West Lunga National Park lies between the West Lunga River and Kabompo River about 10 km north of the gravel road from Solwezi to Kabompo, and covers about 1700 km².
It is the only national park in Zambia covered by a forest, categorised in the small Cryptosepalum dry forests ecoregion, which exists only in a few patches in the south west of the province extending a little over the border into Angola.
The park lacks management, facilities, and roads. There is no accommodation and no towns nearby, visitors must be completely self-sufficient. The park is reached by a dirt track from the main road to the park gate and base at Jivundu in its south-west.Lack of water and thickness of the forest has kept the human population low in the region, and despite some poaching and the absence of protection, the forest is believed to be still fairly rich in wildlife.