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Hwange National Park
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Hwange National Park

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Take a trip to Hwange National Park on your Zimbabwe vacation.

Covering a 14,650 square kilometre plateau in the northwest corner of Zimbabwe is Hwange National Park. The largest and most visited national park in the country, Hwange is home to all of Zimbabwe’s specially protected species.

Once home to the nomadic San (bushmen) who profited from the migrating game found in the area, Hwange served as the royal hunting ground for Mzilikazi, a Ndebele warrior-king early in the 19th century. The area was designated as a national park in 1929 and was named after a local Nhanzwa chief.

Today, the park enjoys one of the highest concentrations of game in Africa, hosting over 100 mammals and 400 bird species. It is known as one of the few great elephant sanctuaries left on the continent, providing a habitat for some 30,000 elephants. There are great herds of Cape buffalo as well as zebra, giraffes, antelope, rhinos and hippopotami. Predators like lions, leopards and cheetahs are also present in Hwange but prove to be more elusive than in other games. Along with Kruger National Park and the Selous Game Reserve, Hwange supports some of the larger surviving populations of the threatened African wild dog travel to Zimbabwe.

It has been said that a visit to Hwange National Park provides a glimpse of an older Africa, one that existed more than 150 years ago.

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LanguagesShona, Ndebele, English
CurrencyUnited States Dollar (USD)
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