area 2196 km²/848 sq mi. National park in N Zimbabwe; a world heritage site; established in 1963; partly bordered NW by the R Zambezi, the frontier with Zambia; extensive wildlife; in the dry season animals migrate towards the river in huge numbers.
Mana Pools is a wildlife conservation area in Western Zimbabwe constituting a National Park. It is a region of the lower Zambezi River in Zimbabwe where the flood plain turns into a broad expanse of lakes after each rainy season. As the lakes gradually dry up and recede, the region attracts many large animals in search of water, making it one of Africa's most renowned game-viewing regions.
Mana means ‘four’ in Shona, in reference to the four large permanent pools formed by the meanderings of the middle Zambezi. These 2,500 square kilometres of river frontage, islands, sandbanks and pools, flanked by forests of mahogany, wild figs, ebonies and baobabs, is one of the least developed National Parks in Southern Africa.
Coordinates: 15°45′S 29°20′E
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