BY
SARAH KINDGOM
FRIDAY, 6TH JANUARY 2017
“Turn left. Continue along the road, through a dry riverbed. When the road forks, keep to the left.” We were 371km from home, six hours into our journey, and at the bottom of page two of a three-page printout of detailed instructions describing how to get to South Luangwa National Park in Zambia.
We weren’t taking the usual route into the park. We’d decided to take a more adventurous approach, entering the park from the north, down the Muchinga Escarpment. The directions were explicit: “The road over the escarpment requires high clearance, four wheel drive and low range. The road is seldom used. Waiting for help if you break down might take days.”
– See more at: http://magazine.africageographic.com/weekly/issue-132/super-natural-south-luangwa/#sthash.jm9BhHrd.dpuf
