Move your mouse over the highlighted areas on Zambia’s map.  Click through and you will find out much more information about some of Zambia’s biggest attractions.

Try clicking on Kafue National Park.  It is one of the biggest national parks in the world, with a large range of wildlife and game.

Livingstone Memorial

The Livingstone Memorial was built in 1902 to mark the spot where missionary explorer David Livingstone died in May 1873 in the village of Ilala, Zambia. After his death, his heart was buried under an mpundu tree by his friends before they departed to the coast carrying his body. A memorial was then constructed on the spot and now features a 6m high obelisk made from burnt brick.

Foods

Africa has some of the most distinctive cuisines and flavours in the world. Food varies widely, but there are commonalities across regions. Depending on what's grown locally, dishes are also influenced by the traders, immigrants and rulers who settled across the continent. Arab, Asian and European elements blend in with traditional African cooking.

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Explore Zimbabwe

Find some of the key cities, sites of interest and national parks on this map of Zimbabwe.

Livingstone Town

Close to the Zambezi River and some 10kms from Victoria Falls lies Livingstone town, named after the famous Victorian missionary explorer, Dr. David Livingstone. The town, which acts as a gateway both to the falls and to the Mosi Oa Tunya National Park, hosts a museum in the missionary’s name.

Kabwe

Kabwe, known as Broken Hill when it was under colonial rule, is where Zambia's most famous prehistoric man was found in the 1920s. The near-perfect skull of ‘Broken Hill man’ was estimated to be 200,000 years old.

Kafue National Park

Covering more than 22,500 sq km, this is the largest park in Zambia and one of the biggest in the world. The lush and varied terrain is home to a diverse and protected range of wildlife, including both big game and some relatively rare species of mammals.

Ngonye Falls

Also known as the Sioma Falls, the Ngonye Falls are a waterfall on the Zambezi River – the same river on which the Victoria Falls are found a few hundred kilometres downstream. Though they are only 10-25 metres tall, their wide width makes them very impressive.

Blue Lagoon National Park

The vast flat floodplain of Blue Lagoon National Park sets it apart from Zambia’s other, better-known game reserves, attracting a hugely diverse range of migratory birds from far and wide to join thousands of Kafue lechwe, zebra, sitatunga and - unusually - huge river pythons.

Climate

Africa is a massive continent, with a range of climates. Some regions are hot and dry, like the Sahara, Kalahari and Namib deserts. Other parts are wet or covered in tropical rainforest. Conditions also vary by altitude, from the dry salt pans of the Danakil Depression (one of the lowest points on earth) to the snowcaps (at certain times) of the highest mountains. Weather-wise, Africa has it all!

State of Children

Around one in six children born in sub-Saharan Africa don't live to see their fifth birthday and life can be tough for those who do.

What are the common challenges facing African children and how do their lives compare with those of children in the UK?

Development

‘People are the real wealth of a nation.’ This is the belief of the United Nations, whose Millenium Development Goals provide a framework for improving the lives of millions.

It helps when nations are peaceful, stable and growing economically. But even where the poorest countries focus on health, education and creating fairer societies, more Africans have the chance of a better life.

Lusaka

One of the fastest-growing cities in central Africa, Zambia’s capital is a sprawling metropolis, mixing the modern and traditional in its multi-storey buildings, high-walled suburbs and busy shanty towns. Lively markets retain a genuine African feel in an otherwise increasingly westernised centre.

Famine & Agriculture

A quarter of the population of sub-Saharan Africa is undernourished and famines can impact whole regions.

Land is available to grow more food locally. But investment is needed in  technologies such as irrigation, for land to be used effectively. Farmers must also adapt to climate change if they are to feed the continent's rising population.

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Explore Namibia

Find out more about Namibia’s unique conservation areas and the history behind some of its towns and cities.

Games & Sports

Africa is home to arguably the oldest-recorded games and sports. While some are only known through archeology, modern-day games and sports such as Mancala/Mankala and Nubian wrestling are very much alive today.

Of course, new sports have come along to claim the attention of Africans. You may have heard of one - it's called football.

Health

Africa has a high number of communicable diseases, which place a huge burden on healthcare systems. The vast majority of malaria cases and HIV/AIDS-related deaths occur in Africa; these two diseases currently represent the greatest threats.

With low investment in healthcare and a severe shortage of medical staff, many countries struggle to meet the health needs of their people.

War and Empire

The first humans are thought to have lived in Africa and powerful African empires formed from the medieval age onwards.

However, today's African nations were shaped by the European powers who colonised this vast continent. Having gained their independence, many African countries are still coming to terms with the legacy left by their colonisers.

Victoria Falls

‘On sights as beautiful as this, angels in their flight must have gazed’, an awestruck David Livingstone said on his first sight of Victoria Falls in 1855. Some 546 million cubic meters of water per minute plummet into a deep gorge over 100 meters below to create this spectacular curtain of water.

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Explore Botswana

Find out more about some of Botswana’s key attractions, such as the Okavando Delta as well as other areas of interest including Botswana’s capital city, Gaborone.

South Luangwa National Park

This park is world famous for the wildlife that lives there. It supports large populations of giraffe, elephant and buffalo. The Luangwa River which runs through the park is also home to many crocodiles and hippopotamuses. It is now one of the most well known national parks in Africa in which to conduct a walking safari.

Chipata

Chipata is the capital of the Eastern Province of Zambia and is situated on the border with Malawi. It is a popular starting point from which to travel to the South Luangwa National Park. The lively town has a large market and a mosque, as well as many bars, cafes and restaurants.

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Explore Malawi

Discover some of Malawi’s most important places and features, such as Lake Malawi, which runs almost the entire length of the country.

Lake Tanganyika

Lake Tanganyika is one of the Great African Lakes and said to be the second largest freshwater lake in the world by volume, the second deepest, and also the world’s longest freshwater lake. Only the most southern area of the lake is found in Zambia – it is also part of Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania.

Poverty

Across the rest of the world, absolute poverty has halved over recent decades, but in Africa it has barely fallen.

About two-fifths of the population of sub-Saharan Africa survive week by week on what someone in the UK earns from just one hour's work on the minimum wage.

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Explore Mozambique

Visitors to Mozambique often stay along the country’s coastline, which boasts some of the country’s key attractions. But you’ll see from the map there are also many places of interest inland.

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