Kasanka National Park

Central Province · Zambia

Kasanka National Park, Zambia
Photo: Mehmet Karatay, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
Late October to December for the fruit bat migration
Budget
$$
Accessibility
not-accessible
Coordinates
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A small, privately managed park of swamp forest and wetlands that hosts one of Earth's greatest mammal migrations, when up to ten million straw-coloured fruit bats gather each year. Outside bat season it remains a rewarding stop for sitatunga antelope, seen from treetop hides at dawn.

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