Useful information for traveling about Lusaka, Zambia:

👉 Taxi:
Download Yango App.

👉 Accommodation:

Natwange backpackers $10. Advantages: nice area, breakfast included. Disadvantages: far away from city center, owners already have stable profit and don't care, can be extremely rude with customers, bedbugs. Not recommend.

Lusaka backpackers $7: bedbugs, old facilities, no hot water. Not recommended.

Cool Breeze Lodge $25: friendly personal, clean, breakfast included. No garden inside. Recommend. Good location.

Melsim Lodge $35-60
Good rooms and nice area. Recommended.

👉 Luxury hotels ($200 and more)
Radisson Blu Hotel Lusaka (5 stars)
InterContinental Lusaka (4 stars)
Eight Reedbuck (5 stars)
Taj Pamodzi (5 stars)

👉 Tourist attractions in Lusaka:
Lusaka center (Lusaka CBD, Cairo road, Soweto market)
37d Gallery (50 kwacha)
Kalimba Reptiles Park (100 kwacha adults, 50 kwacha kids)
Lusaka National Park
Kabwata Central Village
Chilenje House 394
Lusaka National Museum ($5)

👉 Banks & ATMs
Absa, Stanbic, Standart Chartered, Bank of China, First National Bank, Ecobank, Citibank etc
ATM fee 100-150 kwacha ($5-8)
ATM limit $100-$300

👉 Is Lusaka a good place to live?
Yes, it is a safe developed city.

👉 What is the biggest mall in Zambia?
Manda Hill in Lusaka

👉 What shopping malls are in Lusaka?
Manda Hill
Cosmopolitan Mall
Levy Junction Mall
East Park Mall
Arcades Shopping Mall
Novare Great North
Centro Kabulonga
Goldcrest Mall
Garden City Mall
Longacres Mall

👉 Top 5 Universities of Lusaka
University of Zambia
University of Lusaka
Information and Communication University
Lusaka Apex Medical University
Africa Christian University

👉 Is Lusaka safe?
Yes. Beware of pickpocketing. Order taxi at night

👉 Lusaka postal code: 10101

👉 Transport in Lusaka:
small city buses. bus fare depends on destination 5-20 kwacha per person
Big buses go to other towns or countries.

The destination from Lusaka to Livingstone (Victoria Falls) is approx 500 km, 250-350 kwacha, 10 hours. Best bus UBZ, goes on time.

👉 Lusaka walking tour:
Cairo Road - Levy Junction Mall

👉 What language is popular in Lusaka?
English is the official language of the city administration, while Bemba, Tonga, Lenje, Soli, Lozi, and Nyanja are the commonly spoken street languages.