hi there - can anyone please share any info/recommendations on how to travel from Lusaka to Siavonga/Lake Kariba? So far, the Eagle's Rest resort has quoted $200 each way! And car hire in Zambia appears to be about $100 a day. Should we just show up at Lusaka bus station and try to figure it out, or does anyone have any experience they can share? Thanks so much in advance for any advice!
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kaz
From an old diary I see that we took a bus from Lusaka to the turn off for Siavonga (1.5 hrs) then waited about 1 hr for a lift to Lusitu, where we got transport in the back of a pick up on to Siavonga and got there in time for lunch.
From here to Kariba we got a lift to the border turn off, walked to the border (easy crossing) then walked down to and across the dam. We were lucky to get a lift up to Kariba town with a couple who had come to see the dam, as we'd seen no traffic at all until then. It would be a horrible walk if you were unlucky, as it's all uphill!
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globball
kuomboka backpackers have a lakeside lodge with camping facilities and boat trips cost per room about US35.00 and transport about $60.00 each way split up to 4 passengers phone them 222450 lusaka
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kimwillemijn
hi there,. i know that there is a busstation in lusaka, they are doin a lot of trips through zambia, you can ask a cab driver to bring you to the station and ask him for some help,. i went with this bus to livingston, mazhandu family bus service ltd, i know that they do a lot of different routes,. maybe they have a web site,. i would say,. good luck.
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