Liuwa Plain National Park

Liuwa Plain National Park is situated in the remote and far west of Zambia on the Angolan Border. Liuwa Plain offers visitors an area of pristine wilderness. It is very difficult to access and self-drives are not recommended. It is one of the smaller parks in Zambia; isolated and rarely visited offering visitors a private and exclusive safari experience.

Liuwa Plain is home to approximately 30 000 blue wildebeest, herds of zebra, red lechwe, oribi, and more. The main predator is the hyena then the wild dog and, occasionally seen, is cheetah.

The birding in the Liuwa Plain National Park is fantastic and the variety of water species inhabit the many water-filled pans. November, December, and early May are the best times of the year to visit the park.

The game in Liuwa Plain National Park is spread out across the plains. Guests can expect to see thousands of blue wildebeest during the second largest migration of this kind in Africa. The birdlife is prolific and the park provides fantastic photographic opportunities, magnificent sunsets and contrasting landscapes with the green and gold grasslands offering spectacular scenes.

Liuwa is probably best known for its astounding pink and orange evenings that turn into deep purple night skies. The flat landscapes allow guests to see the curve of the earth on the horizon, making for unbeatable photo opportunities.

The start of the rainy season in November brings the massive herds of blue wildebeest migrating across the plains in their thousands, along with zebra congregating around water holes and pans. Other wildlife species include a variety of antelope, while jackal, serval, wildcat, wild dog, as well as lion and hyena predate in the area.