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Livingstone in 3 days

The museum and town in the morning, the falls at opening on the second day, the market on the last; every leg is a taxi, and the last day ends with the bags already in the car.

Days

3

Plan status

draft

Walking

4km

default plan, all days

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Days
Pace

Relaxed: up to 2 routed stops a day, starting 09:30. Normal: up to 3. Packed: up to 4, from 08:30.

Interests

The original 3-day plan.

Day 1 — Museum, town centre, a 12:30 lunch table

EasyLow time risk~3.1 km (1.9 mi) walkno long stairsno taxi

leave byLeave Mosi-oa-Tunya Road shops and cafés by 12:00 to keep the 12:30 last seating.

16 min of buffer left; holds while the queue at Livingstone Museum stays under 16 min.

  1. 08:30–08:50Walk south-east (little shade)
  2. 08:50–10:20Livingstone Museum
  3. 10:20–10:40Walk north-west (little shade)
  4. 10:40–11:25Mosi-oa-Tunya Road shops and cafés
  5. 11:25–11:30Walk to lunch
  6. 11:30–12:30Buffer / wander near Your reserved lunch (town centre)
  7. 12:30–13:30Lunch table 12:30 (town centre)hard

What this plan gives up

  • L2Skip Railway Museum (optional) — protects: Lunch table 12:30 (town centre).

Switches if the ground changes

  • heat Livingstone Museum → Hotel café (AC) (9′, then 9′ p90 to the anchor)
  • heat Railway Museum → Hotel café (AC) (0′, then 9′ p90 to the anchor)
Why this route?

DFL 3.1 = PFL 3.1 + OFL 0 · walk 3.1 km (1.9 mi) · steps ↑0 ↓0

P_late 0.0% (100 Monte Carlo runs) · margin p90 16′ · relax L2 · yield 10 · option value 0.53

Deadline: last seating 12:30 → latest arrival 12:20, slack 15′

β vs α: time risk 0% → 0%; margin -66 min; -ZMW 120.

trace: generated 44 · rejected p50_after_latest_arrival×9, p_late>0.15×7 · frontier 8 · seed 121787989 · solver 0.2.0 · confidence medium

After: Hotel or AC café 13:30–16:00; the river at sunset by taxi (book the ride back).

Day 2 — The falls at opening, the bridge

EasyLow time risk~0.6 km (0.4 mi) walkno long stairsZMW 400 taxi
  1. 07:30–07:55Taxi to the park entrance
  2. 07:55–09:55Victoria Falls (Zambian side)
  3. 09:55–10:07Walk along the marked path
  4. 10:07–10:47Knife-Edge Bridge
  5. 10:47–10:57Taxi to the border bridge
  6. 10:57–11:42Victoria Falls Bridge
  7. 11:42–11:57Taxi to the river jetty
  8. 11:57–14:27Zambezi sunset cruise

What this plan gives up

  • L1Taxi ZMW 150 (Taxi to the park entrance) — saves walking and transfers.
  • L1Taxi ZMW 100 (Taxi to the border bridge) — saves walking and transfers.
  • L1Taxi ZMW 150 (Taxi to the river jetty) — saves walking and transfers.

Switches if the ground changes

  • heat Victoria Falls (Zambian side) → Hotel café (AC) (0′)
  • heat Knife-Edge Bridge → Hotel café (AC) (0′)
  • heat Victoria Falls Bridge → Hotel café (AC) (0′)
  • heat Zambezi sunset cruise → Hotel café (AC) (0′)
Why this route?

DFL 2.1 = PFL 0.6 + OFL 1.5 · walk 600 m (0.4 mi) · steps ↑0 ↓0

P_late 0.0% (fast path: safe) · margin p90 n/a · relax L1 · yield 30.8 · option value 0

trace: generated 54 · rejected no_edge×2 · frontier 7 · seed 121787989 · solver 0.2.0 · confidence medium

After: Evening: sundowner on a river deck from 17:00; book the ride back before you go.

Day 3 — Maramba market, car to the airport at 12:00

EasyLow time risk~0 km (0 ft) walkno long stairsZMW 140 taxi

leave byLeave Maramba market by 11:20 to keep the 12:00 boarding.

96 min of buffer left; holds while the queue at Maramba market stays under 96 min.

  1. 08:30–08:42Taxi to the market gate
  2. 08:42–09:27Maramba market
  3. 09:27–09:39Taxi back to the hotel for the bags
  4. 09:39–12:00Buffer / wander near Hotel pickup (bags) → Livingstone airport
  5. 12:00–13:00Car to the airport at 12:00hard

What this plan gives up

  • L1Taxi ZMW 70 (Taxi to the market gate) — protects: Car to the airport at 12:00.
  • L1Taxi ZMW 70 (Taxi back to the hotel for the bags) — protects: Car to the airport at 12:00.

Switches if the ground changes

  • heat Maramba market → Hotel café (AC) (0′)
Why this route?

DFL 1 = PFL 0 + OFL 1 · walk 0 m (0 ft) · steps ↑0 ↓0

P_late 0.0% (100 Monte Carlo runs) · margin p90 96′ · relax L1 · yield 5 · option value 0

Deadline: boarding 12:00 → latest arrival 11:50, slack 15′

trace: generated 2 · rejected none · frontier 1 · seed 121787989 · solver 0.2.0 · confidence high

After: Airport: allow 2.5 h before a departure; flights are few.

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