National Parks ( Zambia )

NATIONAL PARKS REGULATIONS  ( Zambia )

Entry into a national park is at your own risk.  However, here are the safety tips and regulations to follow in order to enjoy your visit to any national park in Zambia:

• Any person entering a national park shall have a valid entry permit issued at the point of entry or at the ZAWA Head Office or Park Headquarters;
• Entry and Exit from the national park is only permitted at designated entry/exit points;
• When passing through a national park on a public road, declare at the point of entry and point of exit any firearm, ammunition or explosive in your possession;
• Entry into or exit from a National Park or leaving a defined area around a lodge or camp within a national park during dark hours is prohibited;
• Do not alight from a motor vehicle or boat except at a lodge or designated picnic site or bird hide, or except on walking safari;
• Travelling on a bicycle or motor cycle in a National park is prohibited;
• Ensure that your vehicle has a very good silencing system or exhaust so as to minimize noise inside the park;
• Unnecessary sounding of the car horn is prohibited;
• Off road driving is an offence;
• Observe the speed limit of 50km/h or any other speed limit;
• Caravans and trailers are not allowed inside a national park except with written permission from the Director General;
• Use of a boat is prohibited, except with written permission from the Director General or by way of a permit;
• Flying an aircraft over a national park is limited to a height of 300m above the ground unless when lawfully landing or taking off from a licensed aerodrome or airfield within a national park;
• Aircraft landing inside a national park is by written permission from the Director General and upon payment of prescribed landing fees;
• Except with written permission from the Director General, no person shall erect any building or structure, construct any roads or tracks or carryout any land alteration or improvements inside a national park;
• Cutting or destroying vegetation inside a national park is an offence;
• Picnic fires are only allowed at designated picnic or camping sites;
• Removal of wild animals whether dead or alive, any trophy, vegetation or any object of prehistoric, archaeological, historical or scientific interest from a national park, or from one part of the national park to another, is prohibited;
• Do not drive away a predator from a kill;
• Do not feed wild animals;
• Fishing in a national park without an angling permit is an offence;
• Commercial photographing and sound recording is permitted with a valid photographing and sound recording license;
• Playing laud music inside a national park is an offence;
• Do not chase away or provoke wild animals or cause alarm or annoyance to any wild animals;
• Avoid littering;
• Any trading or business inside a national park is with written permission from the Director General;
• The Wildlife Police Officer within a national park is acting on behalf of the Director General and the state, please obey his lawful instructions;
• Wildlife Police Officers may mount a road block on any road, please oblige;
• Any violation of these regulations is tantamount to conviction.