Travel Information

• Kafue National Park is very popular with self-drivers and there is road access from all directions.
• Kafue is fully accessible in the dry season (April to October) but is restricted in some areas in the wet season (November to April).
• Camps near tar roads stay open all year, those in the north tend to close around November.  Camps in the central and southern sector are generally accessible year-round but each wet season is different so conditions change.
• The Spinal Road runs from Kabanga gate in the far north to Dundumwezi gate in the south.
• The road was re-graded in 2021 and culverts, crossings and run-off drains repaired.

Drive times: Lusaka to Hook Bridge – 3.5 hours | Livingstone to Dundumwezi Gate (South) – 2.5 hours | Mongu to Hook Bridge – 4 hours

• The M9 tar road (Lusaka to Mongu) bisects the park from east to west.
• All drive times are approximate, distances don’t change but road conditions do.
• South: Dundumwezi Gate |  Musa Gate near Itezhi-Tezhi
• Central Nalusanga – from Lusaka: 21k – west of Hook Bridge on M9 | Lufupa gate – west of Hook Bridge for access to north | Tateyoyo – western gate on M9 (from Mongu)
• North: Kabanga – northern gate (from Kasempa)

Kafue National Park is surrounded by GMAs (Game Management Areas) and access to them and its lodges and campsites is from either within the park or from outside it.

Kafue National Park attracts visitors from Africa and the rest of the world. It’s accessibility, size, infrastructure makes it enjoyable for self-drivers and those that prefer to fly.