Bangweulu Wetlands Travel Guide: Top Sights in Zambia, Tours & Travel

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Bangweulu Wetlands- Travel Tips What to See, How to Plan & Tours: Natural Scenery; Zambia; 5 Reviews

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Suggested Duration: 48 hours

The Bangweulu Wetlands, spanning 9,850 square kilometres in Zambia's Northern Province, offer a stunning convergence of aquatic and terrestrial biomes. This unique ecosystem, adjacent to Lake Bangweulu, includes floodplains, grasslands, woodlands, and swamps nurtured by the Chambeshi, Luapula, Lukulu, and Lulimala rivers. Recognized globally for its ecological significance, the wetlands have been designated a Ramsar site and an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International, highlighting their critical role in avian conservation. In 2008, African Parks, in partnership with Zambia's Department of National Parks and Wildlife, began managing approximately 6,000 square kilometres of this ecosystem, ensuring its protection. The name Bangweulu, meaning "where the water meets the sky," captures the essence of this natural expanse, where the horizon blurs between sky and water. Effective conservation efforts maintain the wetlands as a testament to Zambia's natural heritage, inviting exploration and offering solace in its tranquil, biodiverse landscapes.

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Reviews of Bangweulu Wetlands

kwgm

5
Reviewed: 2024-05-28

During the rainy season in Zambia's northeast region, the wet marshy plain of the Bangweulu swamp becomes a 160 x 110 km wetland habitat, home of many uniquely adapted mammals, and birds, including the Giant Shoebill. Watch ITV's 1976 documentary about this odd prehistoric bird as a mating pair guards, hatches, and nurtures a chick, photographed from a hide only meters distant from its nest floating on reeds in Bangweulu by wildlife photographer Cindy Buxton in 1975. It's available now on ITV's YouTube channel. https://youtu.be/hLLqQQKGMGY?si=Q5NU4F5pT-i_ajxv
Collins Bupe

5
Reviewed: 2022-09-25

The place is awesome it's a beach full of nice place,it can attract alot of people outside the province even the world at large, and I think samfya beach is amazing place ready for more more adventurous activities
Ping Wang

5
Reviewed: 2019-07-28

Beautiful and powerful place. Kinship of rivers flags
Julius Kabengele

4
Reviewed: 2019-05-27

Bwengwelu wetlands or Luapula wetlands is one the largest wetlands in Luapula Zambia, it's rich with fish, wild animals and wild birds.
Chande Chembe

5
Reviewed: 2018-10-08

The place is heaven on earth. It's a vast wetland with a lot of streams with water lilys. You get to catch fish too. In the morning and certain times of the year it's filled with different species of birds. It has I think the longest stretch of a bridge in Zambia.