Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Getting There & Away
Ask in Choma for minibuses that can take you to Sinazongwe. By car, head to Batoka,
just north of Choma. From here take the turn-off to Maamba. After about 50km look for
the turn-off to Sinazongwe; the town is a short distance down this dirt road.
CHIKANKA ISLAND
This beautiful private island (actually an archipelago of three islands since a rise in water
levels), 18km from Sinazongwe, is mostly wooded, with impalas, kudus, zebras, bush-
bucks and the occasional elephant dropping in. Crocs and hippos patrol the shores so
don't even think about taking a dip. To spend a night or two in one of the stone-and-thatch
A-frame chalets or campgrounds at
Chikanka Island Camp
( 0976 667752;
www.lakeview-zambia.com
;
campsite per person ZMW50, s/d incl breakfast ZMW250/
475, chalet all-inclusive ZMW350/450; )
catch a boat (ZMW400, up to eight people)
from its mainland sister lodge, Lakeview (
Click here
)
. Fishing, canoe trips and wildlife
walks can all be arranged but mother nature provides great early morning views looking
out towards Zimbabwe.
Choma
0213 / POP 40,000
This busy market town, the capital of the Southern Province, is strung out along the high-
way 188km northeast of Livingstone. Most visitors zip through on their way to Lusaka or
Livingstone, but Choma is a convenient stopover or staging post for trips to Lake Kariba
and even to the southern section of Kafue National Park. Other than the museum there's
not much to distinguish the town, but it has all of the facilities and services travellers need
including a Spar supermarket, banks with ATMs, internet, a couple of petrol stations and
an every expanding range of accommodation.
Sights
Choma Museum & Crafts Centre
(adult/child ZMW10/5; 9am-5pm)
Based in a former school dating from the 1920s east
of the centre along the highway, the museum's exhibits concentrate on the Tonga people,
most of whom were forcibly displaced by the construction of the Kariba Dam. There are
MUSEUM
