Zambia in May

Camps reopen; green bush; falls still high.

• Livingstone and the falls · Livingstone, Mosi-oa-Tunyabest weather

  Peak flow and spray March–May; Devil's Pool opens as water drops (about mid-August to January). By November the Zambian side can be a dry cliff.

• Luangwa Valley · South and North Luangwafine

  Hot, low valley; most camps open about May–November. 'Emerald season' boat safaris at a few camps Jan–Mar.

• Lower Zambezi · Lower Zambezi NP, Chiawafine

  Camps close about November–March; canoeing and tiger-fishing season from May.

• Kafue and the west · Kafue, Busanga Plains, Liuwa Plainfine

  Busanga Plains floods until about July; Liuwa's wildebeest migration comes with the first rains (Nov).

• Plateau · Lusaka, Copperbelt, Bangweulubest weather

  At 1,200 m: pleasant; Bangweulu shoebills are easiest to see Mar–Jul.

Dates as our data lists them. Moving holidays (lunar and Islamic calendars, Easter) shift every year: check the date for your year before you build a trip on it.

• Labour Day and Africa Freedom Day

  1 May / 25 May

  Public holidays.

Crowds · Zambia

Medium

Prices · Zambia

Medium

Nothing unusual for the weather this month.

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Rated best or good this month

• Livingstone and the falls

  Best weather of the year (Livingstone, Mosi-oa-Tunya)

• Plateau

  Best weather of the year (Lusaka, Copperbelt, Bangweulu)

• Livingstone

  Dry season begins; falls very full.