Kafue National Park

Kafue is immense, one of the largest national parks on the continent and still gloriously under-visited. You can drive for hours without meeting another vehicle, which is exactly the point. In the north, the seasonal Busanga Plains flood into a shimmering wetland that draws huge herds of red lechwe, puku and the predators that follow them: lion, cheetah, and the rare African wild dog.

The Kafue River threads the park, ideal for boating safaris and tigerfishing, while the miombo woodlands hold sable, roan and more than 500 recorded bird species. It is a park of scale and silence, the kind of place that reminds you how wild Africa can still be.

Because it is so vast and quiet, Kafue rewards travellers who want space and exclusivity. We time visits to the plains and pair them with fly-camping for those who want to go deeper.