The Kamuku National Park is a park in northern Nigeria that is situated in the west of Kaduna State. The park sits on a landmass of about 1,120km in length and is adjacent to the Kwiambana Game Reserve to the northwest of the state.
The park which was established in 1936 as the Native Authority Forest Reserve of Birmin Gwari has a typical Sudanian Savanna ecology. However, in May 1999, the park was updated from being a state Game Reserve to being a National Park.
This transformation can be attributed to the success of a community-based project which educated the members of the community on sustainable resource usage, managed by Savanna Conservation Nigeria, a national NGO.
The Kamuku National Park which is separated from the Kwiambana Game Reserve only by River Mariga remains the finest area of the savanna in Nigeria.
The park’s landscape is mostly flat with stunning biodiversity features which sustain a medley of flora and fauna including the critically endangered African elephant.
Other species of animals include baboons, warthogs, antelope, and a host of other animals including reptiles, frogs, rodents, fish, and monkeys.
Another special feature of the park is the Dogon Ruwa Waterfalls and its unique species of birds of nearly 177 different kinds which makes the park an ornithologist’s dream destination.
