Kafue National Park is the oldest and largest National Park in Zambia and the second largest National Park in the world. Kafue covers an area of approximately 22 400 sq km of unspoiled wilderness teeming with wildlife.
This park is renowned for offering fantastic wildlife viewing, while there over 400 species of bird to keep the birders enthralled. Despite the Park’s proximity to both Lusaka and the Copper belt, it has remained underdeveloped. The Kafue National Park is still untouched, wild and diverse and offers visitors one of the best safari experiences in Zambia.
Guests can enjoy a variety of activities accompanied by expert guides including game drives, bird watching and fishing. The Kafue River that runs through the park is what gives it its name, and ensures that guests enjoy a well-rounded land and water-based experience.
Kafue National Park in Zambia hosts an incredible variety of bird species, numbering over 400, including many species that do not occur elsewhere in Southern Africa. The Kafue National Park and the Busanga Plains in particular is characterised by diverse habitats with floodplains, miombo woodland and open grassy areas creating a paradise for wildlife and birdlife.
Kafue’s crowned glory is the Busanga Swamp and Zambezi floodplains. These support large herds of herbivores and predators that follow. This is a great place to view game in the dry season, as the animals gather at the swamps and marshes, which are sources of permanent water.
Mammals in the Kafue National Park are equally diverse, with frequent sightings of lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo, cheetah, hippo as well as an abundance of plains game including zebra and wildebeest. The park is seasonal, and traditionally only accessible from May to October, during the dry season.
