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A word from the MD Travel & Leisure Zambia Publisher I ’ am delighted to welcome you to the second issue of Travel and Leisure Zambia magazine. With today’s traveler exploring ever more destinations around the world, we recognized that there was a growing need for a national voice to champion Zambia’s tourist attractions in a balanced way. We hope these pages will stimulate your love with Zambia’s exciting destinations; Lake Tanganyika, Kasanka National Park, you’ve got some treats in store. If you would like to find out more about Zambia, we will take you beyond the greatest hits and down less trodden trails. It’s our hope that by raising awareness of Zambia’s tourism attractions, we will encourage more visitors. John Coppinger explores the Luangwa River from it’s source and shares with us it’s uniqueness and tourism attractions (p 6). In this edition, Robin Pope shares a rare insight about the beautiful Liuwa National park, being host to the second largest concentration of wildebeest in Africa (p 8), and chats with Zambia’s youngest female safari camp manager (p 38). We caught up with Keyela Phiri, read his fascinating story on (p 12) This issue explores destinations that receive few visitors, such as Kasanka National park (p 18) Zambia is blessed with a lot of natural resources. We all need to support responsible, sustainable tourism: Craig Zytkow (conservation Lake Tanganyika) shares with us how tourism has brought opportunity and development to the area and how the wild life in the park has benefited (p 14). But Zambia’s tourism products is not just it’s wildlife, the Country has a rich history and heritage sites (p 22) Kwisano Enterprises Editor Diana Mutakafimbo Managing Director Andrew Muswala Layout and Art Director Paula Sachar-Phiri Email: [email protected] Subscriptions Email: [email protected] Mobile: [phone] www.zambiatravelmag.com Contributors National Heritage Conservation Commission, John Coppinger, Robin Pope, Craig Zytkow, Flora Strachan, Adam Pope, Claire Pope, Maxwell Zulu, Norman Carr Safaris, Edjan Van der Heide, Peter Geraerdts, Steve and Anna Tolan, Edward Selfe, Jake da Motta. Printers Impumelelo Print Solutions (pty) Ltd,Unit 7, Kings Court, 52 Mineral Crescent,Crown Ext. 5, Johannesburg, South Africa TEL: [phone], FAX: [phone] Copyright Copyright © All copyright for material appearing in this magazine belongs to Travel & Leisure Zambia and/or the individual contributors. No part of this magazine may be reproduced either without the written consent of the publishers or with due acknowledgment. On the cover Giraffes in South Luangwa National Park Photo by Edward Selfe Travel & Leisure Zambia JANUARY - MARCH 2016 THE GATHERING OF BEESTS Exploring the second largest Wildebeest migration in Africa YALIWE BANDA Zambia’s youngest safari manager FIGHTING TO PROTECT CONSERVATION Andrew Muswala Managing Director 4 TRAVEL & LEISURE ZAMBIA LAKE TANGANYIKA A biological wonder under threat