Kafue National Park map
An interactive map of a park the size of a small country, GPS coordinates for the five main airstrips, and how to navigate 22,400 square kilometres where phone signal is the exception rather than the rule.
Interactive map of Kafue National Park
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Everything on the map
Lodges and camps 25
- Anantara Tented Camp Kafue RiverTop-end · Rates unverified
- Bongololo CampsiteBudget · Enquire
- Busanga Bush CampTop-end · From $1,300 pppn
- Busanga Plains CampHigh-end · $950 pppn
- Chisa Busanga CampTop-end · Rates on request
- Fig Tree Bush CampMid-range · From $525 pppn
- Hippo LodgeMid-range · From $380 pppn all-inclusive
- Ila Safari LodgeHigh-end · From $600 pppn
- KaingU Safari LodgeMid-range · From $450 pppn
- Kasabushi CampBudget · From $35 camping
- Kasonso Busanga CampMid-range · From $540 pppn
- Konkamoya LodgeHigh-end · From $850 pppn
- Lunga Kikuji CampHigh-end · Rates on request
- Mapunga Bush Camp & CampsiteBudget · From $45 pppn camping
- Mawimbi Bush CampHigh-end · From $640 pppn
- Mayukuyuku Bush Camp & CampsiteBudget · Closed, last rates were 2025
- McBrides' Camp (location approximate)Mid-range · From $360 pppn
- Mozhi Bush CampHigh-end · Rates on request
- Mukambi Safari LodgeMid-range · From $360 pppn
- Musekese CampHigh-end · Rates on request
- Musungwa Safari LodgeBudget · From $25 camping
- Nanzhila Lake CampMid-range · From $495 pppn
- Nanzhila Plains CampMid-range · From $275 pppn
- Ntemwa-Busanga Camp (location approximate)Mid-range · Rates on request
- Shumba CampTop-end · From $1,600 pppn
Campsites and park camps 10
- Campsite Bruce-Miller-LodgeCampsite · outside the park
- Chunga Safari Camp & CampsiteBudget · Enquire
- Kaingu Rapid CampsiteCampsite · outside the park
- Malala
- Mayukuyuku Camping Site
- Mu-Fungata Safari Lodge and CampCampsite · outside the park
- My Camp siteCampsite · outside the park
- New KalalaCampsite · outside the park
- The Ant Hill Residence.
- Volunteer Area
Pans and waterholes 11
- Chilenje PoolPan · seasonal
- Chintumba PoolsPan · seasonal
- Chipemba Salt PanPan · seasonal
- Kabulamwanda DamPan · outside the park
- Kapiamema Hot Spring
- Lake Itezhi-Tezhi
- Longola Hot SpringPan · spring · outside the park
- Masasabi DamPan · seasonal · outside the park
- Mubi Pool
- Silimbwa Pools
Show the other 1 pans and waterholes
- Warthog PoolsPan · seasonal
Rivers and springs 33
- BaunzaRiver · outside the park
- BwengwaRiver · outside the park
- DongweRiver · outside the park
- KafueRiver · outside the park
- KalomoRiver · outside the park
- KanjoblaRiver · outside the park
- LalafutaRiver · outside the park
- LuamalaRiver · outside the park
- LuampaRiver · outside the park
- LuenaRiver · outside the park
Show the other 23 rivers and springs
- LufupaRiver · outside the park
- LumbaRiver · outside the park
- Lunga
- Lushimba
- LutaleRiver · outside the park
- Lwangandu
- Lwansanda
- MachileRiver · outside the park
- MulobeziRiver · outside the park
- Mungosiya
- MunyekeRiver · outside the park
- Musa
- MweziRiver · outside the park
- Nangamba
- NansengaRiver · outside the park
- Nanzhila
- NgongaRiver · outside the park
- NgweziRiver · outside the park
- North MusondwejiRiver · outside the park
- SelongaRiver · outside the park
- Shishamba
- SichifuloRiver · outside the park
- SilukuyuRiver · outside the park
Viewpoints 15
- Kalundy Site
- Waterhole
- Waterhole
- Waterhole
- Waterhole
- Plus 10 without a name in OpenStreetMap
Gates 8
- Chalanta Gate
- Chunga Gate
- Kabanga GateGate · outside the park
- Mumbwa Game Management Area (GMA)Gate · outside the park
- Musa Gate
- Nalusanga Gate
- Ndumdumwenze Gate
- Tatayoyo Gate
Airstrips 8
- Busanga airstripSeasonal strip for the Busanga Plains camps
- Chunga AirstripCentral sector; the park's northern operations base and airfield
- Lolelunga aistrip
- Macha airstripAirstrip · dirt
- MoshiAirstrip · ground
- Mulobezi Airport
- Namwala AirportAirstrip · FLNL
- Ngoma AirstripSouthern sector; park headquarters and Lake Itezhi-Tezhi
Towns 14
- Bilili VilliageVillage
- ChibulumaVillage
- Itezhi-Tezhi
- JifumpaVillage
- KainduVillage
- KapanzaVillage
- KasamuVillage
- KatabaVillage
- Mumbwa
- MunkuyeVillage
Show the other 4 towns
- MusungwaVillage
- NgomaVillage
- Nkeywma VillageVillage
- ShalobaVillage
Ranger posts 17
- Anti Poaching Unit
- Chunga Section Management Headquarter
- Chunga Training Camp
- Dundumwezi Gate (Scout Camp)
- Game Scout - Chunga Gate
- Game Scout - Kafue South Section Headquarters
- Kalenje Outpost
- Kamano Game Scout Camp
- Katoka Game Scout Camp
- Kaunga Ranger Post
Show the other 5 ranger posts
- Molambo Scout Camp
- Mufunta Came Scout Camp
- Mulobezi DNPW Office
- Park Control
- Scout Camp - Reception
- Plus 2 without a name in OpenStreetMap
Fuel 6
- Oil BayFuel station · OIL!
- Pay Fuel here
- TotalEnergies
- Zesco
- Plus 2 without a name in OpenStreetMap
Clinics 15
- Chunga Clinic
- Itezhi Tezhi District HospitalHospital
- Itumbi Clinic
- Kaanzwa Clinic
- Kafikaamo Rural Health Centre
- Lungobe Rural Health Center
- Lutale Rural Health Centre
- Makuzu Health Post
- Masemo Clinic
- Mbila Rural Health Centre
Show the other 5 clinics
- Mbuma Health Center
- Mumbwa General HospitalHospital
- Nalusanga Clinic
- Shankasu Clinic
- ZNS Clinic
Download the official park map
DNPW publishes no downloadable Kafue map. The most useful official resources are the visitkafue.org portal run by African Parks and the roads-and-airstrips reference maintained by the Kafue Park Operators Association; for self-driving, the commercial Tracks4Africa mapping is the practical standard.
Key coordinates
Save these before you go. Mobile coverage inside the park is patchy at best, and a set of waypoints in an offline app will get you out of trouble faster than anything else.
| Place | What it is | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|
| Chunga airstrip | Central sector; the park's northern operations base and airfield | -15.05393, 25.98565 |
| Lufupa airstrip | Serves the north-western river camps | -14.6039, 26.1681 |
| Busanga airstrip | Seasonal strip for the Busanga Plains camps | -14.29200, 25.89307 |
| Ngoma airstrip | Southern sector; park headquarters and Lake Itezhi-Tezhi | -15.96595, 25.93374 |
| Hippo airstrip | Serves the north-eastern camps | -14.6720, 26.3864 |
Navigating Kafue
- Download offline maps before Mumbwa: Tracks4Africa covers the park's tracks, and OsmAnd or Organic Maps make a free backup. Expect no signal at many camps, Kasabushi included.
- Distances deceive here. The park is over 200 km north to south, gates close at 18:00, and internal tracks are slow, so plan each day around reaching a designated campsite or lodge; wild camping is prohibited.
- The Busanga tracks are seasonal and cross the Lufupa drainage; get written confirmation of conditions from your camp before attempting them, even in the dry season.
- Exact road distances to Chunga, Tateyoyo and Musa gates are only approximations in every available source; add margin to any time estimate.
- The airstrip coordinates above are the five published strips; several are seasonal, so confirm serviceability when booking a charter.
The geography that catches people out
On the central and southern stretch of the Kafue River, the river itself is the park boundary and the park lies on the west bank. Lodges on the east bank, KaingU among them, sit in the Namwala Game Management Area, which is why staying there incurs no daily park fee. Plenty of maps and guides draw this wrong.
Also worth knowing: the M9 corridor through the park and the Ngoma to Dundumwezi road are free transit routes, so you can cross Kafue without a permit. You pay park fees the moment you turn off the corridor into the game-viewing network.