AT#981 - Travel to the Zambezi Valley in Zimbabwe

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Chris Christensen

Places & Travel, Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 31 January 2026

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Hear about travel to the Zambezi Valley in Zimbabwe as the Amateur Traveler talks to Rael Zieve from Keep Travelling Africa about one of his favorite African itineraries. Why should you visit the Zambezi Valley? Rael says, "Just the landscapes are quite amazing. I think you should go because the landscapes change. There are still people who live very humbly along the river banks, living out of their mud huts in very medieval conditions, and that type of thing. Even today in the 21st century." Rael’s Recommended Zambezi Valley Itinerary (9 Nights Total) ... https://amateurtraveler.com/travel-to-the-zambezi-valley/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:05.5	This is Chris Christensen from Amateur Traveler.
1:08.0	Let's talk about the Zambezi Valley.
1:12.6	I would like to welcome to show Rail Zeev from Keep Traveling.
1:17.7	That's Traveling the UK way with two L's.
1:22.5	And the Keep Traveling Your African Story podcast. And Rail has come to talk to us about the Zambezi Valley.
1:31.4	Rail, welcome to the show.
1:33.2	Chris, thank you so much for having me.
1:34.9	It's a real honor to be here and be on the show today.
1:38.9	Lovely.
1:39.3	Now, we talked about the Zambezi Valley, so we're in Africa.
1:43.2	Where are we exactly when we talk about the Zambezi Valley, so we're in Africa. Where are we exactly when we talk about
1:45.4	the Zambezi Valley? So the Zambezi River is actually one of the longest rivers on the
1:52.2	African continent. It spans a total of about 1,600 miles, starting in the northwest part of Zambia,
2:00.6	in the, I've got to get this name right, Mwiny Lunga province,
2:05.7	between the borders of Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo. And this goes all the way down,
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