West Lunga National Park is a remote wildlife haven in dense forest in the North-Western Province of Zambia.

Cryptosepalum trees (called "mukwe" locally) are evergreen and grow densely with a closed canopy.

Although the rainfall in the area is quite high (above 1,000 mm per year) the soils are sandy and well drained so apart from the rivers there is a lack of surface water.

It is reached by a dirt track from the main road to the park gate and base at Jivundu in its south-west.

Smaller forest mammals such as duiker and bushpigs live there, and recent reports also mention puku, hippopotami, Nile crocodiles, vervet monkeys, and yellow baboons.