Africa is the most beautiful continent in the world, featuring some of the last pristine, unchanged natural landscapes on earth and proud, smiling people. Although the western discoverers came to share and learn about Africa from the late 1700’s onwards, the rich culture and traditions of Africa have not been changed or diluted much, in spite of conflict over her rich resources.

Even today the myth and mystery of Africa is still largely unknown – a continent with tangible magic interwoven with the tremendous fabric of nature – animals, vegetation, insects and bird life. The breathtaking beauty of Africa is found it its savannahs, forests, rolling rivers and waterfalls, lush hills and mountainous landscapes. It nourishes the soul of those with environmental awareness, and delights visitors keen on wildlife conservation, photography and bush adventures, forever leaving them with a great feeling of proprietorship and responsibility towards Nature.

No wonder the likes of Dr. David Livingstone were quoted as praising African landscapes with words such as, “Scenes so lovely must have been gazed upon by angels in their flight.”

In the media, Africa may be popularly known for its poverty, environmental degradation, wars and the current HIV/AIDS epidemic among others but this could be said for any continent today. But Africa is modernising, ready to take its place in the world with massive growth and investments from all over the world. The trade routes dreamed of by Cecil John Rhodes and David Livingstone are becoming reality today. This question still remains a mystery.

Many travellers are afraid to travel to Africa because of the way it is dramatised in the media – wars, poverty, disease, and so on. So I ask this questions to my clients during Safari adventures with them but none of them seem to have an appropriate answer, and that always puts me to puzzling thinking. If you were to believe all the negative stories in the media, be it newspapers, internet or television, then Africa would be the last place you would think of visiting to see beauty and harmony. I reflect on the old days of great explorers such as David Livingstone and others who portrayed the image of Africa as beauty and adventure.

In literature, we learn good things and legacy left behind by these men who had heart and love of Africa and so I conclude that the only way to know the real Africa is to come, like them, and visit for yourself. When you come to travel in Africa, you merely discover the beauty and mystery of Africa, culture and true tradition of this continent. As a traveller perhaps you would want to join hands with local communities, learn about their traditions, the diversity of their culture, the legends and history of Africa. Your visit encourages and contributes to sustainable tourism. You may fall in love with Africa, just like Dr.

David Livingstone who lived among the tribes and peoples of Africa, fought against the slave trade, fell ill and later died in the caring hands of African people and left his heart buried at Chief Chitambo’s Village in northern Zambia in the Soil of southern Africa. Which traveller today would not admire this legendary legacy left by Dr. David Livingstone, whose body was carried thousands of miles overland to lake Tanganyika and then back to the highlands of Scotland and finally laid to rest in Westminster Abbey in England. The old world learned of Africa through the eyes of “Great White” hunters such as Courteney Selous and the prospecting and mining by Cecil John Rhodes with his ambition to build the mighty railway line from Cape Town to Cairo in Egypt.

Such ambitions were often foiled by the harsh conditions of Africa, which remained and protected the wild places. It is the spirit of this Adventure which we try to impart to our clients and we feel that we are privileged to welcome visitors and to introduce them to the magnificent world of Africa. We combine our experience with your dreams, building the pace and the flow of each safari so that your expectations are met and exceeded. Discover your dream adventure with us; explore the thundering waters of Victoria Falls on the Zambezi river, the mysteries of the flowing Okavango river delta. Africa’s land is full of wildlife, from the great highlands to the idyllic Indian ocean coastline and the legendary Table Mountain and Cape Point where foreign explorers first touched the soil of Africa. The reality of your visit is only as far away as our booking form.

Perhaps the same question was asked of the great travellers during the colonial era when explorers such as Vasco da Gama, Dr. David Livingstone and others risked the unknown to discover the trade routes between Asia and Europe

It was believed that the traders could transport raw materials and goods through the channels of the Nile and Zambezi rivers, portaging the thundering waters of Victoria Falls, and on through the deep gorges of the Zambezi Valley. Later, this question also fed the great imperial ambitions of Cecil John Rhodes who planned a railway line from Cape Town to Cairo, to transport of minerals from Africa to Europe. However, all these ambitions never completely came to pass and many lost their lives in the process.

Today however it is far safer! There were many great explorers, some of whom were not mentioned in the literature of travelling and discovery in the Dark Continent as some called it. What was the lure of this adventurous journey to Africa? I suppose it was about the love of travelling, new sights and interests, discovery of wealth, leisure, sport and the glory, tribute and recognition of great explorers by peers and families back home. Now you, too can weave your own legend – come and be an African explorer, with Afrika Zambezi Safaris.