The Great East Road which traverses the length of Eastern Province is the
main access to Malawi and Zambia’s world famous national park, South
Luangwa. The drive from Lusaka is one of
the most picturesque in Zambia. There is
something special about this area with its feeling of remoteness and sleepy old
towns dotted along the road with their pre 1940s buildings.
As you drive eastwards
from Lusaka there is immediately a feeling of “heading bush”. Two hours from the capital city, the road
descends steeply down through the wooded hills of the Muchinga escarpment, part
of the Great Rift Valley system. There, below you, is the enormous, meandering
Luangwa River, having run its course through three national parks and now close
to its meeting point with the Zambezi River.
