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 One of the wildest parks in Zambia
The oldest park in Zambia
The largest national park in Southern Africa
Exceptionally large variety of wildlife species
Superb range of antelope
One of the last places in Zambia to spot cheetah
One of the best places to spot  leopard
A stronghold for wild dogs
491 bird species
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The spectacular Busanga Plains in the north are one of Zambia's significant wetlands. These vast floodplains, fed by the Lufupa River, cover 750 square kilometres (290 square miles). After the rains, the rich grasslands attract an impressive variety of wildlife.
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In the south of the park are tall mopane woodland and Kalahari sandveld with the wide grasslands of the Nanzhila Plains dotted by baobabs trees and white-sapped Euphorbias (candelabra trees) as a major feature.
The rest of the Kafue National Park is dominated by miombo woodland and broad grassy dambos with a riverine forest along the Kafue River as it runs through the park.
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At the eastern border of the park, the river is dammed for hydroelectricity to form the massive Lake Itezhi-tezhi, which provides excellent birding and game viewing.
Miombo is a venacular word used to describe woodlands dominated by trees such as Brachystegia, Julbernardia and Isoberlinia. More than 750 woody species, however, have been recorded in the area - allowing for a large animal diversity. Dambos are seasonally waterlogged depressions set in the landscape through weathering patterns. The nutrient content of miombo woodland is generally low which reflects in the low density of wildlife. On average, the density of indigenous large herbivores is about 20-30 percent of that expected at the same mean annual rainfall in ecosystems with nutrient-rich soils.
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