Part 1 – Livingstone Museum
The tour starts with the collection of the guest from their lodge or hotel in Livingstone and a trip through the town to the the oldest museum in Zambia, Livingstone Museum. Here you will learn all about Zambia’s natural and cultural heritage .
The museum houses a very comprehensive collection of some of David Livingstone’s personal belongings including journals, photographs and letters. You will be given an insight into this world-renowned philanthropist and missionary.
Part 2 – Mukuni Curio Market and Maramba Market
The next part of your tour will take you to the Mukuni Curio Market and the Maramba Market, where you will experience part of a day in the life of a Zambian by observing the hustle and bustle of the colourful activity in the market, where the locals sell everything from “chitenges” (brightly coloured fabric) to local artwork made from various materials such as old vehicles and tools.
See the daily routine of the locals buying vegetables, fruits, grains and rice and nuts which form a big part of their daily diet. A guide will accompany you and help you with the bargaining ritual to get some great artefacts at bargain prices, a very interesting and rewarding experience.
Optional – The Railway Museum
The Livingstone Railway Museum can be found in the historic locomotive sheds at the Zambezi Sawmills. This hugely interesting Railway Steam Museum displays locomotives and artefacts dating back to the 1930’s when the Zambezi Sawmills was reputed to have the worlds longest rail-line.
Livingstone Town Tour
Livingstone, Zambia holds a special place of importance in the history of Southern Africa during the first days of European Settlement and the beginning of Colonial Rule in the region. Livingstone served as the Capital of the British Protectorate of Northern Rhodesia between 1911 – 1935 and as such enjoyed far superior facilities to the rest of the countries, and the magnificent Edwardian colonial buildings lining the main road bear testimony to this.
The original town was sited on the river at a place known as Old Drift but was moved in 1905 due to the high incidence of Malaria, and the the new town was built on Constitutional Hill. There was the advantage in this of formal town planning with wide streets, lined with trees, and a lot of the original Architecture can still be seen today.