Lunga Island

Lunga Island: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this island: Water flowing well · Low flow / trickle · Dry, no water · Entry closed.

Best time to visit Lunga Island

Season: September to February; boat services pause in floods.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Lunga Island — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: -14.58865, 26.42629. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Lunga Island

• Kapiamema Hot Spring · fort · Central Province · ~14 km
• Mozhi Ruins · fort · North-Western Province · ~44 km
• Mumbwa Caves · fort · Central Province · ~67 km
• Old farm houses · fort · Central Province · ~9 km
• Chipemba Salt Pan · sanctuary · North-Western Province · ~23 km
• Kafue National Park · sanctuary · Central Province · ~34 km
• Kafue National Park · sanctuary · North-Western Province · ~37 km
• Mushingashi Conservancy · sanctuary · Central Province · ~40 km
• Mutumbwe · viewpoint · Central Province · ~41 km
• Waterhole · viewpoint · Central Province · ~59 km
• Kaindu Hunting Block · sanctuary · Central Province · ~62 km
• Salvation Assembly · church · Central Province · ~71 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Lunga Island

Other rivers, islands & mangroves near Lunga Island

• Norman Carr Island · river spot · Central Province · ~81 km
• Lushimba · river spot · North-Western Province · ~117 km
• Mwengwa Rapids · river spot · Southern Province · ~126 km

All rivers, islands & mangroves in Zambia

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