Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
tional Park (Proflight flies here regularly) and North Luangwa National Park, cater for
chartered planes.
The departure tax for domestic flights is ZMW58. As of recently, Proflight tickets in-
clude this tax in the price, but for other flights it must be paid at the airport in Zambian
kwacha. An additional 'infrastructure' tax applied to every ticket was passed and then
subsequently cancelled in October 2012 - it may be reinstated in the future.
AIRLINES
Proflight
(
www.proflight-zambia.com
)
is the only domestic airline offering regularly
scheduled flights connecting Lusaka to Chipata, Livingstone (for Victoria Falls), Lower
Zambezi (Jeki and Royal airstrips), Mfuwe (for South Luangwa National Park), Ndola
(also flies direct from here to Kasama) and Solwezi. The fare class with the most flexibil-
ity (in case of change of travel plans) is the most expensive. A one-way ticket from Lu-
saka to Mfuwe (one hour 20 minutes) ranges from ZMW810 to ZMW1500; to Jeki, from
ZMW470 to ZMW1000; to Livingstone, from ZMW750 to ZMW1400. Visa, Mastercard,
Amex and Paypal are accepted for online payments.
On the Livingstone and Ndola routes, which use larger planes, passengers can check
one or two bags totalling 23kg; on all other flights the limit is only 15kg (additional fees
applied to excess weight). Carry-on baggage on all flights is limited to 5kg. Keep these
weights in mind when transferring from another flight.
There are plenty of charter-flight companies (Proflight also does charters) catering
primarily for guests staying at upmarket lodges/camps in national parks. Flights only
leave with a minimum number of prebooked passengers and fares are always high, but it's
sometimes worth looking around for a last-minute, stand-by flight. Two of the companies
worth considering are the following:
Pro Charter
(
0974 250110;
www.avocet-charters.com
)
Royal Air Charters
(
0971 251493;
www.royalaircharters.com
)
Bicycle
If you plan on cycling around Zambia, do realise that Zambian drivers tend not to give
you any room, even if there is no vehicle in the oncoming lane. Save being hit by a car, it
is safe to cycle Zambia. Mountain biking is rapidly becoming popular in and around Lu-
saka.
