Bangweulu Wetlands

Phone:
+260 97 9392721

Address:
Mpika, Zambia

Bangweulu — 'where the water sky meets the sky' — is one of the world's great wetland systems, comprising Lake Bangweulu, the Bangweulu Swamps and the Bangweulu Flats or floodplain. Situated in the upper Congo River basin in Zambia, the Bangweulu system covers an almost completely flat area roughly the size of Connecticut or East Anglia, at an elevation of 1,140 m straddling Zambia's Luapula Province and Northern Province. It is crucial to the economy and biodiversity of northern Zambia, and to the birdlife of a much larger region, and faces environmental stress and conservation issues.With a long axis of 75 km and a width of up to 40 km, Lake Bangweulu's permanent open water surface is about 3,000 km², which expands when its swamps and floodplains are in flood at the end of the rainy season in May. The combined area of the lake and wetlands reaches 15,000 km². The lake has an average depth of only 4 m.The Bangweulu system is fed by about seventeen rivers of which the Chambeshi is the largest, and is drained by the Luapula River.
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Bangweulu Wetlands Videos

Wetlands supporting livelihoods in Malawi and Zambia

A film by Wetlands International that shows the importance of wise use of dambos (seasonally flooded grasslands) in Central Southern Africa, for the communities that live around them.

In the last two decades, periodic droughts in Zambia and Malawi have rapidly increased, causing alarming seasonal food and fresh water shortages resulting in increased health and economic vulnerability during the dry seasons.

For many people in Zambia and Malawi the only way to survive these periods is by using the dambos for agriculture providing enough for local consumption and surplus for the market.

The film shows a project that Wetlands International started in 2006 in the Mpika wetlands in Zambia and the Simlemba wetlands in Malawi to support the people in the dambos.

Fidesco Volunteers - Two Girls On Chilubi Island / Lake Bangweulu, Zambia

Chilubi Island is a beautiful place... Lost on the Bangweulu lake (which means Dragon in Chibemba), in the North-East of Zambia, you can reach it twice a week by spending eight hours on the old ferry.
Henrike and Pauline are going to spend two years there, as Fidesco volunteers. They are working as nurses at the Santa Maria Hospital, helping to treat and heal the inhabitants of this very remote area.

Partners : Association des Anciens de Centrale Lyon, Bentaberry, Traker, Vinci Construction.
Soundtrack : Music'tus - Notre Père, Frank Molder - Orbital Movement

Road to Kasama

samfya town centre

samfya the land of the great water adventure. home of lake bangweulu

Mutinondo Wilderness Lodge, Northern Zambia

Another hidden gem: Mutinondo Wilderness, Zambia

Isoka Vs Mungwi 2 - Argument Of Schools LOL WTF!

My roommates had an argument on which school is better between the two. LOL moment.

Zambia & South Africa Adventure

Highlights of my free time during the weekends of my volunteer project in Zambia with African Impact and South Africa after the project in 2014. I experienced so many things I've never thought I'd do and did it all in one of the most amazing parts of the world. My time in Africa changed my life and I hope this inspires you to go experience it for yourself!
Video of volunteer project to come soon...
Shot on GoPro Hero 3+ Silver

Music credit:
Sun In Your Eyes by Michael Brun & Dubvision feat. Tom Cane
Paradise (Fedde le Grand Remix) by Coldplay