The Upper and Lower Zambezi
Four nights above Victoria Falls, four in the Lower Zambezi National Park.
- Eight nights
- Two stays
- Zambia
- River, safari, charter flight
One river, two characters: the quiet islands of the Upper Zambezi near the Falls, then the wild valley of the Lower Zambezi beneath the escarpment.
- Length
- Eight nights
- Pace
- Two stays
- Style
- River, safari, charter flight
- Route
- The Upper Zambezi to The Lower Zambezi
- The Upper ZambeziFour nights
- The Lower ZambeziFour nights
01
Days 1 to 5 · four nights
The Upper Zambezi
Met at Livingstone. Sunset cruises, a walk through the village, canoes to an island picnic, tigerfish, and the Falls on foot from the Zambian side; Livingstone Island and Devil's Pool in season.
Where you stay
Royal Chundu
Royal Chundu stands on the Upper Zambezi about 30 kilometres from Victoria Falls, with suites at the River Lodge and villas at the Island Lodge, which takes guests over 12.
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Days 5 to 9 · four nights
The Lower Zambezi
By way of Lusaka and a short charter to the lodge's airstrip. Walking and canoe safaris, drives by day and night, sunset boats, tigerfish and the spa.
Where you stay
Royal Zambezi Lodge
Royal Zambezi Lodge is in the Lower Zambezi National Park, beneath the Zambezi Escarpment, ten minutes from its own airstrip.
Ways to make it yours
This is a sample. The hotels, the pace and the order are where we start, not where we finish: every journey is designed around the people taking it.
Made around you
Most travel is bought. This is designed.
Before anything is booked, we talk: who is travelling, how you like to spend a morning, and the hotel preferences below the obvious, from the kind of bath you like to the time you wake and how much daylight you need in a room. You see options where options matter and clean recommendations where they don't.
The same person remains your point of contact from the first reply to the trip after next. No handovers. No team.
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