Malawi & Zambia Heading on into the heartland... …to Lake Malawi and its palm fringed shores, the rolling hills of Nyika, to Victoria Falls and the game rich Kafue and Luangwa National Parks

The colossal Zambezi he great River Zambezi is 1653 miles long and, flowing from Angola to the Mozambique coast, it is the main source of water for millions of people and animals across Africa. The extraordinary power of this incredible river has also carved out one of the world’s most famous landmarks, the breathtaking Victoria Falls. This is the point at which the river surges over the edge of a plateau and plummets over 350 feet into the gorge below, having carved an impressive zig-zag channel through the weaker sandstone and basalt. Dr. David Livingstone, the first known European to see the falls in November 1855, named them Victoria Falls after Queen Victoria. The Scotsman paddled along the river by canoe and must have felt great apprehension when, still over 6 miles away from the falls, he heard and saw enormous thundering clouds of spray. He soon reached the island of Kazeruka at the top of the falls from where he was able to peer down into the chasm below and to wonder at the magnitude of this spectacular land form. The Kapichira Falls on the Shire River in Malawi were also to stop Livingstone in his tracks during his attempt to find a navigable route from the sea to Lake Malawi. 29