South Luangwa National Park, National park in Eastern Province, Zambia.

South Luangwa National Park covers 9,050 km² in the Luangwa Valley, from the Muchinga Escarpment in the west down to the Luangwa River, which forms its eastern boundary. Southern Miombo woodlands cover the higher slopes, while Zambezian and Mopane woodlands fill the valley floor, with floodplains along the river.

South Luangwa was first protected as the Luangwa Game Reserve in 1904, and a portion of tribal land was set aside as a game reserve in the 1950s. The first public game-viewing camp in Northern Rhodesia opened there, where guests shot with cameras rather than rifles, giving rise to the photographic and walking safari. It became a national park in 1972.

The park's name comes from the river that flows through it and shapes how visitors experience the land. The lodges sit embedded in the bush, allowing people to live closely alongside nature during their stay.

The park is accessible by air through Mfuwe Airport with connections to the capital, from which lodges arrange accommodation and transfers. A visit works best with guided drives offered from the lodges themselves.

The Nsefu Sector, the park's northern part, holds some of the highest recorded leopard densities in southern Africa, alongside lions, spotted hyenas and African wild dogs. It also contains ebony groves, mopane woodland and natural geothermal springs, and lies within the Mwanya Chiefdom, where traditional custodianship still shapes conservation.