Waiting for Lions…
This week we welcomed our latest and greatest window into the wild world. Enter, LIVE webcams! If you’re a lover of the bush – you’ll most likely know the yearning for the sun on your back, and dust in your [...]
The World’s Largest Mammal Migration!
The Great Wildebeest Migration? The biggest animal migration on earth? Nope. While many believe that the great Wildebeest migration in Africa is the largest mammal migration on earth, this is a common misconception. So, what could surpass the over 1.5 [...]
Leopard’s Aerial Attack Caught on Camera
Wildlife photographer Peter Geraerdts from Track & Trail River Camp came across a female leopard in a sausage tree while on safari with a photographic client. They stopped to admire the leopard, without knowing what she was planning. Near the [...]
Remembering Lady Liuwa, the ‘Last Lioness’ of Liuwa Plain
It has been confirmed by African Parks that the legendary lioness fondly known as ‘Lady Liuwa’, who lived in Liuwa Plain National Park in Zambia, has died of natural causes on August 9th, 2017, just one-day before World Lion Day. African Parks, a conservation [...]
Ginger Rules in South Luangwa!
Ginger the lion is a favourite amongst the many big cat lovers who visit South Luangwa in Zambia. His fiery temperament and unusual colouring make him easy to spot. He is the dominant male of a mega pride in the [...]
The best of Zambia on Instagram last week
It's been another busy week for Zambia on Instagram. With the Easter holidays fast-approaching, maybe it's time you packed your camera and booked your own visit! These fantastic shots from last week should help inspire you. Behold the boundless beauty [...]
The best of Zambia this week on Instagram
It's been hot and humid in Zambia this week, with plenty of rain and storms across much of the country. But that makes for spectacular images, with the vegetation looking lush, the waterfalls flowing at full force beneath ever-changing skies. [...]
Protecting Kasanka’s fruit bats
Every year, approximately 10 million fruit bats make their way from the Democratic Republic of Congo to Zambia's Kasanka National Park, where they take up residence in a small forest. This is the largest mammal migration on earth, and seeing [...]
The best of Zambia on Instagram this week
It's a new year, and we're back with our best shots from Zambia on Instagram since we welcomed in 2017. There have already been some absolute crackers, as you'll see below. We have no doubt there will be plenty more [...]
The best of Zambia on Instagram this week
Once again, we bring you the best Instagram pics from Zambia over the course of this week. From beautiful bee-eaters to stellar sunsets, Zambia is looking as photogenic as ever. So feast your eyes, and don't forget to use the [...]
The best of Zambia on Instagram last week
It's been another action-packed week, as you'll see from these awesome Instagram images, which take you to Vic Falls, South Luangwa and beyond. Never a dull moment in Zambia. Remember to post your own iconic Zambia images on Instagram with [...]
Annual Elephant Charge Raises $63,000 for conservation
By Sarah Davies As the blood orange African sun rises, I can just make out the peaks of the Zambezi escarpment around me, through the dust-thick air from spinning tyres on loose rocks. I grin at my teammates, hanging off [...]
The best of Zambia on Instagram this week
There have been some excellent sightings this week. Here are the best! Remember to use the hashtag #Zambia in your Instagram posts to stand a chance to be featured. A photo posted by Isak Pretorius (@isak.pretorius) on Oct 11, [...]
The best of Zambia on Instagram this week
The seasons are now well changing and there have been some magnificent sightings of wildlife and spectacular panoramic shots captured around the country over the past week. Remember to use the #zambia hashtag in your Instagram posts so we can [...]
The best of Zambia on Instagram this week
As always, there have been some great images coming out of Zambia this week on Instagram, with the hot, dry weather before the rainy season sets in making for great wildlife sightings in the national parks, and stellar sunrises and [...]
An Epic Elephant Weekend
Saturday 20th August was the ‘Elephant Epic’ – Elephant Orphanage Project’s (EOP) annual fundraiser, a 75km mountain bike race that attracted 142 riders! The EOP team were busy preparing for the event when an orphan alert was called through by [...]
Luangwa Valley in August
Photographer, guide and local lodge owner Peter Geraerdts reports from South Luangwa: We’re progressing into the 2016 dry season and it’s that time of the year when Luangwa's lagoons and oxbows are drying out. Feeding parties of storks and fish-eating [...]
Lions join safari guest for lunch
Most safari camps rely on activities such as game drives and walking safaris to view Africa’s majestic wildlife up close. Not in Zambia’s Kafue National Park. At Jeffery & McKeith Safari’s new Musekese Camp, their resident pride of lions has [...]
Three convicted for possession of live pangolin
On 1 July 2016, two accused persons were sentenced to five years imprisonment after being found guilty of illegal possession of a live pangolin. One further accused had already been sentenced with five years imprisonment and hard labour in relation [...]
First Arrest and Prosecution for Keeping Illegal Primates
Lusaka, 11 May 2016 For the very first time since the GRI – Zambia Primate Project (ZPP) was established in 2002, and after confiscating over 500 primates held illegally in Zambia since that time, ZPP has witnessed the arrest and [...]