Wildlife Sanctuaries
 
There are three wildlife sanctuaries in Zambia and are accorded the same management status any of the 19 National Parks in the country.

Chembe Bird Sanctuary was declared a sanctuary in 1973 and was given the same protection as that of a national park by the government gazette of December 1982. The sanctuary covers approximately 450 hectares in Kalulushi, west of Kitwe.

The vegetation community is mainly miombo woodland and grassland.

The habitat is largely intact.

Wildlife that are found in the sanctuary include the Sitatungas and Crocodiles.

Chete Islands, as a wildlife sanctuary is one of the large islands situated near Chete gorge in the Lake Kariba. The island covers an area of approximately 27 km2. The island is a flat topped hill of Karoo sandstones and sand, and situated about 15 km across the Lake, lying approximately southeast of Sinazongwe.

The vegetation type of the island consists of Kirkia thickets very similar to the Mutemwa thickets of Sesheke District. These patches of thickets are surrounded by scattered elements of woodland. Along the shoreline, a narrow strip of Nile grass is dominant leeward on both islands.

The island is rich with fauna, which include: elephants, impalas, kudus, warthogs, baboons, leopards, buffaloes, elands, waterbucks, klipspringers, common duikers and grysbok.

Sekula Islands are bird sanctuary gazetted in 1973. The islands also occur on the Lake Kariba. The vegetation types are similar to those of Chete Islands. The animals that inhabit the islands include buffaloes, elephants, kudus and impalas.

Both the Chete and Sekula islands provide, addition to resource protection some spectacular opportunities for conservation education, scientific research, game viewing, walking safaris, photographic safaris, sight seeing, tiger and beam fishing, water sport and boat tours.