South Luangwa National Park

South Luangwa is the park where the walking safari was born — Norman Carr pioneered the concept here in the 1950s and the tradition continues today with Zambia’s rigidly trained walking safari guides. The park holds one of the highest concentrations of leopard in Africa — sightings here are more reliable than almost anywhere else on the continent. The Luangwa River and its oxbow lagoons support enormous concentrations of hippos and crocodiles. Buffalo herds of 1,000 or more move through the flood plains. Night drives are permitted here and deliver extraordinary sightings: genets, civets, African wild cat, lion hunts, and leopard on kills.