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Sunday Market

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Sunday Market is the perfect place to buy all those overpriced touristy gifts for friends and family back home who can say, “oh my niece brought me this mask back from Zambia for me.” Little does she know that mask is actually a ceremonial fertility mask from Ethiopia or something equally not related to Zambian culture. Its perfect for knick knacks and stuff you can convince yourself you need. I love Sunday market. It’s fun to wander around. It has gotten a lot smaller since they’ve moved it because of the construction at Arcades mall, but you can still get everything you want. It’s now in the fields across from the Protea Hotel at Arcades Mall until they finish construction. My advice? BARGAIN. If you are a foreigner, they will usually tell you about double the price. Don’t feel bad for arguing your way down a bit. If you can speak any of the local language it helps a lot.

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**I regret to inform you the photo above is not mine. I unfortunately don’t have any photos from Lusaka that are worthy of sharing. I got this image off of google, if it is yours let me know and I’ll take it down or give you credit.

Mwela Rock Art

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This place is only about 5km outside of Kasama. You can try hitching from past the roundabout, or get in a shared taxi from next to shoprite for less than 20kwa. The place is only 8kwa to get in with a work permit. Not sure how much otherwise but they didn’t even check my permit. If you tell them it’s your first time they’ll find a guide to go with you. I believe you’re supposed to tip this guy at the end, I wasn’t expecting that and literally only had enough to get back to town and felt really bad. If it’s not your first time there you’re free to just roam as you’d like. People like to go and watch the sunset at the top of the rocks. If it’s your first time the guide will show you about 4 sites with rock paintings and caves from the Twa people who used to live there before the Bemba tribe moved in. It’s really interesting to see and the views from the top of the rocks are beautiful.

Mwela

One Love Cafe and Art Gallery

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Kelvin, the owner, is a fantastic Rasta man committed to making his guests comfortable and have fun. His place is located within a 5 minute walk of Mayoka Village towards town. This great little café is on a porch that overlooks the lake. He has great tea, and a variety of food. I suggest the banana pancakes, I could eat those all day. Outside the café Kelvin sells artwork (paintings, carvings, jewelry etc) made by him and his friends. It’s a great place to hang out or to buy souvenirs as he will negotiate a price with you but wont be as pushy as some of the vendors next door. When I was there in 2015, he was also talking about staring his own lodge on the hillside, so that might be finished by now, I would like to try staying there if I returned to Nkhata Bay