Expert Reviews of Bwabwata National Park (7 Reviews)

Bwabwata National Park protects a precious chunk of wilderness sandwiched between the Kavango and Kwando Rivers. Moulded from an amalgamation of the old West Caprivi Game Park and Mahango National Park, it now forms the Zambezi Region’s largest conservation area. The park is still littered with occasional remnants of the bush war, harsh reminders of a torrid time in the park’s history. The trans-Caprivi highway also bisects this park. Still in its infancy and with some way to go before it will rival southern Africa’s finest safari destinations, I was nonetheless impressed by its raw potential. After all, any park that contains two of southern Africa’s premier rivers is definitely destined for future greatness. All the main wildlife and feline species are found here, but it will take some time for their numbers to build up and the animals to become more habituated to tourists. On my most recent visit, as we drove past Horseshoe Bend towards the sound of grunting hippos from neighbouring

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Pelican Pan, a leopard slipped across the track ahead. In the instant I glimpsed Africa’s elusive feline, I was overcome by a feeling that nature was rebounding and reclaiming her realm.