Lower Zambezi National Park offers an intimate safari experience along one of Africa's great rivers. The park's small size and limited camps create exclusive encounters, with superb canoeing safaris and the backdrop of the Zambezi escarpment.
The Lower Zambezi offers a safari experience defined by water. Here, the great river flows broad and gentle between Zimbabwe's escarpment and Zambia's flood plains, creating one of Africa's most scenic and versatile wilderness areas.
Canoe safaris
Canoeing is the Lower Zambezi's signature experience�drifting silently past hippo pods, watching elephants ford the shallows, and approaching drinking wildlife with a stealth impossible in vehicles. The perspective from water level, eye-to-eye with crocodiles and looking up at elephant bulls, is profoundly different from traditional safari.
Tiger fishing draws anglers from around the world. The Zambezi's tiger fish are legendary�prehistoric in appearance, explosive in their strikes, and acrobatic in their fights. Catch-and-release fishing adds a sporting dimension to safaris here, though the river offers peaceful sunset cruises for those preferring gentler engagement with the water.
The park's intimate scale means few other visitors. Where larger reserves might host hundreds of guests, Lower Zambezi's handful of camps share the wilderness among just dozens. This exclusivity, combined with the unique water-land safari combination, creates an experience that sophisticates return to again and again.
Why Visit
Highlights of Lower Zambezi National Park
Canoe safaris
Zambezi River
Exclusive and intimate
Tiger fishing
Spectacular escarpment
