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Bat migration safari Kasanka NP

FROM PRICE: $ 2890

Kasanka National Park, Zambia - 4 days/3 nights

Price is quoted per person for the whole safari including return flights to and from Lusaka airport.

This event is one of Africa’s most amazing and unusual wildlife spectacles – never forgotten by those lucky enough to witness it.
From around the end of October each year, many millions of straw-colored fruit bats congregate in the trees of the Mushitu swamp forest near the confluence of the Musola and Kasanka rivers in Kasanka National Park. At sunset they fly out across the forests, lit from behind by the fabulous glow of the dying sun.

The price may be reduced by doing a road transfer from Lusaka to Kasanka instead of an air charter; enquire for prices.

Where is it?

The bat migration takes place in the Kasanka National Park in central Zambia.

What is the best time of year to go?

The migration starts around the end of October each year and lasts around six weeks whilst the bats feast on seasonal fruits including waterberries and loquats. Numbers of bats are normally big from the last week of October to the 3rd week of December.

At twilight bats fill the sky in all directions for twenty solid minutes as they leave their roost site to feed though the night on abundant seasonal fruit of the “miombo” woodlands.

Visitors can also take guided walks through the forest in the day time to view the bats as they chatter, fly and crawl about their roost. This bat migration has been the subject of intense interest from scientists who are trying to find the reason why so many colonies all assemble in this one corner of Zambia. They report that it is the largest aggregation of mammals in Africa, and probably the most concentrated in the world. Preliminary research has also found many other interesting species of bat in Kasanka.

How to get there

By private charter from Lusaka or any other area in Zambia which could be combined with the bat migration. For example a safari to the South Luangwa National Park and a visit to the nearby Bangweulu Swamps.

Tips and Notes

• The rate includes accommodation, meals, activities, airstrip transfers, laundry, park entry, levie and bar (regional and local wines/spirits).

• Discounts are available for children, please enquire

• Single supplement can sometimes be waived depending on "make-up /size of group.

• Aerial game viewing avaiable at extra cost.

• We suggest adding on a safari to Bangweulu Swamps nearby