Blue Lagoon National Park

Size and Landscape

Blue Lagoon National Park occurs in the Mumbwa District of Central Province. It occupies an area of 420 km2 on the northern side of the Kafue flats. This was also originally a private ranch like Lochnivar that was purchased by the Anglo American Corporation and donated to the Zambian Government. It achieved its National Park status in 1973.

Most of the park is a flood plain owing to its low altitude. The flood plain is covered predominantly by aquatic grasses and sedges. Rice grass is abundant in the areas of Papyrus swamp. The open woodland fringing the plains is dominated by the Acacia, Combretum and Terminalia. Fig trees are common too in localized spots.

Habitat and animal population

Among the common mammals found in the park are Kafue Lechwe, buffalo, roan, sable, oribi, zebra, bushpig, hippopotamus and crocodile. The park is also an important feeding ground for wild fowl. Many of the water birds seen in this park include many that occur in the Lochnivar National Park

 

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