Zambia is often referred to as ‘The Real Africa‘ because of its natural beauty and thrilling wildlife. You will cycle at total of 243.2kms/151.11 mi on tarmac roads with short deviations on good dusty roads. For the remainder of the 241.8 kms/150.24 mi of the journey, you will be driven in a comfortable air-conditioned service vehicle on a good tarmac as well.
Achieving Travel sustainability is our Goal. We aim to provide you with top-notch laid back mixed cycling/vehicle travelling experience of a life time. In this tour, we support the local economy by undertaking activities that benefit the local environments and communities in which we work.
All are welcome! Seasoned riders, amateur cyclist or mere pleasure seeking travelers and tourists shouldn’t miss out on this do-it-all cycling tour.
Protecting the environment
We are committed to undertaking sustainable travel on this cycling tour to ensure that nature and cultural environments are well protected under the “Take photos and leave your footprints Only” theme. You will explore the majestic landscapes and visit some heritage sites whilst travelling from Lusaka to Livingstone, the tourist capital city of Zambia. Exciting water and nature based activities that also includes cultural excursions, game viewing, hiking, birdwatching and many other interesting activities awaits you on this tour.
Of course you will visit and tour the Smoke That Thunders, otherwise known as Victoria Falls, one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. This impressive waterfall reaches 108 meters in height and over 1,700 meters in width, making it one of the world’s largest waterfalls.
Meet an African Traditional Chief and interaction with locals at its finest
To crown it all, you will go off road for a day, driven in our service vehicle to meet one of Zambia’s charismatic Chieftainess Mwenda of the Batonga people at her Palace in Chikankanta district. Chieftainess Mwenda of the Basanje clan of the Tonga tribe is a Healthy and Gender activist who mostly champions this noble cause in rural areas. She presides over the affairs of her people with the help of the traditional councils of senior village headmen and some local civic leaders.
Cultural respect: As per Zambian culture, you will be expected to cover your legs and arms during visits to the Chief’s Palace and to the various traditional villages. A traditional leg round wrapper material (locally known as Chitenge) will be super fine for you to stand in the presence of HRH Chieftainess Mwenda.
Sustainability : Investing in local communities
An exciting evening of cultural entertainment and eating local traditional food.
• At Chikankata rural village, you will enjoy an exciting evening of traditional and cultural entertainment activities where local villagers will perform. This will be done around a massive bonfire as the only source of lighting and warmth. You will listen to legendary stories of local villagers to learn about their unique culture and tradition.
Narration: *By doing this activity on a regular basis, we promote local customs to continue being done in these remote villages which leads to the creation of employment opportunities for local people.
• You will eat some traditional foods that will have been prepared by the women folk of the village. This initiative will support local women empowerment in Chikankanta village.
At the foot of the Munali pass, there is a successful family run coffee farm popularly known as Munali Coffee Farms. You will do a 2 – 3 hours’ coffee tour and get to hear the story behind the success of Munali Coffee Farm (terms and condition apply, kindly read below).
This coffee tour is not available during the off coffee season between October – March every year.
**Should you miss the Coffee Tour, you will do an exciting sunset boat cruise in Livingstone towards the end of the Munali cycling tour.
Awesome Game Drive and Rhino Walk
This cycling trip includes a game drive and Rhino walk in Mosi-oa-tunya National Park in Livingstone towards the end of the tour. Then you will have done almost all the activities that there is to be done on a tour of Zambia.
To celebrate the end of the exciting 13 day’s Munali cycling tour, a mouthwatering, delicious farewell dinner at a classic restaurant will be hosted for you and teammates in Livingstone.
This leisure Munali cycling tour is available throughout the year. It is offered twice in a week on every Wednesdays and Sundays starting off from the same Cosmopolitan Mall venue. The minimum number of participants is 2 and maximum is 15. Private tours are also available and the minimum number of participants is 6.
Customization: Should you wish; you may request that this cycling tour be customized to suit your desires or personal circumstances.
Your Safety is our number one priority!
Zambia is safe for travelers and tourists to travel around the entire country freely. At most you will never feel threatened in any way during this Munali cycling tour excursion. All our tours are conducted only during daylight and you will also wear an outer reflective vest so that other road users are able to easily see you. Local people are very friendly, polite and welcoming to tourists. Chances are you will come across people cheering you to persevere on your cycling tour.
The entire crew of this cycling tour are indigenous Zambians born and breed in the same areas you will be cycling through. They possess in-depth area knowledge and strong social bond with the community you will be visiting. This gives you the assurance of your personal safety being in safe hands and guaranteed. So you will simply focus on peddling only and enjoying the scenery along the way with total peace of mind.
For safety and security reasons, we have designated certain areas along the T-2 and T-1 Livingstone tourism route as no cycling zones (NCZ). This is not to say that Zambia is not safe for cycling. Not at all! Unfavorable conditions for cycling and poor state of the roads in these areas was the main determining factor in declaring them as no cycling zones. This means that you will not cycle through these areas designated as none cycling zones. You will be driven in our service support vehicle through these NCZ areas up to a safe point for you to continue cycling.
Recommendation: Buying a stand-alone bicycle insurance policy is an important consideration for you to protect yourself in case of injury. Please counsult your insurance company how will advise you on the best insurance policy to purchase.
We do not wait for tour seats to fill up to the required number. All our departure dates on this tour are 100% guaranteed to take off on the stated date regardless of the number of people that have booked.
The set base default arrangement is “Group Tour Arrangement” where other people will join you in this safari tour. Please take note that the official mode of communication for this tour is English.
We guarantee you a unique and exciting Lusaka to Livingstone cycling/vehicle experience with numerous breaks in between to enjoy delicious meals.
Travel itinerary; Official route and stop stations
The Kafue T-2 main road which runs from Lusaka to Turnpike turn off route and the T-1 Livingstone are the official cycling routes for this trip. The T1 begins in Chikankata District, at the Turnpike junction with the T2 road (Great North Road) just south of the Kafue River Bridge. These two major roads are scenic road with beautiful views throughout for your maximum tour pleasure and enjoyment.
Level of activity of T-1 and T-2 roads
They two are busy routes plied mostly by commercial heavy trucks and other international traffic. This traffic is mostly coming from neighboring countries travelling to Lusaka. From Lusaka, this traffic continues to the north and east, including to Tanzania, Malawi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Off dusty gravel roads: (a) You will travel by vehicle covering 1.8 km a dusty road from the T-1 tarmac to reach Kafue Riverview Lodge.
(b) You also cover 32 kms by vehicle on the gravel road off T-1 road when going to Chikankata mission to visit Chieftainess Mwenda.
© You will travel by vehicle to cover 400 meters off the tarmac road to reach Samu Lya Moomba heritage site in Monze
Overall these two major cycling routes are extremely familiar territory for us. There are no wild animals or any form of danger along this route and never at given point in time will you get lost.
Summary fact sheet of the cycling tour
Pace: Moderate: 9-14km/hour
Terrain: The terrain of Zambia is mostly high plateau, with some hills and mountains; 98% tarmac, 2% gravel road
Total cycling distance: 243.2kms/151.11 mi
Total distance travelled in service vehicle: 241.8 kms/150.24 mi
Cooperate Social Responsibility (CRS) – Educating The Girl Child
We share and support the aspirations of Chieftainess Mwenda of promoting Health and Gender principles in her community. From income earned from this tour, we contribute some money towards Chieftainess Mwenda’s Health and Gender principle programs. We specifically request HRH Chieftainess Mwenda to identify vulnerable girls in her community and assist in buying school requirements for them on a recurring basis.
Malaria Risk – How to Protect Yourself Against Malaria.
Zambia is a high malaria risk country throughout the whole nation including urban areas. The highest risk of infection is in the rainy season, from November to May. Persons visiting Livingstone and Victoria Falls must take malaria suppressive medication. In addition to the suggested antimalarial medication, use a mosquito bed net and effective repellents to avoid the bite of the nocturnal Anopheles mosquito whilst on tour in Zambia.
Before you travel to Zambia, kindly consult your local physician or travel health clinic for the malaria prophylactic regimen most appropriate to your need to protect you from getting Malaria whilst visiting Zambia.
Effective 1/10/2022, Zambia is now offering free visa entry into the country for the following countries: China, Norway, USA, Japan, UK, South Korea, Gulf States, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the entire EU countries. For other countries, please check with your local travel agents before traveling on the procedures of obtaining a travel visa to Zambia.
