 The Lower Zambezi
National Park is the country's youngest park. Covering almost
5000 km2, it remains undeveloped, compared to Zambia's older
and larger parks. The diversity of animals is less extensive, compared
to some of Zambia's other parks, but game viewing is terrific,
because there is a good chance for visitors to get really close
to the animals. The Park is situated adjacent to Zimbabwe's
Mana Pools Reserve, and the areas on both sides of the river hold
an enormous number of wildlife species.
The many varieties of game include: lion, leopard, elephant, hippo,
buffalo, kudu, zebra, waterbuck, impala, roan, eland, warthog, crocodile,
samango monkey, hyena, pocupine, civet, genet and honeybadger. The
bird species include fish eagle, red winged pratincole, crested
guinea fowl, black eagle, hornbill, Meyers parrot, Lilian's
lovebird, quelea, carmine bee-eaters and narina trogon.
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