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South Luangwa National Park

Activities, Courses & Tours

Bush-Spa (see 9)

Sleeping

1 Bilimungwe A3

2 Chamilandu A3

3 Croc Valley A1

4 Flatdogs Camp A1

5 Kafunta A2

6 Kaingo Camp B1

7 Kapani Lodge A1

8 Kawaza Village B2

Marula Lodge (see 13)

9 Mfuwe Lodge A1

10 Nkwali A1

11 Nsefu B2

12 Tafika B1

13 Track & Trail River Camp A1

14 Wildlife Camp A1

Shopping

15 Tribal Textiles B2

FLORA & FAUNA
The wide Luangwa River is the lifeblood of the park. It rises in the far northeast of Zam-
bia, near the border with Malawi, and flows southward for 800km through the broad
Luangwa Valley - an offshoot of the Great Rift Valley, which cuts through East and
Southern Africa. It flows all year, and gets very shallow in the dry season (May to Octo-
ber) when vast midstream sandbanks are exposed - usually covered in groups of hippos or
crocodiles basking in the sun. Steep exposed banks mean animals prefer to drink at the
park's numerous oxbow lagoons, formed as the river continually changes its course, and
this is where wildlife viewing is often best, especially as the smaller water holes run dry.
Vegetation ranges from open grassy plains to the strips of woodland along the river
bank, dominated by large trees including ebony, mahogany, leadwood and winterthorn,