Lying to the south side of the Kafue Flats, Lochinvar is divided into three distinct zones, the northern flood plain, the central grass lands and the southern woodland. Although a relatively small area (once a private cattle farm) of 410 sq km on the Kafue River flood plain, this park boasts 428 bird species including waders, ducks, water fowl and unique woodland species including the endemic Chaplin’s Barbet. Lochinvar is probably one of Africa’s best known birding destinations. Once it was bequeathed to the nation in 1904, land belonging to an old colonial farmhouse under a preservation order, returned to its wild state. Lochinvar’s huge swath of unique wetland and beautiful floodplain savannah was subsequently deemed to be important enough to be granted World Heritage Status.