Africa

There’s nowhere like it on the planet for wildlife, wild lands and rich traditions that endure. Prepare to fall in love.

VICTORIA FALLS BORDER

The Victoria Falls Bridge spans the dramatic Zambezi River Gorge and serves as the official border crossing between Victoria Falls Town in Zimbabwe and Livingstone in Zambia. The border post is open daily from 06:00 to 22:00. We arrived around noon, only to discover what turned out to be...

MOSI-OA-TUNYA NP

Just before crossing into Zimbabwe, we enjoyed one final game drive in the 66-square-kilometre Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park (package trip 65 USD), an iconic conservation area best known for protecting the Zambian side of the legendary Victoria Falls, its predator-free wildlife sanctuary...

BOOMA WOMEN IN MUKUNI

Today, we had the privilege of joining Kamila Hejlíková Tembo, a Czech scientist and project manager from Mendel University in Brno, on a visit to the local community in Mukuni Village. There, we discovered an inspiring eco-enterprise that is sustainably harvesting non-timber forest...

EMIL HOLUB

One of the highlights of our visit to the Livingstone Museum was learning about the remarkable Czech explorer and ethnographer Dr Emil Holub, whose pioneering work helped document much of Southern Africa during the 19th century. Inspired by the journals of Scottish missionary David...

LIVINGSTONE

We spent a few days exploring Livingstone, Zambia’s tourism capital, located just 10 kilometres north of Victoria Falls on the northern bank of the Zambezi River, which forms the natural border between Zambia and Zimbabwe. Founded in 1905, the town was named in honour of the...

VICTORIA FALLS

We finally made it to the majestic Victoria Falls—one of the world’s greatest natural wonders. Known locally as Mosi-oa-Tunya, meaning “The Smoke That Thunders,” the falls stretch approximately 1,708 meters across the Zambezi River and plunge 108 meters into a dramatic...