Kafue National Park

Location only two hours’ drive from Livingstone and founded in the 1920s, it was established in 1950 and Zambia’s oldest national park. Second largest wildlife sanctuary around the world, covering a massive 22 400 square kilometres (8,650 square miles) of spectacular African wilderness. Spread over such a vast area, the Kafue National Park offers visitors excellent game viewing, birdwatching and fishing adventures.

The beautiful Busanga Plains, in the north, stretch as far as the eye can see and are one of Zambia’s most significant wetland resources. Fertile dambos situated in the south are fed by the Lunga, Lufupa and Kafue Rivers – prime locations for viewing some of the 500 species of birds found in the park.

Why specially visit Kafue National Park. Not to be missed is the unique platform hide, 18m / 59ft high in a giant mululu tree with a panoramic view over the Kapabi Swamp. The rare and elusive sitatunga semi-aquatic antelope feeds in the swamps below in the early mornings or late afternoons.