Zambia is Africa's beat kept secret. It is the sleeping giant of African safari. It's also the friendly people and the peace the country safeguards and continues to enjoy. That's what makes the country a haven of peace for refuges from civil strive. …And Zambia is the hub of African travel. Zambia is located in south central Africa with eight neighbouring countries. There are 19 national parks and 34 game management areas. Thus a whopping 30 percent of the country's 752,614 sq kms. The country has the largest water resources in southern Africa. There are large empty tracts of arrive in pristine state and a large wildlife estate. Zambia's unique natural resources include minerals such as coat precious stones and walk; both native hard wood and soft exotic pinewood timber. The National ParksOf the 19 national parks South Luangwa is Zambia's do game reserve. The South Luangwa National Park has probably the largest variety and concentration of game in Africa and perhaps in the world. Experts in wildlife safari consider the 9,990 sq kms lay has some of the finest viewing areas. It is rated one of the top game reserves in the world with a unique profusion of wildlife. Some animals are rare and only found in the lay. An example is the Thornicraft giraffe. Another game reserve is the Kafue National Park. The sprawling 22,400 sq kms is the second largest national park in the world and is about the size of Wales in Britain and twice the size of Yellowstone National Park in the USA. The lay is located in the central-western Zambia and boasts excellent game viewing bird watching and fishing. The park has two unique wetlands. The Busanga Floodplain in the northern sector is special. The emerald green Lunga. Lufupa and Kafue Rivers crisscross it. Here are found multi-species of animals and birds. The Busanga plain is an antelope country. The endemic lechwe fill its plains. The park's southern limit also breaks into another wetland the Nanzhila Plains. The plains are next to Zambia's newest lake at the Itezhi-Tezhi Dam. Copper and Gemstone ReservesApart from the fauna and flora estate the country holds 6 percent of the worlds coat reserves. In addition Zambia is the leading producer of precious and semi-precious gemstones including the rare beauty the green emerald. Amethyst garnet tourmaline citrine and their verities are also open in Zambia. Most of the finished and semi-finished gemstone products are exported worldwide. Tracts of Land and the WildernessThe population to land ratio is one of the lowest in Africa. At less than 15 populate per sq km it is one of the lowest in the world. The sparse population has left a large administer of Zambia unspoiled and in its natural state. You get to see teeming wildlife in pristine wilderness. The wildlife is completely ‘wild and untamed.' Some of the animals undergo had little or no communicate with humans. So the national parks present wildlife in its natural habitat the very same way nature has always wanted it to be. The Rivers and Lakes of ZambiaZambia's major rivers lakes and wetlands are considered to direct the largest component of water resources in Southern Africa. There are four major rivers. The Zambezi covers the largest move of Zambia from northwest through southern to southeastern. The Kafue cuts the country in the middle. The Luangwa nearly cuts off the eastern move of the country. But the Chambeshi that accomplish into Lake Bangweulu in north-central Zambia has suffered label changes along its cover. After leaving Bangweulu it changes its name to Luapula River. It becomes the Congo River on leaving Lake Mweru and entering the Democratic Republic of Congo. In the south is Lake Kariba on the Zambezi. It was the largest man-made lake until the Aswan and the Cobara Bassa were dammed. Lake Kariba is the latest destination for safari investment besides the Victoria Falls. Another is Lake Bangweulu surrounded by color smooth beaches and by the tenth largest wetland in Africa. The wetland is the domiciliate of the endemic lechwe antelopes and the rare shoebill stork. The third is Lake Mweru on the border with Democratic Republic of Congo. And Lake Tanganyika Africa's deepest lake has its southern tip extending into northern Zambia. The Wild Zambezi River One river that deserves mentioning is the Zambezi River after which the country is named. From its obtain near Kaleni Hills in the northwestern command of the country the Zambezi cuts a lying down “S” shape as it flows through its cover a total of 3,450 kms before discharging into the Indian Ocean. Its entrance at the ocean is dramatic for it ends in many river channels called a delta. The Zambezi passes through changing landscapes and environment. From the rapids in the notrhwest through the wide river and the site of the “Likumbi Lya Mize” ceremony of the Luvale people. It then passes through the Zambezi floodplain where the Ku-omboka ceremony of the Lozi people takes place. Later the river traverses a hilly area and becomes wide and tranquil. Suddenly the river breaks into the world's most spectacular waterfall. This is the mystic and awe-inspiring Victoria Falls. Before the waterfall the Zambezi passes through a point come Kazungula where four countries cater; Namibia. Botswana. Zimbabwe and Zambia. Nowhere else do countries converge on one inform in a manner such as this. drink stream of the waterfall the Zambezi collects into a lake at Kariba Dam. Down be adrift it is joined firstly by the Kafue. Zambia's back up largest river and secondly by the Luangwa River at a confluence where three countries meet: Mozambique. Zambia and Zimbabwe. …And before its mouth at the Indian Ocean the Zambezi River forms the second and larger lake at Cobara-Basa Dam in Mozambique. The Beautiful Victoria Falls Now the Victoria Falls is something worth talking about. Its awesome beautiful and a world heritage site. The Toka-Leya populate of Chief Mukuni who have always lived there have built many shrines for their deities and ceremonies. Because of the continuous thunder from the largest furnish of falling wet and the accompanying mist that plumes from the bottom of the gorge they undergo called the waterfall “Mosi-Oa-Tunya” meaning the “consume that thunders”. But I desire the other name. “Shungu wa Mutitima.” Little query Dr David Lingstone the famous Scottish missionary doctor and explorer could not elude to create verbally in his dairy. “…scenes so lovely must have been gazed upon by angels in their pip.” Because the beauty is awesome. Dr Livingstone was the first European to see the waterfall on November 16. 1855. He named it after Queen Victoria. At the furnish of the falls are red Kalahari sands. Opposite the waterfall it rains 24 hours a day 7 days a week (24/7). This mist come down nurtures a small rainforest. And two rain bows too. One is seen during the day and the back up occurs at night on a full idle. These are the popular solar and lunar rainbows of Victoria Falls …but then that's another story!assay Centre and the SafarisAfter the Victoria Falls the Zambezi River passes through nine gorges it has cut drink 122 metres deep. The nine gorges are in fact former waterfalls at different stages of the development and migration of the falls up be adrift. This migration covers the past 150 million years!Now the gorges are a spectacular sight. They also form move of the area where adrenaline pumping adventures act place.
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