Home Base
Serenje, Central Province, Zambia
A Great North Road arrival and supply point for Kasanka National Park and central Zambia's northern wildlife route.
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See the local travel network around this Home Base and its connected Places.
Begin with the primary Journey into Serenje, then continue toward the Places connected to this Home Base.
Primary Journey · Begin here
Begin with arranged air access to remote North Luangwa, then follow the seasonal road route through Mpika to Bangweulu's shoebill and black-lechwe wetlands, Kasanka's forest and bat migration, and Serenje.
Travel to Serenje →The destinations and discoveries connected to Journeys from this Home Base.
Rivers, dambos, papyrus swamps, lakes, miombo woodland, and evergreen forest form a compact but unusually varied park.
Explore Place →Serenje is the Great North Road gateway for Kasanka National Park and an onward connection after the wetland stages.
The town supports arrival, an overnight pause, supplies, and organized road transfers toward Kasanka.
Kasanka is open through the year, but wildlife conditions change markedly between the dry season, wet-season birding, and the short fruit-bat gathering.
Road access follows the Serenje–Samfya corridor before turning into Kasanka. Current conditions should be checked after heavy rain.