Livingstone is Zambia’s tourism capital and the natural base for visiting Victoria Falls, about 11 kilometres to the south. The town was established in 1905 and named after the Victorian missionary explorer Dr David Livingstone, who explored this area extensively. It served as the capital of Northern Rhodesia from 1911 until 1935, and preserved Edwardian architecture still lines its main thoroughfare.

Beyond the falls, the town is the starting point for rafting through the Batoka Gorge, microlight and helicopter flights over the water, cruises on the upper Zambezi, and game drives and walking safaris in the neighbouring Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park — the only wildlife area in Zambia where white rhino are found. Museums, a craft market and an eighteen-hole golf course fill the hours between.