Kafue National Park and South Luangwa National Park – Ideal National parks to explore
If you are planning for a wildlife tour in coming vacation then why not plan a trip to Zambia and explore the 2 amazing national parks of Zambia? We are sure that you will be looking forward for some valuable info which can help you to know more in detail about these 2 parks.
Knowing Kafue National Park:
This Park is Zambia’s largest National Park. This park is covering an area of 22,400 km² which is equivalent to the area covered by Massachusetts. It stands second in the list of largest National parks of Africa. It acts as a home to 55 different species of animals. The park as per records received quite low attention than Zambia’s other popular areas. It was in the year 1924 the national park was made operational. For those vacationers who all are looking for longer trip in Kafue, for them it will surely be a fascinating experience to explore the park from the north to south or vice versa. The variation in the landscape of the park from low flat zone to dense woodlands will impress the visitors to this park. The Kafue River made its way right through this park crossing the granite boulders and enters the Lake Itezhi-Tezhi.
There are close to 8 game management areas located surrounding the Kafue National Park. These game management areas are designed and made functional to provide buffer zone of quality to the wildlife species in this park.
About the species of Kafue National Park:
Kafue national park is known for its rich in class wildlife. Here in this park you will find quite a good variation in antelope. A tourist needs to explore the whole park to watch the antelope population of the park. Red lechwe and puku are a must watch of this park followed by Zebra as well as wildebeest. You can find these species in Busanga Plains especially during the month of June. While taking a tour of northern section of this park you will find kudu, eland, bushbuck, reedbuck, duiker, defassa waterbuck and grysbok. The population of Lion can be seen covering the whole park. Leapords presence is not so common in this park. Hyena is one of the most commonly found species in this park. If you want to see the Cheetah’s then you can find few in north part of the park.
Kafue park is best known for its finest collection of bird species and having close to 495 species as per records. Herons, ibises, Denham, kori bustards, Sousa's shrike, chestnut-mantled sparrow-weaver and eremomela are some of the most precious bird species found in this park.
There are many camps and lodge close to this park and surrounding it for offering accommodations to the visitors to this location.
Knowing South Luangwa National Park:
Based on the scenic beauty, variety as well as density of wildlife species transport and selection of accommodation, South Luangwa National Park is undoubtedly the best park of Zambia. The animals spreading around Luangwa River is the densest one in whole Africa. It covers an area of 9059 km2.
The park made operational in the year 1972. This park first originated the concept of walking safari and as on date is considered as one of the finest way to explore wildlife of Africa. Here in this park you will find 60 varieties of animal species and close to 400 species of birds. But one negative thing about this park is that the rhino population of the park was poached badly and lead to complete extinction. If you manage to occupy a Valley lodge, then you can be rest assured about the fact that the guides will make sure that you explore the park really well. You can go for the park tour using your own vehicle but don’t forget to carry the park map along with you.
About the species of South Luangwa National Park:
