Nsumbu National Park

About

Hugging the southern shores of Lake Tanganyika, little-visited Nsumbu National Park is a beautiful 2020 sq km of hilly grassland and escarpment, interrupted by rivers and wetlands. Like other remote parks in Zambia, Nsumbu was virtually abandoned in the 1980s and 1990s and poaching seriously depleted wildlife stocks here; however, conditions have improved over the past decade. Poaching has come under control, and animal numbers have increased, in part thanks to a buffer zone created by two Game Management Areas that adjoin the park.

Wildlife & Birds

African Fish Eagle

3

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African Skimmer

1

African Spoonbill

3

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Grey-headed gull

3

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Palm-nut Vulture

1

Elephant

2

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Hippo

3

Buffalo

2

Zebra

2

Wildebeest

2

Lion

1

Leopard

1

Hyena

1

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Wild Dog

1