Bwabwata National Park

Bwabwata National Park straddles the Zambezi and Kavango Regions of northeast Namibia and was formed in 2007 when the Mahango Game Reserve and the Caprivi Game Park were merged. The 6 274 km² park is co-managed by the Namibian Government and the local community who benefit from community-based tourism within the park. There are a combination of ‘multiple use areas’ and ‘three core conservation areas’ within the park, namely the Mahango Core Area, the Buffalo Core Area and the Kwando Core Area. Although small, this park offers stunning game viewing, especially at the horseshoe where elephants gather to drink.

The park is home to several large mammals, including lion, leopard, cheetah, giraffe, zebra, blue wildebeest and buffalo.One of Bwabwata’s main attractions are the elephant herds which still migrate freely through the region, crossing borders into Botswana and Angola. There is also an abundance of birdlife within Bwabwata’s borders.Over 5 000 people still live and farm with livestock and grain in the small villages within the ‘multiple use areas’ of the park. Tourists can visit the three core areas, but need to be aware that hunting concessions were given to the local community and that hunting takes place, especially in the Buffalo and Kwando Core Areas.

ACCOMMODATION:
Accommodation inside the park is limited to the Kwando Core Area, but there are many accommodation options just outside the entry gate into the Mahango Core Area (see Divundu).

PARK FEES/PERMIT:
There is now an office where you buy a permit: A permit is obtainable from the Kwando Park Office at the entrance gate just off the B8.

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