Wildlife & landscape
Papyrus swamps, dambos, lakes, rivers, miombo, and evergreen mushitu forest support sitatunga, puku, hippo, primates, diverse birds, and seasonally millions of straw-coloured fruit bats.
Safari Place
Kasanka National Park
Kasanka is a compact wetland-and-forest Safari destination, best known for sitatunga, birds, and its short seasonal fruit-bat gathering.
Wildlife highlights
Straw-coloured Fruit Bat
Signature
Seasonal
Sitatunga
Signature
Puku
Signature
Hippopotamus
Common
Blue Monkey
Common
Straw-coloured Fruit Bat — seasonal: The aggregation is concentrated in the late-year migration season.
Kasanka National Park and nearby Safari geography
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Why safari here?
The park adds intimate hides, swamp forest, river systems, and a migration-scale wildlife event to the northern route.
When to go
Dry-season game viewing is strongest from May to October and wet-season birding from November to March. The bats gather only for a limited period around October to December, with November and December usually central.
Gateway & getting there
Serenje is the road gateway. The route approaches on the Samfya road and enters at Mulembo Gate; road conditions still need current confirmation during the rains.
Typical visit
Two or three nights during the bat period, or one to two nights for wetland wildlife, hides, walks, and birding at other times.
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