Luangwa, Zambia local people will take visitors across in small boats. The town's location is strategically important. The Luangwa forms Zambia's border with Mozambique and the Zambezi forms its border with Zimbabwe. In the Zimbabwe-Rhodesia War, the Mozambican War of Independence and Mozambican Civil War it was the scene of guerrilla activity. Zambia's practical support for nationalist guerrillas led to some incursions into its territory by Rhodesian and Portuguese forces in pursuit of them. Luangwa District is far from the famous Luangwa national parks, but includes specatacular scenery and wildlife of its own. The Lower Zambezi National Park west of the town
Plumtree, Zimbabwe Plumtree, Zimbabwe Plumtree is a small town in Zimbabwe. Alongside marula trees, wild plum trees ('umqokolo' in Botoko language) grew abundantly in the area, hence the name Plumtree. The town is located in Bulilimamangwe District, Matabeleland South Province, in southwestern Zimbabwe, at the international border with Botswana. It is located about , by road, southwest of Bulawayo, the nearest large city. The town sits on the main road between Bulawayo in Zimbabwe and Francistown in Botswana, about , further southwest from Plumtree. The border is defined by the Ramokgwebana River. The village of Ramokgwebana is opposite Plumtree on the Botswana