Lower Zambezi

Lower Zambezi is not a place you just experience, it’s one you feel. Dawn breaks slowly here, with soft light filtering through winterthorn trees and the river glowing silver in the morning haze. You drift in a canoe, guided by current and birdsong, as elephants feed at the edge of the forest and fish eagles cry from above. Then it’s walking through quiet, wild country with elephants, buffalo and leopard around every corner, or slow, considered game drives with guides who know the land like a friend. There are camps here where you can go days without hearing another vehicle. Wildlife is abundant - elephants in huge numbers, big cats in the thickets, and hippos in every pool - but it’s the sense of peace and pace that makes it special. No rush. No noise. Just the sound of hooves in the dust and the river pulling everything forward. For photographers, the light here is everything (so avoid real peak temperature months). For travellers, it’s the feeling of space, of safari without the script.