Value rating: *****
We were very pleasantly surprised by KuOmboko Hostel in Lusaka, Zambia. We book a private room doubled bed for only 24$/night (shared bathroom). The hostel is well-equipped: laundry facilities, a fun and lively bar (that brings in more locals than guests), a 24 hour internet cafe, safe and secure rooms, a flexible restaurant (they will get very creative to aid vegetarians), and most importantly -- a terrific, friendly, and helpful staff. The place feels secure and is somewhat clean (although prepare for lots of little creepy crawlers and bugs in the shared area). For the money, this is a terrific bet and one that won't "bite" too hard on your pocketbook...

Plot 9926, Mankanta Close, P.O.Box 33284, Lusaka, Zambia

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Lusaka is not a necessarily a great place to visit but it was wonderful to live there.

The people are great, warm and friendly.

Whilst the Falls and safaris tend to attract everyone's attention a weekend in Lusaka could be fun.

Start a Friday night with a 20z quality Zambeef steak at the Marlin restaurant which is in the Lusaka club. It is a step back in time but the garlic or black pepper steak is sublime.

Then head to Browns which may not be a salubrious joint but is busy on a Friday and has a mixed clientele. Have a bottle of Mosi and a Rumba dance.

Lusaka Club is off the roundabout on Los Angeles Boulevard.

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Accommodation tips from our travel through Zambia in 2006.

www.ourafricansafari.com.au

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It can be accessed from Lusaka, but covers nearly the same area as Belgium, this is the largest park in Zambia and one of the biggest in the world.

With a terrain ranging from the lush riverine forest of the Kafue River to the vast grassland of the Busanga Plains, the park rewards wildlife enthusiasts with glimpses of a generous variety of carnivores and an abundance of their prey.

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