'south western corner of the country has been completely undeveloped and rarely visited until recently'

Size & Location: 5000 square kilometre, West of Livingstone
When to visit the park: The warm wet months of February to April
Climate: Unavailable
Rainfall: Unavailable
Altitude: Unavailable
Lodges & accommodation: Zambia safari & Zambia accommodation

PARK INFORMATION:

This 5000 square kilometre park in the south western corner of the country has been completely undeveloped and rarely visited until recently. It is surrounded by a 35 000 square kilometre Game Management Area. The Park is unfenced allowing free movement of the animals between the park and the GMA and allowing access to the Zambezi River. The Park and surrounding GMA form an important link in the migratory route of elephants from the bordering national parks of Botswana and Namibia. Although heavily poached, the park does offer a better refuge for elephants migrating from Angola where poaching and illegal hunting is rampant.

There are no permanent facilities and very few roads in the park. Three operators take guided safaris into the park at the moment. Maziba Bay Safaris being the only one with a tented camp there. Alternatively one can take ones own vehicle in but the lack of roads makes this a very difficult undertaking and a guide from the National Parks office in Sioma is highly recommended.

Sioma Falls: being just outside the village of Sioma. These beautiful falls mark the transition point of the Zambezi Rivers' flow from Kalahari sand floodplain to basalt dyke - the latter eventually contributing to the magnificent gorges of the Victoria Falls.

The horseshoe-shaped Ngonye Falls are mostly impressive because of the sheer volume of water that cascades over the staggered twenty metre drop. An interesting aspect is that the river flows underneath the rock on either side of the falls. It's quite remarkable to stand upon them, feeling and hearing the underground flow.

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