Mukuni village visit, Zambia - I was the only tourist on the Mukuni village afternoon trip. My guide Mwangelwa was really kind and interesting and dropped me back at the border which was nearer than the hotel drop off point. The village itself was a genuine look at how the Mukuni village life works, though I think the costumed dancing is mostly for visitors, no less an exciting event. I really enjoyed this trip.

Great experience just outside of Vic Falls/ Livingstone - Strongly recommend this activity and company if you are looking to get a different experience outside of the more touristy Vic Falls/ Livingstone. The village is incredible.. I've never seen anything like it. The guide there was very nice and informative, and it was wonderful meeting the friendly people around the village. Our guide from Cherish was amazing.

Village tour and cooking class - I was alone in Livingstone for a couple of days so I booked some tours around Livingstone. The village tour I did included a cooking class which was really the highlight of the tour so if you do the tour I would definitely book the cooking class as well. The tour started with a trio to the market on the outskirts of Livingstone where we bought the food for the class which included a live chicken or quinoa fowl your choice, peanuts, tomatoes, onions, garlic, mais or yucca flour, and pumpkin greens. Then we proceeded to the village where we met the village guide who took me around the village showing how they lived and explaining different customs of the tribe. Then we walked to the area where they had set up for the cooking class. They were very conscious of cleanliness throughout the class even though we were cooking under a tree in very primitive conditions. We started with butchering the fowl and plucking it. I was expecting it to be rather disturbing but she did it in a way I hardly realized it had happened. Then we plucked it. Then we cleaned and deveined the pumpkin leaves, ground the peanuts and chipped the tomatoes and onions. Next we started cooking. Everything took about 2-3 hours and we talked about all sorts of things during that time. When everything was finished we sat together and ate the meal. It was delicious and we had enough to share with some of the villagers who were close by. All in all it was one of my favorite days in Zambia!!

The actual tour was... - The actual tour was excellent. The only trouble we had was that the tour driver was 30 minutes late.

Local flavour - The pick up driver and the local guide were very nice and shared us a lot of local insights. We did not met the hief, though.

Tourist trap! - Very very disappointing tour. Iy was supposed to be a 2-3 hour tour inside Mukuni village. The lady who conducted the tour was initially interested. We wanted to have a look at everything before we could tip or give some money or even shop at their local shop. Right at the start there were kids who did a tribal dance. We thought we will appreciate later in cash. Moment we did not give at that very moment, she totally lost interest and hardly showed us much about the village. We must have completed the tour in 20-30 min. We didnt like her approach at all. There is nothing special as such in the village part. Just a hyped tourist trap

Only 1 hours - The tour was indicated as 3 h and it took only 1 hours. We were rushing through the village only to get fast to the souvenir market. It’s a pity because it could have been a niche experience. 50€ per person was to much.