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NATIONAL PARKS REGULATIONS
Entry into a national park is at your
own risk. However, here are
the safety tips and regulations
to follow in order to enjoy your
visit to any national park in
Zambia:
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Any person entering a national
park shall have a valid entry
permit issued at the point of
entry or at the ZAWA Head Office
or Park Headquarters;
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Entry and Exit from the national
park is only permitted at
designated entry/exit points;
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When passing through a national
park on a public road, declare
at the point of entry and point
of exit any firearm, ammunition
or explosive in your possession;
v
Entry into or exit from a
National Park or leaving a
defined area around a lodge or
camp within a national park
during dark hours is prohibited;
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Do not alight from a motor
vehicle or boat except at a
lodge or designated picnic site
or bird hide, or except on
walking safari;
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Travelling on a bicycle or motor
cycle in a National park is
prohibited;
v
Ensure that your vehicle has a
very good silencing system or
exhaust so as to minimize noise
inside the park;
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Unnecessary sounding of the car
horn is prohibited;
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Off road driving is an offence;
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Observe the speed limit of
50km/h or any other speed limit;
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Caravans ad trailers are not
allowed inside a national park
except with written permission
from the Director General;
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Use of a boat is prohibited,
except with written permission
from the Director General or by
way of a permit;
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Flying an aircraft over a
national park is limited to a
height of 300m above the ground
unless when lawfully landing or
taking off from a licensed
aerodrome or airfield within a
national park;
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Aircraft landing inside a
national park is by written
permission from the Director
General and upon payment of
prescribed landing fees;
v
Except with written permission
from the Director General, no
person shall erect any building
or structure, construct any
roads or tracks or carryout any
land alteration or improvements
inside a national park;
v
Cutting or destroying vegetation
inside a national park is an
offence;
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Picnic fires are only allowed at
designated picnic or camping
sites;
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Removal of wild animals whether
dead or alive, any trophy,
vegetation or any object of
prehistoric, archaeological,
historical or scientific
interest from a national park,
or from one part of the national
park to another, is prohibited;
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Do not drive away a predator
from a kill;
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Do not feed wild animals;
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Fishing in a national park
without an angling permit is an
offence;
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Commercial photographing and
sound recording is permitted
with a valid photographing and
sound recording license;
v
Playing laud music inside a
national park is an offence;
v
Do not chase away or provoke
wild animals or cause alarm or
annoyance to any wild animals;
v
Avoid littering;
v
Any trading or business inside a
national park is with written
permission from the Director
General;
v
The Wildlife Police Officer
within a national park is acting
on behalf of the Director
General and the state, please
obey his lawful instructions;
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Wildlife Police Officers may
mount a road block on any road,
please oblige;
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Any violation of these
regulations is tantamount to
conviction.
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