A few weeks ago, some of us from the team here in Kitwe had the opportunity to go and visit Lake Kashiba, about three hours south of Kitwe. As this was the first chance I’d had to get out of the hot and dusty city and actually explore Zambia, I jumped at the chance (even though I knew it would mean a long and probably unpleasant journey!)

The drive ended up not actually being that bad, until the very last section of road (road is definitely stretching it – horrendously potholed, rutted and bumpy clearing through the bush is more like it!). The car we were traveling in (driven by the fabulous Rachel, a lovely American girl we’ve met here) shook and vibrated so much we had to roll the windows all the way down to prevent them from shattering and there were definitely a few hairy moments when we entered car-sized holes that we weren’t sure we’d ever get out of. But, we made it and boy was all the bone-shaking worth it!

 

Wikipedia (reliably) tells me that the Lake was created when several limestone caves collapsed, giving it the title of the ‘sunken lake’ and that it is so deep that no-one has yet successfully managed to measure its depth. All I can tell you is that it is incredibly beautiful! The water was stunningly blue and clear and appeared all the more so thanks to the bright limestone rock. But that’s enough from me – I’ll let the photos do the talking*:

*apologies that the photos are not higher quality – stupidly didn’t take my actual camera with me…. #classic.

A short, but hopefully sweet update this time – thanks for reading!

Abs xo