Giraffe

Sleeping with the hippos

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June 6th 2008
After Lake Malawi, the second of my two big weekends away was to the South Luangwa Game Reserve. We stayed at Wildlife Camp (http://www.wildlifecamp-zambia.com/) for two nights in very posh tents and had 3 drives into the reserve. The camp was great- a bit of luxury after Chipata, with proper steak and other decent pubstyle food. It was right on the river, with hippos and crocodiles basking ... read more

Africa » Zambia » Chipata

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The territory of Northern Rhodesia was administered by the South Africa Company from 1891 until it was taken over by the UK in 1923. During the 1920s and 1930s, advances in mining spurred development and immigration. The name was changed to Zambia up... ... read more