Mamili National Park
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Mamili National Park is a national park in Namibia
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Mamili is centered on the Nkasa and Lupala islands on the Kwando and Linyanti rivers in the south-western corner of East Caprivi
. Lupala Island can be reached by road, Nkasa Island in not reachable because the access is flooded.
The only way to get in the park is true Sangwali village (Wuparo conservancy).
4x4 is required to access the park. A community camp-site and a lodge are available in the area.
Vegetation is dominated by species associated with floodplains and termitaria. Floodplains provide ideal protection for mammals which live in swamps and floodplains such as the sitatunga and red lechwe, buffalo, wild dog. This area is the last stronghold of the remnant population of Puka. Wattled cranes have been recorded breeding here.
Namibia
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...
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Mamili is centered on the Nkasa and Lupala islands on the Kwando and Linyanti rivers in the south-western corner of East Caprivi
East Caprivi
East Caprivi was a bantustan in South West Africa , intended by the apartheid government to be a self-governing homeland for the Lozi people. It was set up in 1972 and self-government was granted in 1976...
. Lupala Island can be reached by road, Nkasa Island in not reachable because the access is flooded.
The only way to get in the park is true Sangwali village (Wuparo conservancy).
4x4 is required to access the park. A community camp-site and a lodge are available in the area.
Vegetation is dominated by species associated with floodplains and termitaria. Floodplains provide ideal protection for mammals which live in swamps and floodplains such as the sitatunga and red lechwe, buffalo, wild dog. This area is the last stronghold of the remnant population of Puka. Wattled cranes have been recorded breeding here.