This exciting full Day overland transfer itinerary entails you travelling in a comfortable and enjoyable vehicle from Lusaka to Livingstone, the tourist capital city of Zambia. You have to see and experience the southern tourism circuit part of Zambia in real-time. Take this exciting full day overland travel excursion with some adventurous activities and stop over along the way. Travelling by road from Lusaka to Livingstone is an enriching personal travel experience.
This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!
At your hotel in Lusaka
You will be picked from the reception of your Lodge/Hotel in Lusaka in a comfortable and air-conditioned transfer vehicle by our driver and travel tour guide.
Travel Route Plan: Start: Lusaka (capital city) travel TO southern province of Zambia – passing through Monze - Choma TO - Kalomo – Zimba – (End) Livingstone for various adventure and water adrenalin activities at your own cost.
You will board a comfortable overland vehicle ranging from Sedan SUV 4x4D to a private saloon car. The type of vehicle to be used depends on the number of participants at any given departure date.
You will travel on Route (T–1) Lusaka – Livingstone; Zambia’s main tourist road (485.4 km) which forms the principal transport axis of Southern Province, the tourist hub region of Zambia.
Depart from Lusaka, travel southward on the main Zambia’s T–1 tourist road. You will see the icon FINDECO house around the Kafue Roundabout, the tallest office building complex in Zambia.
About 50 kms from Lusaka, you will reach a small road-side town of Kafue (its name is derived from the Kafue River, one of Zambia’s major rivers). This town has no major things of tourism interest worth a stop-over.
After Kafue town, we will head to one of Zambian’s unique natural landmark; the Kafue River and state-of-art Kafue Road Bridge. The vehicle will slow down on the Kafue Bridge. You will have a chance to have a closer view of the Kafue River. Kafue is one of the main rivers of Zambia, the main source and water supply to the greater Lusaka city population. The tour guide will be close by to provide more detailed information on these two important landmarks.
1st and 2nd Stop-overs at Turn Pike junction and Munali Pass
At Turn Pike junction where you will join the T-1 Livingstone road, you will briefly stop over by the road-side to buy some fresh bananas. Thereafter , you will proceed on the T-1 road heading toward Munali Hills. At the summit of Munali Hills, you will make your second stop-over and see Munali Pass Heritage site. This is a point where Dr. David Livingstone, who it believed was the first European to have sighted the Victoria Falls in Livingstone first saw the Kafue River at a distance.
You then continue travelling towards Mazabuka, the next town. Whilst on board, you will be served with hot coffee/tea with some muffins, light snacks, fresh fruits and drinks.
You will experience the true Zambian culture of this beautiful country along the way to Mazabuka. The vehicle will wind its way through beautiful landscape, passing through some green commercial farms, traditional African villages and schools along the way to Mazabuka.
Arrive in Mazabuka, dubbed “The Sweetest Town” in Zambia. This is because sugar canes that are processed into edible household sugar are grown on a large scale in Mazabuka. As ther is no stop-over, you will proceed to Monze. You will see large sugar plantations on the way out of Mazabuka town. You will pass a number of small village siding settlements along the way to Monze, approximately 72 kms from Mazabuka.
You arrive in Monze around lunch time: - Monze is an agriculture town, with an estimated population of 163,578 people. You will eat a sumptuous lunch at Food Royal or the Indian Restaurant or at any other upmarket restaurant in Monze town.
Thereafter you will depart for Choma the provincial centre of southern province of Zambia located about 97.4 kms from Monze. You will pass through small village siding along the way, namely Rusangu, Chisekesi, Pemba, Muzoka, Batoka in that order before reaching Choma (Distance is 285km from Lusaka and 188 km from Livingstone).
You then arrive in Choma and immediately visit and tour the Choma Museum; Commence cultural educational tour of the Choma museum and art gallery. Further undertake an outdoor tour of the Harry Mwaanga Nkumbula statue, a political freedom fighter for Zambia’s independence. Then you will proceed to museum yard to see the huge iron ball that were used in clearing bushes in the Kariba Dam.
Choma town Tour.
From Choma museum, you will walk across into Choma town and tour the town in order to appreciate how the local people live. You will also visit the Choma Spar Supermarket and possibly buy for yourself any goodies you may have want at you own cost.
Thereafter, you will proceed to Kalomo town travelling by road down southwards on the original T-1 main tourist road of Zambia (The Livingstone – Lusaka main tourist road).
You visit and tour the Kalundu Mound: About 3 km before reaching Kalomo, on the main road, is a slightly raised mound (a matter of just a few metres) of earth through which the road passes. This marks the site of an Iron-Age village, and the mound is the accumulated debris of many centuries of occupation.
You will then arrive in Kalomo town, the first colonial capital city of Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia). In 1907, Kalomo became the colonial capital centre of what was then known as Northern-Western Rhodesia. In 1911 it became the capital of Northern Rhodesia, what is today called Zambia.
Other things to see
1. Colonial Administrators Residence
2. Site of the first Standard Chartered Bank of North-Western Rhodesia
Proceed to Livingstone.
Arrive in Livingstone, the final destination of your transfer trip but the beginning of some exciting adventure and cultural activities!
Overview of Livingstone
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Livingstone is the tourist capital city of Zambia and Adventure capital centre of Southern Africa. Livingstone town is named after the famous Victorian missionary explorer, Dr David Livingstone who explored this area extensively. Livingstone Town was established in 1905. As a major European settlement, being close to the Zambezi River crossing over to Southern Rhodesia, the town was made the capital of Northern Rhodesia in 1911. The capital was moved to Lusaka in 1935. A major event in 2011 was the installation of the town’s first set of traffic lights!
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You will be transferred to and stay at the Lodge you have booked in
At your hotel in Livingstone
This tour can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Click below to send me a message with your requests.
Tour Guide fee, toll Plaza fees, hotel pick-up in Lusaka and drop off in Livingstone, entry in the Choma Museum, visit and tour of Kalundu Mound, visit and tour of the first colonial state house of North-West Rhodesia (Zambia), site of the first bank in Zambia all in Kalomo, full sumptuous lunch in Monze, snacks, fresh fruits and bottled water along the way.
- Gratuity of personal in nature
- Costs of of any personal items purchased along the way
- Any activities not captured in this itinerary.
- Internal transfers within Lusaka and Livingstone like going/or pick up from the Airport (subject to further arrangements)
- Accommodation in Lusaka and in Livingstone
- Activities in Livingstone.
- Kindly carry your passport with you on this tour.
- Please be advised that you may be joined by other people on this tour and share the same transfer vehicle with you.
- Before making any bookings. kindly contact and communicate with us first. This will enable our customer care team fully understand and appreciate your actual needs on the tour.
General Notice
Effective 1/10/2022, Zambia is now offering free visa entry into the country for the following countries: China, Norway, USA, Japan, UK, South Korea, Gulf States, Australia, Canada and the entire EU countries. For other countries, please check with your local travel agents before travelling on the procedures of obtaining a travel visa to Zambia
This tour may not be available or done when certain conditions beyond our control happen or exist. In such a situation, you will be informed well in advance before you make any bookings. Otherwise we do not anticipate such a situation arising in the foreseeable future as Zambia is a peaceful and safe tourism destination.
We operate right through the whole week 24/7 without exception.
We will treat you with a lot of warmth and friendliness in all your dealings with us. Before making any bookings, we would like to hear from you first. This will enable our customer care team fully understand and appreciate your actual requirements on the tour. Please contact us right away. Thank you and wishing you all the best!
McFirster or simply known as Mark is a hands-on business owner and managing director of Lochinvar Safaris. I conduct multi-day safari tours across the entire country of Zambia. But my main region of operations is Livingstone, Kafue and Lochinvar National Parks and Lusaka Province of Zambia. I work with a dedicated team of professional tour guides specialiased in wild life, birding and cultural tours safaris.
Benjamin L.
Relaxed LIVINGSTONE to LUSAKA full day overland travel
“Interesting way to travel between Livingstone and Lusaka”
Mcfirster is a great guide and nice person. Some interesting stops between Livingstone and Lusaka to learn a bit more about the everyday life in Zambia.
Mcfirster H.
(1 reviews)Thank you very much Benjamin and Mathews for having decided to travel with me as your Tour Guide between Livingstone and Lusaka for one full day. It was great fun being in your good company for one full day, laughing and joking all the way to Lusaka. The lunch we had together in Monze was simply delicious and fantastic. Please come again and visit Zambia in the near future with me as your tour guide again.