5 Top Tips for Your Zambia Volunteering Trip
A list of five key things to consider before booking your volunteering trip to Zambia
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How to Pack a Christmas Shoebox for Lubasi Children’s Home
For over 15 years, Jollyboys has worked closely with Lubasi Children’s Home, based in the Maramba area of Livingstone. ‘Lubasi’ means family, and this home provides so much love, comfort and support for all who pass through the doors. Christmas at Lubasi is a highlight of the Jollyboys’ year – a large, traditional Christmas lunch
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What does Zambian Independence Day mean to you?
Every year on October 24th, Zambia celebrates its Independence Day to commemorate the day that freedom was achieved from British Rule. The public holiday is celebrated throughout the country with street parades and merriment. Throughout the month of October, the Zambian colours of red, green, black and orange start to adorn many businesses and homes,
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From Cairo to Cape
For this week’s blog post we sat down with a guest from the backpackers and she told us a bit about her trip from Cairo to Cape Town Tell us a bit about yourself My name is Yurika Hamy Demura, I am a nurse from Japan … I quit my job sometime last year and
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Minimizing the ecological effects of hiking in Zambia
Even nature lovers have potentially dangerous implications for the environment: recent studies have found camp trails treaded by hikers lose roughly 50% of vegetation cover, which in turn damages local ecosystems. Fortunately, Zambia benefits from a dedicated community of ecotourism focused on the region’s abundant wildlife and plant diversity. To conserve local ecosystems, backpackers can take key steps for
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Vitumbuwa Recipe
What you need 2 cups flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 cup sugar 1 and 1/3 water oil Pan Instructions Place on plate and enjoy delicious goodness!
Q&A with Samuel
Name: Samuel Position: Cook How long have you worked at Jolly Boys? A: Around one year What do you do for fun? A: I like riding my bike around Livingstone, it’s really fun to explore the town and bike out to the falls. Would you rather be the richest person in the world or the
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Planning a trip and needing a bit of advice? Hopefully the below will give you the assistance you need ….. What is the difference between the Backpackers and the Camp? Location Jollyboys Camp is 1.2 kilometers from the main Mosi-oa-Tunya road, behind the Livingstone Golf Course, in a quiet residential street, near the suburb of
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Stop Eating Boring Camping Food!
The days of hot dogs and cold canned chili are long gone. Just because you’re spending time camping, or eating in a self-catering kitchen doesn’t mean your food has to be bland and boring. Making use of online recipes, common sense planning, and better and cheaper camping cookware mean it’s much easier than it used
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Responsible Tourism: environmental outreach in Malota
Malota, like many communities in Africa, have no formal waste management systems. Generally; Council (Municipal) waste collection is accessible to those who pay council rates and not those living in informal settlements or those too impoverished to afford the luxury. Waste management in this context is mostly dumping and burning; people have to live in the
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