It lies at the southwestern edge of the Eastern Highlands, and slopes generally westwards towards the valley of the Save River.
[1] The Nyautsa, Chipunga, and Chipangayi rivers run from east to west through the park, draining off the highlands towards the Save River further west.
Miombo woodlands predominate on higher ground, and include closed and open woodlands of dry-season deciduous trees, principally Brachystegia spiciformis, B. tamarindoides, and Uapaca kirkiana.
[2] Large herbivores include black rhino (Diceros bicornis), bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus), common duiker (Sylvicapra grimmia), grysbok (Raphicerus melanotis), impala (Aepyceros melampus), klipspringer (Oreotragus oreotragus), greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros), warthog (Phacochoerus africanus), waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus), eland (Tragelaphus oryx), zebra (Equus quagga), and bushpig (Potamochoerus larvatus).
Rampant poaching between 2006 and 2009 extirpated wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) from the safari area, and reduced populations of eland, waterbuck, and impala to fewer than 20 individuals.