Livingstone As we drove towards Livingstone we could see the spray of Victoria Falls reaching up into the sky like bushfire smoke, clouds of mist swirling and rising, such was the power of the water tumbling over that gash in the earth. The Grotto was our home for a few nights, an old colonial home on a large plot that an ex-Kiwi known only by the name of Grubby runs as a campsite. We couldn't help but think that staying at Grubby's Grotto was a classy p...

South Luangwa NP to Livingstone We had to drive all the way back to Chipata to rejoin the main highway to Lusaka. There is a short cut but it involves two river crossings (without the benefit of bridges) which are do-able in the dry, but not in the wet season with the amount of rain we have had. But driving back meant that we had to negotiate the deep water-filled holes in the dirt road that we had encountered on the way to Croc Valley. Of course, they were...

Croc Valley and South Luangwa National Park Crossing the border into Zambia was a quite painless affair and we continued on through the small dusty town of Chipata to turn off towards South Luangwa National Park. The road deteriorated with with every kilometre. Huge potholes were scattered all over the road, filled with the recent rain. The muddy, slippery slalom course went on for 75 kms. Zambia has the lowest population density in Africa and we found tha...