Lusaka National Park

Lusaka National Park was established in 2011 on a former forest reserve and opened in 2015 on the southeastern edge of the capital, a fenced block of miombo woodland of some sixty-seven square kilometres - the smallest national park in Zambia - stocked with white rhino, zebra, giraffe, eland and various antelope, created mainly so that people in Lusaka and school groups could see game without travelling to the distant parks. It is small and the animals are managed, which makes it a different proposition from Kafue or Luangwa, but the rhino are genuinely there and reliably found.

What's there

• The white rhino - the managed population that is the park's main draw.
• The miombo woodland - sixty-seven square kilometres of fenced bush on the city edge.
• The plains game - zebra, giraffe, eland and antelope stocked into the park.
• The proximity - a park half an hour from central Lusaka.

When to go

May to October is dry with better visibility and easier tracks. The rains thicken the bush considerably. Early morning is best for game.

Before you go

This is a small stocked park, not wilderness, and predators are absent. Facilities are limited to a picnic area and basic tracks.

Nearby

Blue Lagoon is west, and Lochinvar is southwest.

Key facts