Tourism
Zakouma National Park
One of the last refuges of wildlife in Central Africa, with elephants, lions and giraffes.
Photo: Tchad Ma Culture
Context
In depth
Machine translation from French, under review. The French text is authoritative.
Zakouma National Park, in south-eastern Chad, was established in 1963. It is one of the last intact Sudano-Sahelian ecosystems in Africa.
Between 2002 and 2010, poaching cut the elephant population from about 4,350 to 454. In 2010, at the government’s invitation, the NGO African Parks took over management of the park: no elephant is known to have been poached in the park between 2012 and 2014, and the population exceeded 550 by the end of 2017.
- Establishment
- 1963
- Management
- Government of Chad and African Parks (since 2010)
To be completed (not verified)
- Visit season and current access conditions to check with the park.
Location
Provinces listed in our data: Salamat
Cultural identities extend beyond provincial boundaries. See on the map
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References
Key: Documented: based on the published sources cited below.
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