User:Samuel Machishi/Chinyunyu Hotsprings - Lusaka Zambia.

Destination Chinyunyu Hotsprings - Lusaka province, Zambia.

Chinyunyu Hotsprings are located about hundred kilometers from Zambia’s capital city Lusaka among the Soli (language)speaking people. The Hotsprings date back to years unknown and where discovered by the locals who called them kalongola katukashi meaning the female Hotspring and Male respectively it is interesting to know that one of the Hotsprings has stopped bringing out hot water but one has continued and this is the most attractive Hotspring.

Hot water has been coming out of this place since time in memorial and has over the years become a tourist attraction with many people each week traveling from selected parts of the country and beyond to see this phenomenon.

According to officials from the National Heritage Conservation a department under the ministry of Toursim the water that comes out of the ground get to a maximum 65 degrees Celsius hot during summer time and drops to about 50 degrees Celsius during the cold season.

Some of the frequent visitors to the Chinyunyu Hotsprings are the locals living around the Hotspring, they frequent the place to have a warm bath far from the main Hotspring where the water is to hot to where the water temperature is minimal.

The belief by the locals around this area is that the water has some supernatural powers and those that have different problems among them women and men who have not been able to have children believe that after bathing water from the Chinyunyu Hotspring they will be able to have children. Pastors from Different churches come to collect water form the center of the Chinyunyu Hotspring and use it as holy water. The church pastors too believe that using the water from this spot has healing powers.

For the tourist it’s a place to learn how water flows all year round with the same pressure. The stories from the locals are equally fascinating, by the time you are done with your tour you will have appreciated both the scientific explanation as reasons why the water comes out hot and also the reasons from the locals as to why water comes hot from the ground.

One thing that will make you attempt to bath from this water is the science that been said to be proven. Scientists say Water from the Hotspring contain some particles that remove all your spots on the skin and leave it smooth.

Indeed the Chinyunyu Hotsprings are a must visit when you are in Zambia.