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Kafue National Park is the largest national park in Zambia, covering an area of about 22,400 km 2 (similar in size to Wales or Massachusetts). It is the second largest national park in Africa [ 2 ] and is home to 152 different species of mammals. [ 1 ] There are also 515 bird species, 70 reptile species, 58 species of fish and 36 amphibious ...
Norman Joseph Carr, MBE (19 July 1912 – 1 April 1997) was a British conservationist working in Central and Southern Africa. He was influential in setting up National Parks in Malawi (Nyasaland), Zambia and Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) in the 1950s and 1960s. In Zambia, his vision of Conservation through Tourism led him to set up the country's first ...
Game Management Areas (GMAs) 4 and 5 - 7,000 km². Liuwa Plain National Park - 3,660 km². Lukusuzi National Park - 3,400 km². Luambe National Park - 254 km². Luanshya GMA - 3,050 km². Luangwa Valley - 145,000 km². Mafinga Hills GMA - 1,620 km². North Luangwa National Park - 4,636 km². Nsumbu National Park - 2,220 km².
In approximate order of importance in terms of wildlife resources, the eight main functioning parks, all with access and accommodation [citation needed] are: South Luangwa National Park. Kafue National Park. Lower Zambezi National Park. Nsumbu National Park. Kasanka National Park. Lochinvar National Park. Blue Lagoon National Park.
Lavushi Manda National Park is a national park in the Muchinga Province of Zambia [1] with an area of 1,500 sq km. [2] It is the 11th largest of the 20 National Parks in Zambia. [3] The park was initially gazetted as a Game Reserve in 1941, [citation needed] and was declared a National Park in 1972. [3] It is located in a district of the same ...
North Luangwa National Park is a national park in Zambia, [1] the northernmost of the three in the valley of the Luangwa River. Founded as a game reserve in 1938, it became a national park in 1972 and now covers 4,636 km². Like the South Luangwa National Park, its eastern boundary is the Luangwa River, while it rises to cover a stretch of the ...
The Lower Zambezi National Park lies on the north bank of the Zambezi River in southeastern Zambia. Until 1983 when the area was declared a national park, the area was the private game reserve of Zambia's president. This meant that the park was protected from mass tourism and now remains one of the few untouched wilderness areas left in Africa.
The Luangwa River is one of the major tributaries of the Zambezi River, and one of the four biggest rivers of Zambia. The river generally floods in the rainy season (December to March) and then falls considerably in the dry season. It is one of the biggest unaltered rivers in Southern Africa and the 52,000 square kilometres (20,000 sq mi) that ...