Bangweulu Wetlands — Attraction in Muchinga Province

During the rainy season in Zambia's northeast region, the wet marshy plain of the Bangweulu swamp becomes a 160 x 110 km wetland habitat, home of many uniquely adapted mammals, and birds, including the Giant Shoebill. Watch ITV's 1976 documentary about this odd prehistoric bird as a mating pair guards, hatches, and nurtures a chick, photographed from a hide only meters distant from its nest floating on reeds in Bangweulu by wildlife photographer Cindy Buxton in 1975. It's available now on ITV's YouTube...

The place is heaven on earth. It's a vast wetland with a lot of streams with water lilys. You get to catch fish too. In the morning and certain times of the year it's filled with different species of birds. It has I think the longest stretch of a...

2 wonderful nights spent on Nsobe community camp, fantastic staff and guides. Firewood and hot showers provided every evening after a beautiful sunset. Fire was on upon wake up ready for the kettle. Shoebill and Lechwe sightings seems...