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Top Photographic Tips for South Luangwa
Wildlife photography has become very popular over the last few years, principally since digital SLR photography has become more readily available. More and more wildlife enthusiasts have started venturing into nature photography. The African Wilderness is a paradise for keen photographers, both beginners and professionals. I started photography when I [...]
Project Luangwa Newsletter October 2013
Back to school Now that the kids are back at school after the holidays we’ve been busy giving out text books bought with donated funds as well as toys, bras, junior dictionaries and all sorts of things. Last week over $1000 worth of books and teaching materials went to Hanada [...]
A Rare Encounter with Big Cats
One Sunday, early-evening, as I sat in my crooked little house watching the Crooked River Luangwa’s hippos make their way to the grazing grounds, there was a knock on my door. This knock usually means one thing; unexpected guests in camp, but not on this day. There stood a guy [...]
A Visitor’s Guide to Kafue National Park
Small enough to put in your pocket, this new guide is your ideal safari companion to Kafue National Park! Known as one of Zambia’s best kept secrets, the huge Kafue National Park can be daunting for the first time visitor. But now the new ‘Visitor’s Guide to Kafue National Park’ [...]
Toka Leya Donates 1000 Trees to Greenpop
August 2013 – Toka Leya, an intimate 12-tented camp overlooking the Zambezi River, donated 1 000 trees from its nursery to Greenpop for a three-week reforestation project in Livingstone, Zambia, that took place from 7-28 July 2013. “We were thrilled to support Greenpop’s second Trees for Zambia Action Event by [...]
Kasanka Chronicles – Elephants everywhere!
Coming across Elephants in Kasanka is always a treat. Although our population is healthy and growing, it is still small, and sightings are by no means daily. We’re not ‘spoiled’ you see! Estimates of population size vary from 30-35 to 40-45 to as many as a hundred. The latter is [...]
New life for an old Camp
In the 1970’s Norman Carr, conservation visionary and pioneer, was operating walking safaris in the Chibembe area of the Luangwa Valley. It was, and still is, a very rich wildlife area but it becomes inaccessible after the first rains and Norman needed a green season base. Long before he built [...]
Kasanka Chronicles – Camp T.R.E.E.
It is not every day that children from rural communities in Zambia have an opportunity to explore and experience their natural heritage. Facing one of the highest deforestation rates on the continent as well as a poaching crisis, there is a pronounced disconnect between rural people and the sustainable utilization [...]
Livingstone’s Africa Exhibition
Edinburgh Fringe Exhibition celebrates Livingstone's Fellow Explorers Two women, descendants of Livingstone's fellow explorers, are celebrating Livingstone's bicentenary with their exhibition, Livingstone's Africa, which runs from 13-18 August 2013 at the Gladstone Gallery, Gladstone's Land (off the Royal Mile). Specialising in African tourism, Claire Foottit and Mary-Anne Bartlett were drawn [...]
Kasanka Chronicles – Nice to meet you!
Fifty-five kilometres along the Mansa Road, not more than thirty from where the Congo Pedicle abruptly ends its awkward protrusion into Zambia’s side lies Kasanka, one of country’s smallest yet most diverse National Parks. Rapidly gaining recognition and fame for hosting the annual congregation of some eight to ten million [...]
Kasanka Chronicles – Lavushi Manda!
A recent addition to the portfolio of the Kasanka Trust is Lavushi Manda National Park, close to the town of Mpika. At roughly 1600km2 this Park is just about four times the size of Kasanka and consists of pristine miombo woodlands, wide open dambo’s and a rugged escarpment running along [...]
Susi & Chuma Mountain Bike Challenge
In the footsteps of Livingstone Join us for the newest and wildest ride in Zambia 1 to 7 September 2013 September sees the birth of the Susi & Chuma Mountain Bike Challenge. This event is jointly hosted by Bangweulu Wetlands and Kasanka Trust and is designed for the adventure seeking [...]