Lochinvar-Nationalpark

The Lochinvar National Park in Zambia is the southern part of the Kafue floodplain and forms the northern Blue Lagoon National Park a unit. Both areas were purchased by the World Wildlife Fund in 1960 for reasons of animal welfare. Upstream of the dam is Itezhitezhi with the Kafue National Park. The dam also serves the purpose of keeping the water level in the Kafue Floodplain constant and to flood regularly.

The park covers 428 km ² of forest (Acacia albida and Combretum ), floodplains and lagoons. In it, the hot springs rise (60-90 degrees C) away from Gwisho. The park offers as its northern part a large number of bird species (428 were counted here ), large herds of lechwe antelopes, but also buffalo, wildebeest, zebra. Unlike the northern Blue Lagoon National Park is accessible to tourists from Lochinvar. He offers lodges and camps. This can be achieved, the park on the city of Monze. It can be visited throughout the year.