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South Luangwa National Park

General Overview

Nesting at the tail of the Great Rift Valley, South Luangwa National Park is wild and remote and has a reputation as one of the greatest wildlife sanctuaries in the world. The concentration of game around the Luangawa river is among the most intense in Africa.

Wildlife

Few areas in the world can boast such high densities of wildlife. The park hosts over 14 different antelope species: eland, bushbuck, sable, impala, kudu and hartebeest, to name a few. The Thornicroft’s giraffe and Cookson’s wildebeest are unique to the Luangwa Valley and the park is famous for it’s daytime leopard sightings; lions and hyenas are also present. Crocodiles, hippos, baboons, zebra and elephant are abundant.

Fast Facts

• Established as a game park in 1938
• Covers 3,500 square miles
• Modern day walking safaris originated in the Luangwa Valley, pioneered by Norman Carr in the early 1960s.
• Host to over 400 recorded species of birds