Livingstone is anchored on the long and winding Mosi-oa-Tunya Road, which weaves its way through the bush and into the heart of the Mosi-Oa-Tunya National Park, home to the critically endangered white rhino.

But more famously, this tiny little town clustering around the verdant banks of the Zambezi River is the place all visitors arrive at, to experience the startling vistas of the magnificent Victoria Falls. Ranging from white-water rafting on some of the continent’s stormiest rapids, zip lining through the wilds, bungee jumping on the very border between Zambia and Zimbabwe to ubiquitous hiking excursions and leaning over the edge from the Devils Pool, Livingstone offers one of Zambia’s most-accomplished arrays of adventure tours. While indulging in all of the above, be sure to ask your Livingstone tour guide for tips on the best photo-taking spots and rainbow lookouts around (because there’s always a rainbow here!).

And once you’ve ticked off that bucket list must, back it up with a visit to the informative Museum in town, a round of haggling in the town’s tight-knit marketplaces, or perhaps just a good old fashioned party night with the resident backpacking crowd on one of the local booze cruises.