Mumbwa Heritage Sites- Limestone Formations The tectonic activity of the area has left the Mumbwa District with various fascinating limestone formations.

One of them being the Chanyungwe Caves, which was identified as late as September 2004; one of the most spectacular cave systems in Zambia. Left completely undisturbed, these caves simply beg to be explored. 140 metres deep, caverns up to 6 metres high and 4 metres wide, caves within caves and double chambers as well as tunnels will make any speleologist (cave scientist) marvel at the interior. The caves are also rich in karst features such as stalactites, stalagmites, pillars and solution cavities

Machengo Karst is another interesting site about 10 km north of Mumbwa. A magic landscape of geological weathering, including small karrens and almost parallel grikes (grooves) to large grikes of down to 9 metres. The weathering pattern has left behind a number of sharp-bladed features and trenches. This spurns over a distance of more than 2 kilometres in an eastern direction.

Other limestone sites worth mentioning are the Salanga Arch found next to a massive rock outcrop with several large solution holes, Kalenda Hill with an ancient riverbed preserved in rocks at the top of the hill, the beautiful scenery of Libwemutanda Limestone Site with pinnacles up to 20 metres high, tunnels and deep sinkholes, and Wonder Rocks where stone tools (microliths) of Late Stone Age have been found.

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