From Liuwa to Kafue: Zambia’s largest wildlife relocation in decades!

The Zambian Ministry of Tourism (MoT), through the Department of National Parks & Wildlife (DNPW), in partnership with the Barotse Royal Establishment (BRE) and African Parks Network (APN), has announced one of the largest wildlife translocations in Zambia’s recent history.
In a landmark conservation effort, 1,650 wildebeest and 300 zebras will be moved from Liuwa Plain National Park (LPNP) to the vast Kafue National Park (KNP). This ambitious project aims to restore biodiversity, strengthen ecosystems, and boost conservation-based tourism in one of Zambia’s most iconic wildlife destinations.
Covering 22,400 km² in central-western Zambia, Kafue National Park is part of the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area, the largest transboundary conservation area in the world. Once home to immense herds of wildlife, Kafue National Park has suffered population declines over the decades. This translocation is the latest in a series of strategic rewilding steps, following the successful reintroduction of the endangered Kafue lechwe in June 2024.
By introducing wildebeest and zebra from Liuwa Plain National Park, conservationists aim to re-establish natural grazing patterns, support predator populations, and restore ecological balance across Kafue National Park's diverse habitats.
Liuwa Plain National Park, spanning 336,000 hectares of Western Zambezian Grasslands, is a proposed UNESCO World Heritage Site with one of Africa’s oldest conservation legacies. Managed by African Parks for more than 20 years, Liuwa Plain National Park is home to Africa’s second-largest wildebeest migration and over 300 bird species.
Thanks to sustained protection and community collaboration, wildlife numbers in Liuwa Plain National Park have flourished - making it a vital source for restoring populations elsewhere in Zambia.
In a reciprocal move, 50 Lichtenstein’s hartebeest - absent from Liuwa Plain National Park for over three decades - will be reintroduced from the Mulobezi Game Management Area. This will help rebuild a balanced herbivore community in Liuwa Plain National Park, enhancing its ecological integrity and tourism appeal.

 

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Zambia: Proflight Zambia to launch direct flights between Livingstone <> Kalabo (Liuwa Plain National Park)!

Zambian airline Proflight Zambia is set to launch scheduled direct services between
Harry Mwanga Nkumbula International Airport (LVI) in Livingstone and Kalabo Airport (KLB) in Kalabo. Effective 02 January 2019, the airline will operate two weekly flights on Wednesdays and Saturdays between the two destinations. Kalabo is located in the Western Province of Zambia and is the ideal base for the Liuwa Plain National Park.

• Livingstone 07:10 > 08:55 Kalabo
• Kalabo 09:15 > 11:00 Livingstone

Proflight Zambia launched flights between Lusaka <> Kalabo (Liuwa Plains)!

Proflight Zambia, the operator of the largest fleet of aircraft in Zambia, has launched a new service between Kenneth Kaunda International Airport (LUN) in Lusaka and Kalabo Airport (KLB) in Kalabo in Zambia's Western Province. The new route will be operated twice weekly on Wednesday and Saturday mornings by a Cessna Caravan with a capacity of eight passengers and aims to service the new King Lewanika Lodge in the Liuwa Plains National Park.

• Lusaka 08:15 > 10:45 Kalabo
• Kalabo 11:05 > 13:35 Lusaka 

 

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Zambia: Proflight Zambia to launch flights between Lusaka <> Kalabo!

Proflight Zambia, the operator of the largest fleet of aircraft in Zambia, has announced the introduction of a direct scheduled service between Kenneth Kaunda International Airport (LUN) in Lusaka and Kalabo Airport (KLB) in Kalabo in Zambia's Western Province. Commencing on 15 March 2017, the new route will be operated twice weekly from April - June and from October - December on Wednesday and Saturday mornings by a Cessna Caravan with a capacity of eight passengers.
Kalabo is a small town and administrative district in the Western Province of Zambia, on the plains west of the Zambezi River and the Barotse Floodplain. It is located about 70km from the border with Angola and 70km from the capital of the Western Provice, Mongu. Kalabo is ideal for accessing Liuwa Plain National Park, the upper Zambezi and surrounding areas in Mongu.

• Lusaka 08:15 > 10:45 Kalabo
• Kalabo 11:05 > 13:35 Lusaka

Liuwa Plain National Park, which covers about 3660km², hosts the second largest (blue) wildebeest migration in Africa. The remote National Park is also home to other unusual antelope such as oribi, red lechwe, steinbuck, duiker, tsessebe and roan. Jackals, servals, wildcats, wild dogs as well as lions and hyenas are the predators of the Liuwa Plain National Park. The National Park also supports globally important bird populations, with at least more than 330 bird species recorded.

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