Beware of the lightning.
No seriously, I was struck on the side of my suzuki jeep which knocked us off the road this casued the door to seal shut, so we had to climb out of the windows. Later on it hit somewhere but our windscreen shattered. With all the bugs flying around, we put on peak caps and a mosquito net over out heads to prevent the stinging as they hit you in the face. Funnily enough when we climbed out the car, by now we were using the windscreen as it is bigger. Attendant saw this and just ran away shouting something like tokoloshe tokoloshe.

The locals are all friendly, wave and make a noise as you go by in Zim I wouldnt worry about Elephants, you should see and miss them.. but those little kids, I simply dont know how I missed one, it ran straight at the landy, and sort of out the other side, diddnt hear any bumps. Scarey.

I take it that you mean livingston Zambia, not Malawi... anyway The "road" up the east coast of Kariba is well worth a visit, but if you are going onto Lusaka after that it gets kinda hairy, big hill trucks with no brakes, an all that.

The big issue is if you are there prior to the rains.

Bugs as big as Cricket balls, you will know they are around because the butterfly's are all coming out of the ground (V. beautiful) the air is thick with atmospehere, static litterally cracking around you, and there are several million bugs on the roads.

Then smack, youre doing 60 and hit an insect flying along carrying its eggsac. The mess is amazing and it will hurt.

Enjoy probably the most beautiful country in the world (needs one little assination though).

Oh and if you can stop at Todds bar (on the right about 45mins after beit bridge border, maybe more, cant remember I was coming back) and buy a bottle of Mukudiki Bin 16, a truly unforgetable vintage... Hey hey!