West Lunga National Park

West Lunga National Park is a remote national park in dense forest in the Northwestern Province of Zambia, within the Mwinilunga District. It lies between the West Lunga River and Kabompo River about 10 km north of the M8 road from Solwezi to Kabompo, and covers about 1700 km². Within the park, there are a diverse set of natural areas, including forests, seasonally flooded grass valleys, also called dambos, open grasslands, chipya woodlands and papyrus swamps. The park was originally established as a game reserve during the 1940s, primarily to preserve the population of yellow-backed duiker. The park is one of the more wild parks in Zambia, and has a lower number of visitors than the more popular parks such as Kafue or Lower Zambezi. It remains the least visited park in Zambia as of 2026, and is the only park in Zambia covered by forest and woodland. The park can be reached from the Copperbelt in the north or Kafue in the south using the tarred M8. About 10 kilometers north of the gravel road which is between Kira and Solweizi. The park’s entrance is accessible only by a dirt track from the main road to the park gate. Jivundu, a small village, to the park’s southwest is the only entrance, and is located about 65 kilometers east of Kabompo. The area around the park is relatively sparse in human settlements. Within the Mwinilunga district, 95,324 of the 138,618 people live in ru

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