Mana Pools National Park , an INESCO World Heritage Site is situated along 80km of the Zambezi River , making for the best game viewing on the lower Zambezi . Here one can participate in a game drive, canoeing or walking safari. Mana Pools is consistently rated in the top ten of Africa 's National Parks.

Mana Pools is part of a 300 million year old rift valley supporting a large variety of mammals and over 400 bird species. Covering over 200 square kilometres this national park has been set aside to be kept as wild as possible with only non-invasive, zero-impact tourism allowed. There are no permanent safari lodges, generators, electric fences or other structures associated with mobile safari camps as these are banned by law. All mobile camps must be taken down the day after our clients depart to ensure minimal damage to the ecosystem.

The Zambezi River is the 4th largest in Africa , after the Nile , Congo and Niger . The River's source is at Kalene Hill in North Western Zambia and flows approximately 2800 kilometres to Chinde in Mozambique , where it flows into the Indian Ocean . Below Kariba Dam the narrowest point is approximately 80 metres and the widest point is 4.2 kilometres near Chikwenya, an island not far downstream from Mana Pools National Park . From the first put-in point, a short distance below Kariba Dam Wall, the Kariba Gorge is narrow and fairly steep sided, this continues for 18 kilometres before the River opens out in to a wide flood plain. The flood plain continues until the Chewore River mouth where the River narrows again at the start of the Mupata Gorge, which is approximately 46 kilometres long. There are no rapids on this section of the river. The water is flat all the way from Kariba to Kanyemba, with an average flow rate of 4 km per hour.

The depth of the River varies from 24 - 30 metres in the gorges to as little as 150 centimetres in the flood plain areas, although there is always a deep-water channel. There are a lot of islands and sandbanks, which make good camping spots.