Twitcher's Paradise.(Life)

From: The Sunday Independent (South Africa) | Date: October 15, 2006 | Copyright information

BYLINE: Jeremy Gordin

I have good news and I have bad news. The good news is that the area in which Shumba Camp is situated - the northern region of the Kafue National Park, on Zambia's Busanga Plains, a gigantic wetlands and flood plain - is one of the most gorgeous places on God's green earth.

The bad news (well, for some) is that Kafue is, among other things, the home to about 390 species of birds. These include "specials" such as wattled and crowned crane...

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