Mwanya Game Management Area

Mwanya, pronounced “Wanya,” is north of Lupande in the Luangwa Valley. This area shares its west boundary with the South Luangwa National Park and its east boundary with the Lukusuzi National Park, encompassing approximately 1,500 square kilometers. This area can be reached by road and by plane. The preferred method of travel to/from Mwanya is by daily commercial flights from Lusaka to the MFuwe Airport. This is a one hour flight and costs approximately $600.00 per person round trip (price is subject to change). Mwanya is an excellent dangerous game area with Buffalo and Leopard populations, it has a very impressive Plains Game population as well. Animals found here include Burchell’s Zebra, Chobe Bushbuck, Cape Buffalo, Common Waterbuck, Cookson Wildebeest, Crocodile, Duiker, Elephant, Grysbok, Hippo, Hyena, Imapala, Kudu, Leopard, Lichtenstein’s Hartebeast, Lion, Livingstone Eland, Puku, Roan, Steenbok and Warthog.