Zambia remains one of Africa’s great safari secrets. There is very little performance here — just good guides, extraordinary wildlife, and landscapes that still feel genuinely wild.

Walking safaris began in South Luangwa National Park, and there is still no better way to experience the bush than on foot: watching fresh tracks in the dust, listening to alarm calls, learning how much information exists in what first appears to be silence.

And then there is Victoria Falls — thunderous, rain-soaked, impossible to describe adequately no matter how many photographs one has seen beforehand.