About Epic Safaris
Zambia’s Game Management Areas are working conservation landscapes that sit between national parks and community lands. They play a critical role in protecting wildlife, maintaining ecological connectivity, and supporting the people who live alongside these environments.
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Conservation in these areas depends on coordinated effort—between government, communities, conservation organizations, and licensed operators—sustained over time across large, unfenced landscapes.
Epic Safaris works within this system, participating alongside these stakeholders in the stewardship of areas that border North Luangwa National Park and Kafue National Park.
How The System Works
Game Management Areas are governed by Zambia’s Department of National Parks and Wildlife (DNPW) and are designed to balance conservation with community needs.
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Within this system:
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government provides oversight and regulation
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licensed operators manage concession activity
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communities participate in land use and receive benefits
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conservation organizations provide technical and field support
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Epic Safaris operates within this framework—working collaboratively rather than independently, and contributing to how these landscapes are utilized and sustained over time.
Our Role
Epic Safaris holds exclusive quota marketing rights within designated hunting concessions and works alongside licensed concession operators to coordinate safaris within these areas.
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Our involvement in these landscapes is intentional. We focus on areas that play a critical role as buffer zones to national parks—where how land is used directly influences wildlife movement, protection, and long-term conservation outcomes.
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​To accomplish our core objectives, we work closely with our concession operators and alongside other stakeholders to support:
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anti-poaching presence
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community engagement
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land and wildlife management
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These efforts are interconnected and form part of the broader system that sustains wildlife across these landscapes.
The Conservation Landscape
"The buffer zones where Epic's safaris take place sit within active conservation landscapes anchored by two of Zambia's most significant national parks — and conservation in these areas is not the work of any single organization. It is the product of a system."
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Work in these landscapes involves collaboration across a range of organizations and stakeholders, including:
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Frankfurt Zoological Society & North Luangwa Conservation Programme
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Musekese Conservation (Kafue system)
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Zambian Carnivore Programme
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African Parks and other NGO partners
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Department of National Parks and Wildlife (DNPW)
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Community Resource Boards & Traditional Chiefs
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Licensed Concession Operators​
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Private Funding
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Each plays a role in supporting wildlife protection, community stability, and long-term conservation outcomes across these landscapes.
Organizations Working Across These Landscapes
A Broader Landscape
Conservation in Zambia does not happen in isolated areas. It depends on connected systems—national parks, buffer zones, wildlife corridors, and community lands—all functioning together over time.
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Epic Safaris participates within this broader landscape, contributing to systems that are larger than any single concession or activity.
Landscape Stewardship Series
Understanding how conservation works in Zambia’s Game Management Areas.
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These articles document how conservation is carried out in practice—through collaboration between government, communities, conservation organizations, and licensed operators across working landscapes.