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To the east and west of Kabwe are a number of areas with good but so-far undeveloped tourist potential, advantaged by Kabwe's central location and proximity to Lusaka and its international airport:,<ref name="Spectrum">Camerapix: "Spectrum Guide to Zambia." Camerapix International Publishing, Nairobi, 1996.</ref><ref name="Google">[http://earth.google.com Google Earth] accessed 2007.</ref> | To the east and west of Kabwe are a number of areas with good but so-far undeveloped tourist potential, advantaged by Kabwe's central location and proximity to Lusaka and its international airport:,<ref name="Spectrum">Camerapix: "Spectrum Guide to Zambia." Camerapix International Publishing, Nairobi, 1996.</ref><ref name="Google">[http://earth.google.com Google Earth] accessed 2007.</ref> | ||
* [[Lukanga Swamp]]: 50 km west, with a wildlife area (currently a Game Management Area) on the other side of the Kafue River, 120 km from Kabwe, but road access is very poor. | * [[Lukanga Swamp]]: 50 km west, with a wildlife area (currently a Game Management Area) on the other side of the Kafue River, 120 km from Kabwe, but road access is very poor. | ||
* [[Mulungushi River]] & [[Lunsemfwa River]] valleys, including [[Lunsemfwa Wonder Gorge]]: these two rivers flow into the western end of the [[Luangwa River#The Luangwa Rift Valley|Luangwa Rift Valley]] just over 50 km south-east of Kabwe, and just south of the Mulungushi Dam and lake which offers good boating and game fishing activities. The valleys are scenic wilderness with good wildlife potential. However, there is no proper road access to the area. [[Image:Lunsemfwa Wonder Gorge.JPG|thumb|About 75 km east-southeast of Kabwe, Zambia, the Lunsemfwa River cuts a 500m deep gash, known as The Wonder Gorge, through the lip of the Muchinga Escarpment (viewed from Bell’s Point). The antenna atop the Taipei 101 skyscraper, the world’s second-tallest building, would just protrude above the rim of this gorge.]] | * [[Mulungushi River]] & [[Lunsemfwa River]] valleys, including [[Lunsemfwa Wonder Gorge]]: these two rivers flow into the western end of the [[Luangwa River#The Luangwa Rift Valley|Luangwa Rift Valley]] just over 50 km south-east of Kabwe, and just south of the Mulungushi Dam and lake which offers good boating and game fishing activities. The valleys are scenic wilderness with good wildlife potential. However, there is no proper road access to the area. [[Image:Lunsemfwa Wonder Gorge.JPG|thumb|About 75 km east-southeast of Kabwe, Zambia, the Lunsemfwa River cuts a 500m deep gash, known as The Wonder Gorge, through the lip of the Muchinga Escarpment (viewed from Bell’s Point). The antenna atop the Taipei 101 skyscraper, the world’s second-tallest building, would just protrude above the rim of this gorge.]] | ||
* [[Chifunkunya Hills]]: 150 km east, a wilderness area of rugged granite mountains rising 1000 m above the [[Luangwa River|Luangwa Valley]], just to the north-west of the confluence of the Lunsemfwa and [[Lukusashi River]]s, with no road access. | * [[Chifunkunya Hills]]: 150 km east, a wilderness area of rugged granite mountains rising 1000 m above the [[Luangwa River|Luangwa Valley]], just to the north-west of the confluence of the Lunsemfwa and [[Lukusashi River]]s, with no road access. | ||
