Zambia's COVID-19 experience continues. As the country develops the capability to test suspects, many more cases are being discovered. In a test of c. 350 people in Nakonde, the northern border post with Tanzania, nearly half were found to be positive for COVID-19.... This extreme [...]
We all love to take lots of action shots, especially in the heat of the moment. We all hope that we've set the camera up correctly and that majority will be sharp! But then comes the time when you have to sort through the resulting [...]
Thank you to so many of you who have written to me after reading my weekly wildlife update blogs. It's clear that this virtual window into the Luangwa Valley is restorative for many people who are in lockdown across the world. Being able to go [...]
Zambia's COVID-19 journey continues; 64 cases have been confirmed in Zambia at the time of writing, mostly in the Lusaka area. With a relatively small population of international travellers in Zambia, it might be that it's possible to trace the Nation's outbreak back to that [...]
Zambia's coronavirus journey continues steadily. We are approaching 100 confirmed cases, all of which are in the central Lusaka area of the country. There is little movement of people around the country at this time and social distancing is still in place, though Government took [...]
Life in South Luangwa continues to be a blend of the normal and the unprecedented; while there is no lock-down yet, and cases of COVID remain only in the Lusaka area, there are also no visitors whatsoever to the area. So the economy of the [...]
I wrote in a previous article about the impact of COVID-19 and cutting off the USD 30 million of foreign funds that flow into the Luangwa Valley each year. This has been felt keenly by the tourism operators already (in the form of postponed and [...]
Greetings from the South Luangwa. I hope you are all safe, keeping healthy and surviving whatever form of social isolation is being enforced. We are voluntarily self-isolating but have the extraordinary luxury of being able to continue accessing the National Park. Being just 3 minutes [...]
Throughout the course of the COVID-19 journey, my guests have repeatedly asked me about the people of the South Luangwa. How will they cope with the virus? What are the healthcare facilities like in the surrounding area? How will their livelihoods be affected by the [...]
Zambia is encouraging social distancing, in line with most other countries across the world. We are not yet facing lock-down since cases appear to be very low and not increasing....we sincerely hope that this is not due to under-reporting or mis-representation. However, as family, we [...]
