Mana Pools National Park.

Strung along the Zambezi's floodplain beneath the Zambian escarpment, Mana Pools is a UNESCO World Heritage wilderness of ana-tree forests, ox-bow lagoons and game-rich sandbanks. It is one of the few parks in Africa where walking safaris on foot among elephant, buffalo and lion are permitted without a vehicle nearby, and canoeing the Zambezi's channels brings paddlers eye to eye with hippo and crocodile. The dry-season gathering of wildlife along the riverbank is among the most dramatic in Southern Africa.