Exciting LUSAKA to LIVINGSTONE full day overland transfer

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.

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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