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Lower Zambezi

Safari on the River

Canoe and boat safaris among elephants on the wild Zambezi.

At a glance · 5 reasons to go

Why Lower Zambezi.

  1. Canoe safaris past elephants and hippos.

  2. Boat and walking safaris on the Zambezi.

  3. Elephants, lions, and superb birdlife.

  4. Catch-and-release tiger fishing.

  5. Intimate riverside camps.

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Lower Zambezi is safari from the water — drift past elephants by canoe, fish for tigerfish, and watch big game from the river. Wild, beautiful, and wonderfully different.

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Safety

Safety Overview

Lower Zambezi

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Emergency Contacts — Save These Now

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Reviewed: 2026-06-06

If It’s Safe Travel… Travel Well.

Before You Travel

Five minutes of preparation means your whole group has emergency numbers, hospitals and your GPS location available offline — no WiFi needed when it matters most.

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Everyone in your group needs this page open on their phone. The emergency button only works if the safety card is saved on their device.

Why this matters: When they open the link, TravelWell automatically saves the emergency numbers and hospital details to their phone — no WiFi needed later. This takes 5 seconds and could save a life.

Message to send

TravelWell Safety — Lower Zambezi: Emergency numbers, hospitals and safety info. Open this before we travel so it works offline. https://travelwell.world/en/destinations/lower-zambezi-zambia

Traveling to Lower Zambezi with a pet?

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