Liwonde National Park

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Liwonde National Park

IUCN Category II - National Park

View of the Shire River, which forms the western boundary of the national park

View of the Shire River, which forms the western boundary of the national park

location Malawi
surface 548 km²
Geographical location 14 ° 50 ′  S , 35 ° 20 ′  E Coordinates: 14 ° 50 ′ 0 ″  S , 35 ° 20 ′ 0 ″  E
Liwonde National Park (Malawi)
Liwonde National Park
Sea level from 470 m to 960 m
Setup date 1973

The Liwonde National Park is located in southern Malawi near the town of Liwonde at an altitude 470-960 meters above sea level. It covers 548 km² and is bordered to the west by the Shire River .

In the park, both are dry savanna and flood plains and forests of mopane , Brachystegia or yellow bark acacia and individual baobabs , palm trees and Euphorbia -Trees to find.

Here live waterbuck , impala , bushbuck , roan antelope , Actual hartebeest , hippos and crocodiles, as well as a temporary sharp drop in the 1980s elephant population . Cape buffalo , zebra, antelope and black rhinoceros live in a fenced area within the national park . In 2016, an aerial census showed 1086 buffalo, 1887 hippopotamus, 578 elephants, 4477 waterbuck, 515 sable antelopes , 2107 black heel antelopes and 76 ground hornbills in Liwonde National Park. In 2011, 1269 warthogs and a year earlier 37 kudus, 17 reedbucks , 54 bushbucks and two duikers were counted. Among the more than 400 species of birds that occur there are, for example, crested dwarf fishermen , Goliath herons and brown- mantled scissors bills . In 2016, 60 white-backed vultures and four lapped vultures were also recorded.

In 2015, the non-governmental organization African Parks took over management of the park in partnership with Malawi's Department of National Parks and Wildlife (DNPW). In 2016, 336 of the more than 800 elephants were relocated to the Nkhotakota Game Reserve . The measures taken against poaching and human-wildlife conflicts include the removal of over 36,000 wire slings and the erection of 117 kilometers of electric fences. In 2017, seven cheetahs and a year later ten lions were reintroduced to Liwonde National Park.

In 2016, 16,000 tourists visited Liwonde National Park.

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