma hovering above the world's largest curtain of falling water. That's Victoria Falls - sufficient a reason to incorporate those African roads less traveled into your life itinerary, for the lesson of humility it gives is immense and the impression ineradicable.
The very waterfall and the challenges it presents attracts hordes of thrill seekers to Zambia, and you'll see them whitewater raft below, soar above, and bungee jump in front of the hazy backdrop. If you don't belong to that group of madcaps, take in the majesty of this shimmering wonder from a viewing platform, or throw your fishing line into the calmer section of Zambezi for what is hailed the best of angling experiences to be gotten in all of Africa.
However, the appeal of Zambia is by no means limited to the staggering waterfall it shares with Zimbabwe. You'll be bewildered by what is shaping up to be Africa's next best safari destination, and once your gaze meets a pride of lions siesting in Lower Zambezi National Park or a family of elephants crossing the Luangwa River, you'll discover a particularly sentimental spot in you, of which you might not have had the faintest idea. The instant sense of belonging will make you realize that your departure from civilization is also your arrival at a place you've subconsciously been longing for. Get up at the crack of dawn in November to witness 15 million fruit bats darken the morning skies of Kasanka National Park, wallow in sand along the shorelines of Lake Tanganyika, or jump in a canoe and watch chubby little hippos cuddling to their gigantic mothers. Whatever you do, it so feels like real life.
Traveling in Zambia ain't no walk in the park, though. With transportation system not even close to developed and poverty evident every step you take, this unrefined diamond will cost you loads of patience, frustration, and even more time. Exhausted, at the end of your tether, but infinitely happy and fulfilled, you'll be a different man upon coming back from Zambia, with your point of view reset and your life rejuvenated, with your shoes tatty like hell but your soul enlightened with a glimpse into real Africa - beautiful and primeval, harsh and depressing, but so genuine that it gives you wings. Sounds lunatic? Go check for yourself.
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