Zambian holidays

My Zambian colleagues seem to take a month's leave in a year, either in one piece or in bits here and there; this particularly for the Clinical officer who acts as a doctor at the clinics. and has no backup whereas there are, for example four nurses who can cover for each other.
I don't think my local colleagues go away on holiday as a time of rest and recreation; they are more likely to take the opportunity to visit distant family, catch up with a home job like planting maize or work on their house.  Transport is expensive here over large distances and staying away from home very pricey unless with friends or family.
There are some great holiday venues in Zambia though and my co-volunteer has currently gone to visit the Mosi oa Tunya (local name meaning 'The smoke that thunders' aka Victoria Falls) with a friend visiting from Ireland.  They are staying at the Maramba River Lodge, situated between Livingstone Town and the Falls.  The first time I visited the Falls, in 1998, my daughter was with me and her research into a good place to stay turned up Maramba.  Since then, I have frequently stayed there with a variety of visitors and found it a perfect little haven.  It consists of : brick and thatch rondavels, each en suite; in the centre, a small rocky swimming pool, bar and restaurant.  There are several walks nearby, including to the Maramba River, a small tributary joining the great Zambezi at the stage of heading for the spectacular 500m drop, the centre and purpose of this area.  Once, driving in to Maramba with an English friend desperate to see 'at least one elephant' we were amazed to find about twenty large elephants rampaging round the site, ripping at the trees, trampling and eating plants, lurching alarmingly round the parked vehicles.  After a while, many photos later, the staff picked up metal bins and sticks and  noisily ushered the elephants back into the bush.  This was a good reminder to us that we were living in the bush and to stay in our rondevels at night, not only to avoid a possible close encounter with an elephant but to avoid snakes and hippos and keep monkeys out of our cabins- they too can be destructive.