Large num­bers of ele­phants, black rhi­noc­er­os­es, chee­tahs, giraffes, hip­popota­mus­es and croc­o­diles live in this immense sanc­tu­ary, which mea­sures 50,000 km² and is rel­a­tive­ly undis­turbed by human impact. The park has a vari­ety of veg­e­ta­tion zones, rang­ing from dense thick­ets to open wood­ed grass­lands.