Chizarira National Park

Chizarira National Park
IUCN category II (national park)
Chizarira National Park, Zimbabwe
Location	Northern Zimbabwe
Coordinates	17°45′S 28°10′E / 17.750°S 28.167°E / -17.750; 28.167
Area	2,000 km2 (770 sq mi)
Established	1975

Chizarira National Park is a national park that lies in Northern part of Zimbabwe. At 2,000 square kilometres (490,000 acres), it is the third-largest national park in Zimbabwe, and also one of the least known because of its isolated situation on the Zambezi Escarpment. It has good wildlife populations and some majestic scenery. The name of the park comes from the Batonga word chijalila, which translates into English as "great barrier", referring to Zambezi Escarpment, of which Chizarira’s rough terrain forms a part.^[1]