Park Luangwa South Africa Game

South Luangwa National Park located at the tail end of the Great Rift Valley covers almost 3500 square miles of Zambia's pristine wilderness. The park consists of large amounts of woodland; miombo interspersed with grass lands in the north of the park and large stands of mature ebony forming deep shade along the banks of the river.

It is the Luangwa River, slowly meandering its way through the park from north to south, which forms the backbone of the parks game viewing and gives the park it's particular character. The soft soil and shallow gradient between north and south of the park, combine to make ideal conditions for the formation of the oxbow lakes for which South Luangwa is well known. The cycle of meandering river, to gradual formation of the oxbow lakes and eventual silting up and grassing over of the subsequently formed lagoons is one of the elements which produces such exceptional game viewing as well as some spectacular scenery; grassy glades, magnificent stands of ebony and tranquil lagoons teaming with birdlife.

Luangwa is well known for large populations of all the major African mammals (with the exception of Rhino, which were poached to extinction in the 80s), but has a reputation for some of the best leopard sightings in Africa. This is partly because of the ideal nature of the habitat - thick riverine bush with plenty of cover and prey as well as large shady trees to lie up in - and partly because, unlike many parks in Africa, night game driving is allowed. Luangwa is also one of the better places in Africa for walking safaris, with a number of superb small camps offering walks from 1 day to several days on end supported by lightweight camps.

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