South
Luangwa
National Park - Zambia Safaris
South Luangwa Safari Map
South Luangwa National
Park
Situated at the tail end of the Great
Rift Valley, in the Luangwa Valley, South Luangwa National Park
is wild and remote. It has an abundance of wildlife that is rarely
seen in other game reserves and is one of the finest wildlife sanctuaries
in the world. This huge area of pristine wilderness is home to a large
variety of game and birds, as well as the bigger predators.
The survival of the valley depends on
the winding Luangwa River, crowded with hippos, crocodiles and wading
waterfowl. Few parks can match this phenomenally high game density,
nor do they have the ability to show visitors such remarkable wildlife
in so remote and isolated a wilderness. There are many excellent lodges
in this park.
The Luangwa is known for huge herds of
elephants, large pods of hippos and huge numbers of crocodiles which
inhabit the muddy Luangwa River. Thornicroft's giraffe are indigenous
to the park. Lion, hyena, buffalo, waterbuck, impala, kudu, puku, bushbuck
and Crawshay's zebra (a subspecies of the Plains zebra) are also plentiful.
Small herds of Cookson's wildebeest, unique to Luangwa, may also be
seen. Leopard are frequently seen, especially on the excellent night
drives in the park. In all, there
are 60 different animal species and over 400 different bird species
found in the park. The only notable exception is the rhino, sadly poached
to extinction.
The Luangwa River is the most intact
major river system in Africa and is the life blood of the park's
9,050 km2. The now famous walking
safaris originated
in this park and are still one of the finest ways to experience this
pristine wilderness first hand. The changing seasons add to the Park’s
richness, ranging from dry, bare bushveld in the winter, to a lush
green wonderland in the summer months.
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