Bwabwata National Park:
First proclaimed in the 1960’s as the Caprivi Nature Reserve, then as the Caprivi Game Park and eventually gazetted as the Bwabwata National Park in 2007.
Wildlife to be seen:
1. Large concentrations of elephant and buffalo, also sable and roan antelope.
2. Main predators such as lion, leopard, cheetah and hyena. One of the last refuges of the wild dog in Namibia.
3. Common reedbuck, red lechwe, sitatunga and hippo along the rivers.
4. Birds include wattled crane, African skimmer western-banded snake eagle, wood owl, Pel’s fishing owl, narina trogon, Cape parrot, and both red-billed and yellow-billed oxpeckers.
Most tourism facilities are outside the park, run by private operators that offer day trips into the park.
