Kafue National Park, Zambia

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During our daily walks and drives we encountered leopard, hunting lions and had a few close encounters with feisty bull elephants but some of my best memories are of the 'in between' times relaxing in camp. As the sun sets gales of strange snorting laughter erupt as pods of hippos make their way onto the river banks for a night's grazing. Elephants frequently wander into camp - there is something very soothing about their presence.

• Gregory Fox, Zambia specialist
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This is the largest National Park in Zambia and the third largest National Park in all Africa, covering an area the size of Wales in the UK or twice the size of Yellowstone National Park in the USA. It is close to the Copperbelt and Lusaka. One of Kafue's main tributaries, the Lufupa, floods during the rains and spills out over the Busanga plains. When the water recedes it leaves a vast area of lush vegitation that attracts huge herds of red lechwe, puku, buffalo, zebra and wildebeest followed by the occasional cheetah and lion on the hunt.

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