Zambia · national park since 1983
Lower Zambezi, the park you see best from a canoe
One hundred and twenty kilometres of the Zambezi River with a 1,200 metre escarpment behind it and Zimbabwe's Mana Pools on the far bank. Canoe safaris are the signature activity, night drives are legal on this side of the river, and elephant are seen on essentially every trip.
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Everything you need to plan a visit
Entry fees
Park entry is $25 a day, $30 self-drive, but in-park camps bundle $85 to $120 per person per night. The full picture.
See the fees →Lodges & camps
All 27 places to stay, inside the park, in the Chiawa game management area and at the Chirundu gateway, with ownership marked.
Browse lodges →Getting there
Thirty-five minutes by air from Lusaka in season, or about five hours by road and pontoon. No scheduled flights from 16 November.
Plan the route →Wildlife
Elephant on every trip, lion on 96 per cent of them and leopard on 88 per cent, using measured sighting rates rather than invented population counts.
What you'll see →Best time to visit
September for canoeing and October for game viewing, with the camp season running roughly April to mid-November.
Pick your month →Things to do
Canoe trails, boat cruises, walking with an armed scout, legal night drives and catch-and-release tigerfishing.
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