Travel planning
Zambia Currency and Money Guide
The kwacha, a country where mobile money reaches further than cards do, and the reason no exchange rate appears anywhere on this page.
Every Echoes of Africa guide and essay filed under Zambia: entry rules, safety, money, transport, packing, food, culture, festivals and heritage.
Travel planning
Zambia Visa and Entry Requirements
Zambia asks for six months of passport validity and two blank pages, and the visa answer depends entirely on which passport you are carrying.
Travel Planning
Best Time to Visit Zambia
Zambia has three seasons rather than two, and the water that makes the falls spectacular is the same water that closes the roads.
Heritage
Barotse Cultural Landscape: Visitor and Heritage Guide
The Lozi kingdom moves house every year when the Zambezi rises, and the whole floodplain is built around the fact that it does.
Heritage
Kalambo Falls: Visitor and Heritage Guide
The oldest known wooden structure in the world was found in Zambia, at a waterfall almost no itinerary has ever heard of.
Heritage
Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls: Visitor and Heritage Guide
Zambia has exactly one World Heritage property and it is shared with Zimbabwe, which shapes what you see and where you have to stand.
Destination
Zambia
Mosi-oa-Tunya, walking safaris in the Luangwa, and a copper economy that built the cities: Zambia rewards travelers who slow down.