Incorporating Bwabwata National Park
Caprivi Strip, Namibia
The Caprivi Game Park covers a large area of 5,715 square km, between Angola and Botswana at the west/central end of the strip. This vast, flat area is largely covered by mixed forests and it has not really been opened up for tourism yet.
Significant to the park are the woodlands dominated by trees including wild seringa, copalwood, Zambezi teak, wild teak. The forests are sanctuary to 35 large and numerous small game species, including elephant, roan, kudu, buffalo and 339 bird species.
Background
The almost 200-km-stretch of land, drawn with a ruler between the settlements of Divundu and Kongola, has been a nature conservation area since 1963. In 1999 the game reserve was renamed 'Bwabwata National Park'.