Quiçama National Park

Kissama National Park is another name for Quiçama National Park. This is one of the most famous monuments in Angola as well as Angola's oldest and most unusual monument. This park is the country's only operating national park, located in northwestern Angola. The park is 3 million acres in size, more than twice the area of Rhode Island in the United States, and is around 70 kilometers from Luanda.

The park was established as a game reserve in 1938 and became a national park in 1957. After 25 years of civil conflict, the park's animal population was decimated. In a project called Operation Noah's Ark, a foundation, South Africans, and a group of Angolans will transport animals, particularly elephants, from neighboring South Africa and Botswana.