Northern Region
Niamkolo Church
NIAMKOLO CHURCH, Mpulungu District Lying on the coast of Lake Tanganyika some 2km east of the port of Mpulungu at 08’51’S and 31 05’E, is the gigantic masonry ruins of Niamkolo Church also known as Old Niamkolo Mission. The site is accessible throughout the year. It was declared a National Monument in Northern, Zambia in 1956 under GN130 due to its many respects. It is the oldest standing stone built church in Zambia without a roof on it. It is also the oldest surviving ecclesiastical masonry structure in the country; a unique structure that embodies distinguishing characteristic style and method of construction. It is a notable structure representing the work of a master builder, designer, architect and engineer. Tourists can enjoy the full view of the second deepest lake in the world, Lake Tanganyika
Niamukolo Church was founded by the London Missionary Society (LMS), now United Church of Zambia (UCZ) in 1885. The actual construction of the Church was done in 1895 by Adam Purves who had joined LMS as an Industrial Helper, Teacher and Architect. Standing today is a main hall and a three story tower. The walls are nearly a metre thick comprising two thin skins of roughly dressed sandstone quarried on the Mission estates, with mud or anthill bonding. The gap between the skins was filled with rubble. Only the walls and the tower remain. In 1908 the Mission decided to move inland due to the high incidence of sleeping sickness, and the church fell into disuse and decay
CHISHIMBA WATERFALLS, Kasama District Chishimba Waterfalls National Monument site located 35 kilometers from Kasama along Kasama – Mporokoso road, is on Luombe River. The Chishimba Falls are an integral legend of national significance as the site has three successive spectacular waterfalls, (namely, Mutumuna, Kaela and Chishimba), separated by a distance of less than 300 meters from each other. The site is one of the several waterfalls found in the Northern Circuit of Zambia and it is the second most visited after the mighty Victoria Falls, attracting over 3500 local and foreign tourists annually. It is an icon for tourism activities such as education, picnic, adventure and recreation, cultural and religious retreats. It is one of the national monuments with internet connection. The Chishimba Waterfalls National Monument site has a Visitor Information Centre (VIC) to afford the visitor a chance to learn more about the site and other heritage sites found all over Zambia. Furthermore, the site also has land for Tourism Investment in either hotel and lodge or game ranching or a combination of all the above. The Chishimba Falls has water falling throughout the year despite it sharing the water resource with a power generation facility below it which has a reservoir above the Mutumuna Falls (The first cascade). The area retains much of its novel natural beauty, notwithstanding inevitable disturbance due to the construction of a hydro power station (HEP).
Chishimba Falls
Mbala Old Prison (1912)
Mbala District Mbala Old Prison is one of the numerous historic buildings in Mbala District (formerly Abercorn), a colonial administrative centre of Tanganyika Province and/or North Eastern Rhodesia, now Northern Province of Zambia. It was built in 1912 and served as a Prison for both Northern and Luapula Provinces. Other historic buildings in Mbala include Arms Hotel, Tanganyika Victoria Memorial Institute, built in 1903-5, District Commissioner’s residence, Anglican Church, and others. These structures are living memoirs of the Victoria architecture and British influence in Southern Central Africa.
Chipoma falls
Chipoma falls is situated in Chinsali district of Northern Province. It is reached by turning west off the Great North Road about 26 Km south of Chinsali turn-off at Chimbele. The Chimanabwe River flows through an attractive series of rapids and cascades averaging about 5 meters each forming a total drop of over 40 meters. The site is of impressive natural beauty. Aside from the natural significance, the Chipoma Falls area is of archaeological importance as it has numerous Iron Age kilns dotted around the site.
Lumangwe Waterfalls
Located on the Kalungwishi River, 84 km from Mporokoso on the Mporokoso – Kawambwa road, about 55 km from Kawambwa and 10 Km east of Kalungwishi Bridge (Chimpempe pontoon) in Mporokoso district, the Lumangwe Falls is one of the three main waterfalls on the Kalungwishi River, on the western plains of Lusenga Plains National Park. They have the third longest and largest curtain of falling water after the Victoria Falls – about 150 meters wide and 30 meters high. Though, a must see miniature Victoria Falls with a pleasant sandy beach at the foot of the falls, it is however unsafe for bathing. The Lumangwe/Kabwelume/Chimpempe Falls complex have a tourism Visitor Information Centre with information about the three waterfalls and the other sites in the region and Zambia as a whole. It additionally has resting shelters and viewing platforms that afford the visitor great appreciation and closeness to the water falling for enjoyment purposes. If you truly desire to get pleasure from the fullness of the water falling, then Lumangwe/Kabwelume/Chimpempe Falls complex is the best place for your vacation. Memories of a visit to these waterfalls will linger for years to come. The waterfalls have water falling throughout the year. There is also a Guest House just in front of the falls for those planning overnight or longer stay at the falls.
Kabwelume Waterfalls
KABWELUME WATERFALLS, Kawambwa/Mporokoso Districts Kabwelume Waterfalls is also situated on the Kalungwishi River, 84 Km from Mporokoso on the Mporokoso-Kawambwa road and about 6 Km off the Lumangwe Falls road on the eastern side of Chimpempe pontoon. Despite the remote location, Kabwelume Falls is undoubtedly one of the conspicuously most attractive and scenic waterfalls. It is not easy to describe the beauty of Kabwelume Waterfalls and photos can’t do justice either. Kabwelume Falls is a multiplicity of several cataracts, rapids and waterfalls. The first is a curving curtain of white and green about 20 meters high and 75 meters wide with a deep pool at its foot which flows over a second stage fall, perhaps another 20 meters. The Kabwelume are therefore the most splendid water fall Zambia has to offer. They provide the best picture if taken with a camera that has a panoramic view setting facility. They too have some facilities built to enable the visitor enjoy and prolong their visit at the site.
Von Lettow Vorbeck
Von Lettow Vorbeck National Monument site also known as Chambeshi National Monument due to its location, is found at the north end of the Chambeshi River bridge in Kasama district in Chief Nkole Mfumu’s area. The site is protected as a memorial to the end of World War 1. It was also at this site that the Germany General, ‘a man noted as much for his humanity as for his courage, marched into Mbala to this place at the head of his force’ had received the news of Germany surrender to Mr Hector Croad the District Commissioner at Mpika and the th armistice on 14 November, 1918. The site confirms Zambia’s participation and subsequent end of World War 1 and serves as a memorabilia to the bravery and self-sacrifice of the men and women fallen in this Great War. The site, which incorporates an 1890 Germany field gun, helps to maintain a consciousness of the past that is essential for future development
