Zambia Safaris - Discover The Best Deals & The Best Times To Go

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In the over 80 African safari & tours we have taken since 1993, we have witnessed few destinations that have grown as quickly as Zambia. The service level (food, quality of guides, accommodation) for Zambia safaris is now very good and you can have some truly wonderful & exciting African safari experiences set in some of Africa�s best game parks.

Here is a guide to the best times to visit and the best parks to visit. We follow it with some background history and information about Zambia.

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photo of elephant on Zambia safari courtesy of Robin Pope

"I never knew of a morning in Africa
when I woke that I was not happy"
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Zambia Safaris - Guide To Zambia Seasons & Weather

Spring: September � November
Summer: December � April
Fall: April � May
Winter: May � August

Zambia is one of the few African countries that has 3 distinct seasons. December to April is warm, wet and humid. Zambia�s Lower Zambezi and South Luangwa National Parks can be impassable due to bad road conditions. Thus several properties there close between November and April.

May to August is cool and dry and September to November is hot and dry. The climate is moderated by the altitude. Zambia is one of Africa�s hottest new safari destinations! This is largely due to the decline of tourism to Zimbabwe, a place we have also gone on safari a number of times.

Learn more about the best time to travel in other African countries

Zambia Safaris - Guide To Zambia Safari Parks

**Zambia Safari Parks At A Glance**

Lower Zambezi National Park
How Big	about 1500 sq. km or 572 sq. mi.
Game Viewing Guide	Excellent: June - Oct Good: April, May, Nov Fair: March, Dec Poor: Jan, Feb
Where Is It	On Zambezi bordering Zimbabwe
Why Visit	Set on the beautiful Zambezi River Can view game from boat as well as day and night drives Can walk or hike Game rich park
South Luangwa National Park
How Big	9050 sq. km or 3494 sq. mi.
Game Viewing Guide	Excellent: June-Oct Good: April, May Fair: March, Nov Poor: Jan, Feb
Where Is It	In northeast Zambia near Mfuwe
Why Visit	One of best parks in Africa High concentration of wildlife - nicknamed "The Crowded Valley" Great forAfrican hiking safaris Can do night game drives within the national park Big Five - lion, leopard, elephant, rhino, buffalo plus over 400 bird species recorded
Kafue National Park
How Big	22,400 sq. km or 8,646 sq. mi.
Game Viewing Guide	Best times June to November - dry season Game hard to spot in rainy season
Where Is It	In western part of Zambia due north of Livingstone, west of Lusaka
Why Visit	One of largest parks in Africa Has amazing diversity of habitats -- from tall mopane forests to sweeping savannah grassland dominated by baobab trees Less developed than South Luangwa but has more wildlife species Has largest number of antelope species of any park in Africa Busanga plains feels like a combination of the open plains of the Serengeti and Botswana's Okavango Delta with its water channels

Zambia Safaris - Guide To Zambia's Background & History

Zambia�s Background History

The territory of Northern Rhodesia was administered by the South Africa Company from 1891 until it was taken over by the UK in 1923. During the 1920s and 1930s, advances in mining spurred development and immigration.

The name was changed to Zambia upon independence in 1964. In the 1980s and 1990s, declining copper prices and a prolonged drought hurt the economy. Elections in 1991 brought an end to one-party rule, but the subsequent vote in 1996 saw blatant harassment of opposition parties.

The election in 2001 was marked by administrative problems with at least two parties filing legal petitions challenging the results. Opposition parties currently hold a majority of seats in the National Assembly.

Zambia is 290,585 sq mi or 752,614 sq km making it slightly larger than Texas. It has about 10 million people. Most of whom are African (98.7%), 1.1% are European; and other 0.2%.

English is the official language. The major vernaculars - Bemba, Kaonda, Lozi, Lunda, Luvale, Nyanja, Tonga, and about 70 other indigenous languages.

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