Zambia - Footsteps Through Africa

Zambia is situated mainly on a vast central plateau, and boasts the Zambezi, Kafue and Luangwa rivers – as well as one of the largest waterfalls in the world, the Victoria Falls, which it shares with neighbouring Zimbabwe.
It also has some of the wildest safari areas in Africa. Most of the country has a mild, pleasant climate, while the river valleys are hotter and more humid; the extreme north becomes tropical on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, one of Zambia’s ten large lakes.
These beautiful and more unexplored parks of Zambia are what makes it such a special and unique country to explore.

Zambia offers impressive diversity as well as large concentrations and numbers of wildlife, and some of the wildest and most remote game areas in Africa. Kafue National Park’s Busanga Plains are famous for lion prides while plains game such as puku, red lechwe, Lichtenstein’s hartebeest, oribi and buffalo can be seen. Cheetah and wild dog are present, and a treat is the resident herd of rare roan antelope.
The Zambezi River is home to hippo, crocodile and elephant, as well as incredible birdlife and plenty of general game.

Climate:

Generally speaking, Zambia has comfortable conditions form travelling most of the year. In Zambia, the climate is tropical or sub-tropical depending on altitude, with a hot, humid, and rainy season from mid-November to March and a dry season from April to mid-November. … In the rainy season, the rains occur mainly in the form of downpours or thunderstorms.

Seasons:

Zambia has a dry season and a wet seasons each year.

December – March: We season, with high temperatures and humid conditions, these are not the most comfortable months to travel.

April – Noveber: Dry season, offering great conditions to travel Zambia, with temperatures reaching the mid-30’s towards the end of the year.