Zakouma National Park - Chad : Overview
Location Overview ➡️ Zakouma National Park
Zakouma National Park is a very substantial and important conservation area, remotely located in the southeast of Chad. It's primarily an area of high grasses, acacia forests and seasonal wetlands, home to a full range of wildlife including elephants, lions and buffalos. The reserve contains three simple lodge options, which can only be visited in the company of an experienced safari guide.
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Zakouma National Park: where vision becomes reality
With both the courage and persistence of its diverse people, Zakouma National Park, Chad, is an inspiration for what is possible when partnerships are formed with a common vision to protect biodiversity for the sake of people and wildlife.
Parc National de Zakouma, Chad II
Just south of the Sahara, Zakouma is the northernmost of the great African national parks. With one of the latest examples of Sudanese-Sahelian ecosystem, Zakouma's landscapes are unique, blending open spaces with bushes, savannah forests and wetlands. These wetlands attract a large number of birds rendering this park a paradise for observation.
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Parc National de Zakouma, Chad I
Chad es quizás el gran desconocido del continente africano pero a la vez es increíblemente hermoso y salvaje. En su interior el viajero descubrirá un buen número de preciados tesoros que muy pocos han tenido el privilegio de visitar como son el Parc National de Zakouma, la meseta de Ennedi o los lagos de Ounianga.
Zakouma National Park in Chad
Those in the know mention Zakouma with reverence, hushed awe and longing. The national park in Chad has long commanded near legendary status throughout Africa for its abundant wildlife and true wilderness.
Zakouma National Park has experienced one of the most spectacular transformations in all of Africa. The national park is part of the Greater Zakouma Ecosystem—the primary safe haven for Central and West African wildlife—but between 2002-2010, poachers on horseback ransacked the park, decimating its natural resources while stirring fear and insecurity in local communities. In total, 4,000 elephants—95% of Zakouma’s population—were slaughtered for their ivory.
In 2010, the park’s trajectory shifted when the Chadian Government invited African Parks to sign a long-term agreement to restore and manage Zakouma before it was too late. By overhauling law enforcement, providing expert training, and creating communication networks, we restored security to the park and paved the way for a total transformation. Poaching plummeted—elephants, giraffe, buffalo and other species have experienced little to no poaching during the past eight years, and only 24 known elephants have been killed since 2010—allowing wildlife to return. For the first time in decades, population numbers started increasing, and after years of trauma, elephants resumed breeding. In 2011, we counted one calf under the age of five; in early 2018, we documented 127. The elephant population has now surpassed 559 individuals and is on the rise for the first time in a decade.
Our work in the region includes robust community engagement. Since 2013, seventeen schools have been built and supported, offering 6,646 children an education for the first time in their lives. Zakouma has become the largest employer in the region, and tourists are visiting Zakouma to witness an abundance of wildlife. In recent years, the park’s three camps have seen an influx of local and international tourists, which in turn boosts local employment and trade opportunities.
In October 2017, African Parks doubled its footprint around Zakouma by signing an MoU with the Government of Chad to manage the Greater Zakouma Ecosystem, which includes Zakouma National Park and Siniaka Minia Faunal Reserve and spans 30,693 km2. The ecosystem is situated just south of the Sahara Desert and above fertile rainforest regions and comprises critical conservation areas for key species in Central Africa. Our expanded management agreement also covers Bahr-Salamat (13,000 km2) and adjoining wildlife corridors (10,000 km2).
Zakouma has come a very long way since 2010. The park has risen from the ashes to become an unlikely symbol of hope for people and animals alike, and its transformation underscores crucial links between security, sustainable livelihoods, and wildlife conservation.
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Chad by drone. Ennedi and Zakouma scenes
In February 2020 we did an expedition to Chad, Cameroon and the Central African Republic. An impressive overland trip to Central Africa that took us to Ennedi, Zakouma National Park and Dzanga Sangha Reserve.
From the Sahara desert to the Central African jungles.
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Tiang at Zakouma NP in Chad
Tracking the Elephant Mega-Herd of Zakouma on Foot
Glimpsing the shy elephants of Zakouma is a highlight of visiting Chad's signature National Park -- they are shy for a reason---they have been poached unmercifully for decades until African Parks stepped in to manage the parkin 2010. Since then, the herd which had melded into one mega-herd due to stress and persecution has started breeding again as you can tell from the video. They're still skittish but making a comeback. Some old bulls even allow humans to water them at the park headquarters! Also in the video...
If you have interest in joining a small group of six on safari in Zakouma, Ouadi-Rimé Ouadi-Achim Game Reserve and the Ennedi Plateau in late Feb/early March of 2022, send me a message for more details.
Zakouma in Tsjaad
Gelegen net ten zuiden van de Sahara woestijn en boven de regenwouden van Centraal Afrika vind je één van Afrika’s best bewaarde geheimen, het nationale park Zakouma. Op safari in Tsjaad? Ik heb lang gedacht dat dat onmogelijk was, maar dan toch is er Zakouma. Een bijzonder wildpark dat bovendien nog maar door een handjevol toeristen wordt bezocht.
Ciad - Parco Nazionale di Zakouma
Il parco nazionale di Zakouma, rappresenta oggi uno degli ultimi esempi di ecosistema sudano-saheliano di tutta l'Africa.
Zakouma version courte HD
Le parc animalier de Zakouma fait 3000km² . Agréable souvenir d'un safari vidéo et d'un trail organisé par le TREG en Février 2020 .
Best tourist attractions in Chad | Travel Video | SKY Travel
Best tourist attractions in Chad | Travel Video | SKY Travel
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01.Zakouma National Park
02.Chad National Museum
03.Lake Chad
04.Ennedi Region
05.Guelta d’Archei
06.N’Djamena
07.Lakes of Ounianga
08.Tibesti Mountains
09.Abeche
10.Douguia’s Chari River
Chad
Country in Central Africa
Chad, officially known as the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country in north-central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon to the south-west, Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger to the west. Wikipedia
N'Djamena
Capital of Chad
N'Djamena is the capital and largest city of Chad. A port on the Chari River, near the confluence with the Logone River, it directly faces the Cameroonian town of Kousséri, to which the city is connected by a bridge. It is also a special statute region, divided into 10 districts or arrondissements. Wikipedia
Walking in Camp Tinga Zakouma National Park
A short stroll from where I stayed to the dinner, as well as meet & greet, area at Camp Tinga. I have tried to reduce the shaking in the video.
Zakouma is baboon country!
Not sure I've ever seen more and in such large troops
The Elephant herd in Zakouma National Park, Chad
I went to Chad and Zakouma National Park in March 2019.
There I had the pleasure to spend 30 minutes with the huge Elephant herd that have gathered for protection against poachers.
It is hard to grasp that poachers shot almost 90% of the Zakouma population due to ivory. When you look at the tusks in the video you grasp what is happening, because none have huge tusks and many are tuskless. The big tusk gene is becoming extinct in parts of Africa due to the demand of ivory. It might be a sort of salvation, but it is also troublesome because tusks are tools used foraging for food.
Buffalo herd in the riverbed, Zakouma National Park
This is a 4k video with stills and clips from the time spent in the riverbed of Salamat River. Our goal was to spend time with one of Zakouma's big buffalo hers coming to drink.
Zakouma Exactly what you were not expecting
Words just don't do it. Zakouma should be a top wildlife destination, and maybe one day it will be. We are doing our best to tell the world and of course, we are taking our guests there .
Pickin' up chicks --- Ostriches in Zakouma
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Skittish Central African Buffalo in Zakouma
Ndondondo Bienvenu: Protector of Chinko’s last remaining elephants
Chinko spans through over 64,000km2, and is one of the most remote and intact wilderness areas in Africa -hosting one of the largest continuous areas of primary natural vegetation with almost no measurable impact of humans. Despite the devastating effects of decades of civil war and rampant poaching, remnant populations of key species miraculously survived. In 2014, African Parks signed an agreement with the Government of CAR to manage Chinko. Since then, conservation law enforcement is helping return Chinko to a safe haven for wildlife, returning peace to the land. Ndondondo Bienvenu was raised as an elephant hunter, but today he calls Chinko’s elephants his children and works every day to protect the few hundred that remain. Watch our film to see the vital role African Parks rangers play in protecting Chinko’s wildlife.