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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A WATER WONDERLAND
ZAMBIA A WATER WONDERLAND Writer: Sarah Kingdom / Photography: Linde MeintjesZambia is home to an incredible amount of water. It is estimated that almost 30% of all the fresh water in Africa originates in Zambia, and a large…