List of National Parks of Zambia

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Sl. No Name Notes 1 Blue Lagoon National Park A small park in the north of the Kafue Flats west of Lusaka, known chiefly for bird life; one lodge 2 Isangano National Park East of the Bangweulu Swamps, no facilities, little wildlife 3 Kafue National Park World-famous for its animals, one of the world's largest national parks, several lodges 4 Kasanka National Park Privately operated, south of the Bangweulu Swamps, one lodge 5 Lavushi Manda National Park South-east of the Bangweulu Swamps, no facilities, little wildlife 6 Liuwa Plain National Park In the remote far west, no facilities but some large herds of animals 7 Lochinvar National Park A small park south of the Kafue Flats world-famous for bird life and herds of lechwe, one lodge 8 Lower Zambezi National Park East of Lusaka, offers good wildlife viewing on the Zambezi River; one lodge 9 Luambe National Park A small park, close to South Luangwa National Park, recovering after previous neglect, one new lodge 10 Lukusuzi National Park East of Luambe, undeveloped but with potential 11 Lusaka National Park Opened in 2015, a small park on the south-east side of the capital city Lusaka 12 Lusenga Plain National Park East of Lake Mweru, no facilities, no easy access, little wildlife The small park for Victoria Falls on the edge of the city of Livingstone (where accommodation is available), 13 Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park (Victoria Falls National Park) includes a small 'safari park' 14 Mweru Wantipa National Park No facilities, neglected, little wildlife but has potential for redevelopment 15 North Luangwa National Park This reserve has no facilities and is closed except to specially-licensed tours Once ranked with Kafue and Luangwa, needs redevelopment but has good wildlife potential and offers lakeside 16 Nsumbu National Park (also known as Sumbu) game viewing, three lodges Famous for its highland scenery and vegetation rather than wildlife; one lodge, but reached from the park of the 17 Nyika National Park same name in Malawi 18 Sioma Ngwezi National Park In the remote far south-west, no facilities but some large herds of animals 19 South Luangwa National Park World-famous as an icon of African wildlife, numerous lodges 20 West Lunga National Park No facilities, no easy access, neglected, little wildlife but has potential for redevelopment. For more information kindly visit : www.downloadexcelfiles.com www.downloadexcelfiles.com.

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