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Kafue National Park

Africa's third largest National Park covers an area of over 22,000 square kilometers in Western Zambia. It is very large by any standards and although it is Zambia's oldest Park it is still relatively undeveloped and always gives a feeling of true wilderness.

During the 1950s, the Kafue National Park was in the process, as a result of its proximity to Lusaka, of developing by default into Zambia's premier wildlife tourism destination. It was at this time that Norman Carr (who was the Kafue's first Warden) identified and started to promote the potential of the South Luangwa. With the help of his influence, infrastructure was established in the Luangwa enabling that region to develop into the spectacle that it is today. Investment has returned to the Kafue in recent years and there are now several operators hard at work re-establishing the Park's great reputation.

The Kafue River and its numerous tributaries supply water to a diversity of habitats, with extensive riverine woodland opening out at intervals to wide grassy plains. Termite mounds, palm islands and impressive fig trees punctuate these plains.

The Busanga is a vast floodplain system in the north west of the Park fed by the Lufupa River. For at least six months of the year (December through June) the area is inaccessible due to heavy summer rains, but outside of those months the fertile plains provide excellent grazing for a wide variety of antelope and of course the predators that feed on them.