Zambia - Zambezi Source

The Zambezi Source National Monument is located in Mwinilunga, one of the seven districts in the North-western Province of Zambia. The Source of the Zambezi River is itself located some 53 Kilometres on the Northwest of Mwinilunga in Mukangala area and the total area of the site is 36 hectors The site covers an area approximately 36.8 Hectares and was declared National Monument under Statutory Instrument No. 162 of 1983. The site is within the Zambezi Source National Forest No. P.80 and was also declared as a National Forest under Statutory Instrument No. 106 of 1984 giving the site double protection. This forest has been registered under Section C1 of the International Biological Programme and is one of the fifty (50) botanical reserves selected as the best preserved example of major vegetation.