Kazuma Pan National Park Zimbabwe

Situated in the north-west corner of Zimbabwe between
Kazungula and Hwange National Park, and south-west of
Victoria Falls, the Kazuma Pan National Park is 31 300
hectares in extent

Geography

The Baboon Trees are a unique feature of the park
attracting large volumes of animals.

The Park includes a series of pan depressions, some of
which are continuously pumped from boreholes in the dry
season.
As a result, large concentrations of game seasonally
migrate between Botswana and Zimbabwe, especially
from September through to the first rains of November
or December

Vegetation

This is a unique feature of the Park which attracts large
volumes of animals.

The area has natural water springs and large concentrations
of animals.
Sightings of up to 2000 buffalo have been reported
in the area

Wildlife

lion, leopard, giraffe, zebra, gemsbok, roan, sable, tsessebe,
eland and reedbuck, whilst elephant and buffalo are present
in large numbers when water is scarce.
White rhino are also often seen.

A special species endemic to the Kazuma Depression
is the oribi, a small antelope, not often seen in
other parts of the country.

Visitors may also occasionally see cheetah or wild dog
while lions are fairly common.

Birdlife

The pan systems are also ideal habitat to a large
variety of water birds, with a number of species
including storks, crowned cranes, stilts, cormorants,
ducks and kingfishers occurring throughout the area.

Accommodation

There are two camp sites available in the park.
Only two groups of visitors are allowed to camp
in the Park at any one time.
The camp sites each have bush toilets,
braai points and water supplies.

Each camp site can comfortably take 10 persons.

These sites are located in different habitats:
Insiza, which overlooks the Kazuma Depression and
Kasetsheti, near some natural springs.

Visitors should note that Kazuma is an extremely
remote area, and adequate provisions for fuel, food
supplies and other basics should be provided for.

Visiting times / RoadConditions

Kazuma Pan National Park is closed to the public in
January and February each year due to the wet conditions
over this period that make the roads impassable.

Getting There

Take the Robins Camp/ Pandamatenga turn-off from
the main Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Road . proceed for some
25 kilometres along this gravel road to the Parks & Wildlife
offices in Matetsi where visitors are required to check-in
before proceeding.

The journey is continued along the Pandamatenga
road for a further 39 kilometres to the border post.

These roads are gravel and can be rough.

As access to Kazuma is along the Zimbabwe/ Botswana
border road, visitors are again asked to check-in with the
Zimbabwe Republic Police at Pandamatenga.

Kazuma Pan National Park is some 25 kilometres
further along, north-west of Pandamatenga.

Access may only be made by four wheel drive vehicles
as the roads are rough and sandy in some areas.
Access via Kazungula is strictly prohibited