Wildlife Translocation - Sioma Ngwezi National Park
We are working towards breathing new life into the Sioma Ngwezi National Park - this is its story of rebirth...
Ngonye Falls, Sioma Ngwezi National Park, Zambia
Also known as Sioma Falls because these Falls are near the village of Sioma. These beautiful Falls mark the transition point of the Zambezi Rivers' flow from Kalahari sand floodplain to basalt dyke -- the latter eventually contributing to the magnificent gorges of the Victoria Falls.
The horseshoe-shaped Ngonye Falls are mostly impressive because of the sheer volume of water that cascades over the staggered, twenty meter drop. An interesting aspect is that the river flows underneath the rock on either side of the falls. It is quite remarkable to stand upon them, feeling and hearing the underground flow.
The best option is to spend the night at the nearby Matumwa Lodge, owned and managed by 1995 South African Rugby World Cup team player, Gavin Johnson, and his wife Penny. There are also a couple of simple camps at Senanga which also offer guided trips to the Falls.
Alternatively, get to the village of Sioma and ask for a guide to take you to the Falls. It is best viewed by walking about two kilometres downstream of Sioma. There is usually a dugout canoe that will ferry you across the Zambezi - this in itself is an adventure - then a further two kilometre walk back upstream will take you to the Falls' best vantage point. There's also a spot called The Jacuzzi where you can safely swim in amongst the swirling waters.
The Falls provide great photo opportunities at any time of the year, but the optimum time is around June or July. Rafting is best from February to May after the rains. Wildlife is best viewed from July to November, when water is scarce and the animals are forced to come to the water holes or down to the river to drink.
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Sioma/Ngonye Falls on the Zambezi River, Zambia - April 2019
A short video showing fish ecology in the smaller rapids at the Sioma/Ngonye Falls of the Zambezi River, Zambia.
The annual floodwaters that typically inundate the falls in March-April have not arrived in 2019. This gave us access to the smaller rapids found in the area.
In the fast flowing waters we found plenty Opsaridium zambezense, Hydrocynus vittatus, Micralestes acutidens, Labeo cylindricus, Labeo lunatus, Enteromius unitaniatus, Enteromius poechii and Brycinus lateralis.
Some interesting aquatic vegetation was also found in the rapids.
Ngonye / Sioma Falls, Zambezi River, Zambia
The Zambezi is renowned for its majestic Victoria Falls, one of the 7 Natural Wonders of the World, but its other waterfalls are not so well-publicised. The Ngonye Falls are situated above-stream from the Victoria near a small Zambian town of Sioma (hence their other name, Sioma Falls), They are comprised of dozens of streams rushing across basalt rocks (and sometimes piercing right through them). The complexity of the geological structure of the place is truly mind-boggling until you see an aerial picture.
We visited this amazing place in January 2017 and were absolutely stunned by its sheer scale and wild beauty. Our special thanks go to Leonie and Piet from Kabula Lodge who gave us directions and shared their know-hows which allowed us to see the falls from all the vantage points (and fed us the most delicious lamb potje when we came back to the camp, tired, a bit sunburned but absolutely blissfully happy)!
У всех, кто когда-либо интересовался Африкой, Замбези ассоциируется в первую очередь с великолепным водопадом Виктория, признанным одним из 7 природных чудес света. Но мало кому известно, что на своем пути река проходит и через другие препятствия. Водопад Нгонье находится недалеко от замбийского городка Сиома (отсюда его другое, одноименное название), выше по течению от Виктории. Он состоит из десятков потоков, несущихся по базальтовым плитам (а иногда промывающих себе дорогу и прямо внутри камня). Сложность геологической структуры этого места не поддается описанию, цельная картина складывается только благодаря коптеру.
Мы посетили Нгонье в январе 2017 и были просто ошеломлены масштабом и дикой красотой этого места. Наша особая благодарность Питу и Леони, владельцам отеля Кабула, которые не только поделились с нами всеми секретными местами (нам удалось посмотреть на водопад со всех возможных сторон), но и накормили нас потрясающим бурским пойки из бараньей шеи, который до сих пор снится нам в кулинарно-ориентированных снах ))
Ngonye / Sioma Falls, Zambezi River, Zambia
The Zambezi is renowned for its majestic Victoria Falls, one of the 7 Natural Wonders of the World, but its other waterfalls are not so well-publicised. The Ngonye Falls are situated above-stream from the Victoria near a small Zambian town of Sioma (hence their other name, Sioma Falls), They are comprised of dozens of streams rushing across basalt rocks (and sometimes piercing right through them). The complexity of the geological structure of the place is truly mind-boggling until you see an aerial picture.
We visited this amazing place in January 2017 and were absolutely stunned by its sheer scale and wild beauty. Our special thanks go to Leonie and Piet from Kabula Lodge who gave us directions and shared their know-hows which allowed us to see the falls from all the vantage points (and fed us the most delicious lamb potje when we came back to the camp, tired, a bit sunburned but absolutely blissfully happy)!
У всех, кто когда-либо интересовался Африкой, Замбези ассоциируется в первую очередь с великолепным водопадом Виктория, признанным одним из 7 природных чудес света. Но мало кому известно, что на своем пути река проходит и через другие препятствия. Водопад Нгонье находится недалеко от замбийского городка Сиома (отсюда его другое, одноименное название), выше по течению от Виктории. Он состоит из десятков потоков, несущихся по базальтовым плитам (а иногда промывающих себе дорогу и прямо внутри камня). Сложность геологической структуры этого места не поддается описанию, цельная картина складывается только благодаря коптеру.
Мы посетили Нгонье в январе 2017 и были просто ошеломлены масштабом и дикой красотой этого места. Наша особая благодарность Питу и Леони, владельцам отеля Кабула, которые не только поделились с нами всеми секретными местами (нам удалось посмотреть на водопад со всех возможных сторон), но и накормили нас потрясающим бурским пойки из бараньей шеи, который до сих пор снится нам в кулинарно-ориентированных снах ))
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National Parks in Zambia
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A national park is a park in use for conservation purposes. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individual nations designate their own national parks differently, there is a common idea: the conservation of wild nature for posterity and as a symbol of national pride. An international organization, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and its World Commission on Protected Areas, has defined National Park as its Category II type of protected areas.
While this type of national park had been proposed previously, the United States established the first public park or pleasuring-ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the people, Yellowstone National Park, in 1872. Although Yellowstone was not officially termed a national park in its establishing law, it was always termed such in practice and is widely held to be the first and oldest national park in the world. Some would say that the first official national park to be designated as such at its creation was Mackinac Island, legislated in 1875. Australia's Royal National Park, established in 1879, was the world's third official national park. In 1895 ownership of Mackinac Island was transferred to the State of Michigan as a state park and national park status was consequently lost. As a result Australia's Royal National Park is by some considerations the second oldest national park now in existence.
The largest national park in the world meeting the IUCN definition is the Northeast Greenland National Park, which was established in 1974. According to the IUCN, 6,555 national parks worldwide met its criteria in 2006. IUCN is still discussing the parameters of defining a national park.
National parks are almost always open to visitors. Most national parks provide outdoor recreation and camping opportunities as well as classes designed to educate the public on the importance of conservation and the natural wonders of the land in which the national park is located.
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