The site is reached by turning south from the Solwezi-Mwinilunga Road 24 kilometres from Solwezi. Thirteen kilometers from the main road a poor track turns west and leads, after two kilometers, to the falls.

Situated on the river of the same name, the Nyambwezu Falls are approximately twenty metres high and are of some beauty. The main interest of the site, however, lies in a rock shelter close to the lip of the falls. To reach the shelter it is necessary to cross the river on rocks a few metres back from the lip of the falls. The walls of the rock shelter are decorated with prehistoric engravings, formed mainly of simple lines and pits, of a type of which several examples are now known from the North Western Province of Zambia and from adjacent areas of Zaire. There are signs of Late Stone Age occupation around the site.