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KAZUMA PAN NATIONAL PARK - ZIMBABWE

Situated in the north-west corner of Zimbabwe, between Kazungula and Hwange National Park, and south-west of Victoria Falls, the Kazuma Pan National Park is 31 300 hectares in extent Kazuma Pan is an unusual enclave of the savanna in an otherwise teak and mopane wooded environment.
In it's centre is a grassy pan where rare species such as eland, roan antelope are fairly common.

The Baboon Trees

This is a unique feature of the Park   which   attracts   large numbers of animais. The place has natural water springs and large   concentrations   of animais. It has been reported ,     that 2000  herd  of  buffalo were sighted at one time in this area.
The area is virtually an undeveloped and unspoilt wilderness. Reminiscent in parts of the grass plains of East Africa, it is quite unlike any of the more familiar bush or woodlands.

Zimbabwe

The Park includes a series of pan depressions, some of which are pumped into from boreholes in the dry season. As a resuit, large concentrations of game seasonally migrate between Botswana and Zimbabwe, especially from September through to the first rains
Species to be seen include giraffe, zebra, gemsbok, roan, sable, tsessebe, eland and reedbuck, whilst elephant and buffalo are present in large numbers when water is scarce.
A special species endemie to the Kazuma depression is the oribi, a small antelope, not often seen in other parts of the country. Visitors may also occasionally see cheetah or wild dog while lions are fairly common, Gemsbok are also present but rarely seen.

The pan Systems are also ideal habitat to a large variety of migratorybirds, with a numberof water bird species including storks, crowned cranes, stilts, cormorants, ducks and kingfishers occurring throughout, making it a paradise for ornithologists.
Seasons
Kazuma Pan National Park is closed to the public in January and February each year due to the wet conditions over this period that make the roads impassable.
FACILITIES
CAMPSITES
There are two camp sites available in the park. Only two groups of visitors are allowed to camp in the Park at any one time. The camp sites each have bush toilets, braai points and water supplies. Each camp site can comfortably take 10 persons per time.
These sites which are well spaced out are named Insiza (overlooking the Kazuma Depression) and Kasetsheti (near natural springs).

AMENITIES
Visitors should note that Kazuma is an extremely remote area, and adequate provisions for fuel, food supplies and other basics should be provided for
ATTRACTIONS & ACTIVITIES
•  Birdwatching
•  Camping
•  Game drives
•  The Baboon Trees area of numerous natural water springs which attracts large herds of animais
•  Walkingtrails
WHY VISIT KAZUMA?
• An ornithologist's paradise
• Abounding adventure in some of Zimbabwe's challenginggame drive trails
• Experience the open terrain environment

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Photographs : Jean-Louis Delbende & Lionel Patenostre @ 2004, 2005, 2006