Boma

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Enjoy a taste of Africa at this buffet restaurant set under a massive thatched roof. Here you can dine on smoked crocodile tail, BBQ warthog, guinea fowl stew and wood-fired spit roasts; and the more adventurous can try a mopane worm (you'll get a certificate from the chef for your efforts). There's also traditional dancing (8pm), interactive drumming (8.45pm) and fortune telling by a witch doctor. Bookings essential.

During the day it's a casual lunch spot doing sandwiches, fish and chips etc, and a pool for guests use.

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2. Jafuta Heritage Centre

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3. Zambezi National Park

1.77 MILES

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2.04 MILES

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5. Devil's Pool

2.17 MILES

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8. Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park

2.94 MILES

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