An immense grass plain some 70 km long and 30 km wide flanked by the Luambimba and Luanginga rivers, the Liuwa Plain stretches deep into Zambia’s remote Western Province.

Liuwa Plains lost much of its game, but it has been protected for several years now by African Parks and populations are on the increase again. The building of a permanent camp and more tourism will further help to stabilise the situation.

The park was reigned over for many years by a single lioness, Lady Liuwa, who lived a solitary life here for almost a decade. Filmmaker Herbert Brauer, who also shot material with us in Botswana, made a wonderful film about the lioness for National Geographic. Further lions have since been introduced to the park. Buffalo have also been re-introduced here and are closely monitored by park rangers – partly on motorbikes!