The lake itself is over 50 kilometres wide, 650 kilometres long and 1,400 metres deep, with water temperatures fluctuating between 23°C–28˚C. Surrounded by tall Rift Valley cliffs the area has its own tropical micro climate, perfect for winter sun in the southern hemisphere and keeping the area more temperate—relative to the rest of Zambia—in the summer.
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LOWER ZAMBEZI NATIONAL PARK
THE LOWER ZAMBEZI NATIONAL PARK Writer: Grant Cumings | Photography: Chiawa Camp and Old Mondoro On the banks of the Zambezi River in the south-eastern part of Zambia, opposite Zimbabwe’s Mana Pools National Park (a…