Bangweulu Wetlands

The Bangweulu wetlands are a vast floodplain in northern Zambia, managed with African Parks and the communities who own the land, and they are one of the few places in the world to see the shoebill, a prehistoric-looking stork that stands in the papyrus swamps, best found by canoe with a guide between about April and July as the floods recede. The plains hold tens of thousands of black lechwe, an antelope found only here, and a bird list to match. It is reached by charter flight or a long 4x4 drive from Kasanka, with a single camp, and it is a malaria area.