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Zambia is open to leisure tourists and is still seeing active safari and Victoria Falls travel, with strong recent arrival numbers even though 2026 H1 softened versus 2025 H1. Most trips are straightforward, but travelers should plan around possible election-related unrest, border-area risks near the DRC, and occasional cash/card and weather-related disruptions.
election-related protests and civil unrest riskborder-area caution near the DRC, including mine/landmine and cross-border crime concernsrainy-season flooding and landslides can disrupt roads and utilitiesATM outages, card capture/skimming, and some banking de-risking issues
Travelers are going as usualOn Forbes 2026