Ultimate Guide To Africa June 2015 | Page 26

Travel EXPERIENCE WET AND WILD IN AN AFRICAN EDEN "The earth seemed insatiable, gobbling up the rains, transforming the park into a glistening patchwork of tributaries and lagoons, interspersed between the lush Mopani forests..." PUDDLE HOPPING IN ZAMBIA It’s a time of plenty in Zambia, when big rains turn the land to an emerald sheen, birds appear in dazzling breeding plumage, animals give birth, and two of earth’s biggest mammal migrations are triggered by the rising waters. All this, and tourists are virtually non-existent. 26