Zambia arrived in Cameroon early Wednesday evening ahead of Saturdays big clash there against The Indomitable Lions.
Wedson Nyirenda and his team landed in Douala at 18h00 Zambian time from Kampala via Kigali after playing Uganda in a friendly they won 1-0 away on November 8.
The team was then delayed for an hour and a half at Douala airport before making the two-hour road trip to the match venue in Limbe where they arrived just before 23h00.
Zambia face Cameroon in search of their first points in Group B in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers following their 2-1 home loss to Nigeria on October 9 in Ndola.
Cameroon are second on one point after a 1-1 away draw with Algeria on the same date.