Chaka Falls, Lufubu R., Luapula Prov. Zambia

These Chaka Falls, hidden within the Sumbu Nat. Park, take 2 days' hiking to get to (photo by Quentin Allen)

Chilambwe Falls, Kafubu R., N.Prov. Zambia

Found by sheer accident while overflying N.Prov., these big Chilambwe Falls are totally unknown though not even particularly hard of access (photo by Ilse Mwanza)

Munama Falls, Munama R., N.Prov., Zambia

These unknown Munama Falls are very hard to get to (photo Timmy Mutukwa)

Mufwanshi Falls, Mufwanze R., N. Prov. Zambia

Another beautiful but unknown Zambian waterfall on the Muchinga Escarpment, Zambia (photo by Quentin Allen)

Little Kafinga Falls, on Lelya River, N.Prov. Zambia

Beautiful but totally unknown waterfall on the Muchinga Escarpment in Zambia (photo by Quentin Allen)

Mutinondo Falls, view over Luangwa Valley

Mutinondo at early morning (photo by Stephen Robinson)

Mutinondo Falls, Northern Prov, Zambia

Mutinondo Falls, partial view (photo by Stephen Robinson)

Introduction

Zambia has more than 200 waterfalls, many of these unknown and unmapped. The chibulubulus, a group of friends consisting of one artist, one photographer, one writer and one organizer, started some years ago to fill in the blanks on the Zambian map. The abundance of waterfalls in Zambia is due to its geological formation, 3 plateaux of successive height, from which the waters drop as large or small waterfalls. Zambia is bisected by a watershed: the northern rivers flow into the Luapula and ultimately the Congo R., the southern rivers into the Zambezi.