Zimbabwe’s largest national park, the elephant stronghold of Hwange is a game-rich area roughly the size of the Bahamas that was once the royal hunting grounds of the Ndebele warrior king Mzilikazi. It was proclaimed a national park in 1929. Here, guests can explore a variety of landscapes, from desert sands and sparse woodland to grasslands and rocky outcrops. Vast herds of elephant and buffalo, gemsbok and clans of brown hyena can be found in this pristine slice of wilderness, which also boasts one of the largest surviving populations of African wild dog. Hwange is Zimbabwe’s largest national park – a spectacular 4,600 square miles forming the northeast border of the Kalahari Desert of Botswana. The park is famous for its huge herds of elephant and buffalo. More than 100 different mammal species reside here including lion, leopard, giraffe, hippo, crocodile, cheetah, zebra, jackal, wildebeest, many types of antelope and over 400 species of birds. The park includes a number of habitats including Kalahari sandveld, mopane woodland, river courses and pans. The waterholes found throughout the park support the rich wildlife and may reward you with views of the diverse animal population.
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Hangwe National Park
Wildlife Experience
Hwange National Park is famous for its large concentration of wildlife during the winter months. There are a number of pans throughout the Park offering drinking water where wildlife congregates, making for incredible and consistent game viewing. During the summer months when plains game migrate onto the lush park to give birth to their young, predators follow suit as they look out for easy meals. Wildlife in the park includes elephant (to a large extent), Cape buffalo, sable, roan, southern giraffe, blue wildebeest, impala and occasionally gemsbok, which are specialised to the dry winters. Hwange National Park is one of the best in Zimbabwe for predators, as lion, leopard, wild dog and cheetah are regularly seen, along with the smaller African wildcat, serval, honey badger, civet and spotted hyena. The park is a bird lover's haven with more than 400 species found. Hwange is well-known for its massive herds of elephant and buffalo.
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Birdlife at the Hangwe National Park
Hwange National Park is a famous park of 14,600 km2 in the northwest of Zimbabwe. On mainly Kalahari sands it has something like 40,000 pans attracting a variety of waterbirds, teak woodlands, fossil dunes with vlei and grassland in the troughs, basalt and granite areas in the north and basalt in the extreme south. The park’s Bradfield Hornbill protected population is probably the highest in the world and the Yellow-billed Oxpecker probably the highest population in the subregion. The pans and surrounds are popular birdwatching spots withCommon Ostrich, Burchell’s Sandgrouse, Woolly-necked and Saddle-billed Storks, Kori Bustards and Red-crested Korhaans, Southern Ground-hornbills, Secretarybirds, lapwings and a wide variety of waders, Collared and Black-winged Pratincoles, Three-banded Coursers, Yellow-throated Sandgrouse, Chestnut-backed and Grey-backed Sparrowlarks and many others to watch whilst you game-watch. Lion kills will bring in vultures and Marabou Storks and the park is an important area for many raptors including Bateleur, Tawny and Martial Eagle, African Hawk-eagle, Southern Pale Chanting-goshawk, Dickinson’s Kestrel, African and Eurasian Hobby, Red-necked Falcon and a wide of others plus harriers in the wet season.
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