{"id":7122,"date":"2026-09-02T17:32:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T16:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/127.0.0.1\/highlights\/long-island-zambezi\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T17:32:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T16:32:21","slug":"long-island-zambezi","status":"publish","type":"highlights","link":"https:\/\/flyovertheworld.com\/de\/highlights\/long-island-zambezi\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Island"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See Long Island from the air \u2014 a long island of sand and bush in the Zambezi upstream of the falls, a single shape in the channel on the way toward Zambezi National Park. From the bank it is a strip in the river; from the helicopter it is a waypoint on the game flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 25-minute game flight is the one that flies over it on the park circuit. The 12-minute scenic flight stays with <a href=\"https:\/\/127.0.0.1\/de\/highlights\/victoria-falls-waterfall\/\">Victoria Falls<\/a> and a short stretch of the <a href=\"https:\/\/127.0.0.1\/de\/highlights\/zambezi-river\/\">upper Zambezi<\/a>; it does not sell this island pass. <a href=\"https:\/\/127.0.0.1\/de\/highlights\/zambezi-national-park\/\">Zambezi National Park<\/a> is the country this island sits toward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You do not land on the island and you do not walk it. You see Long Island from the helicopter, then continue the game flight. The pilot turns for the V&#038;A of this river \u2014 the park \u2014 or back toward the helipad after the loop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The extra minutes over the 12-minute flight are how Long Island and the park become named waypoints instead of a glimpse on the way home. That is the point of the longer <a href=\"https:\/\/127.0.0.1\/de\/victoria-falls\/\">Victoria Falls<\/a> product. <a href=\"https:\/\/127.0.0.1\/de\/highlights\/batoka-gorge\/\">Batoka Gorge<\/a> is the downriver slot on both flights; this island is only on the 25-minute ticket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stay on the 12-minute tour if the curtain is enough. Stay on the 25-minute tour if the upstream river and park are the point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sand, bush, a long shape in the channel, the park ahead. That island is a 25-minute waypoint. The 12-minute scenic flight does not sell it. You do not land on it. The extra minutes are how the island and the park become the product instead of a maybe on the way back to the helipad. Keep an eye out for game on the banks; sightings are not guaranteed. The island is a shape in the river, not a stop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Book the 25-minute tour and see Long Island from the air.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"class_list":["post-7122","highlights","type-highlights","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"sub_title":"","location":6563},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flyovertheworld.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights\/7122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flyovertheworld.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flyovertheworld.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/highlights"}],"acf:post":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flyovertheworld.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flyovertheworld.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}