Gwisho Hot Springs
- Location
- Lochinvar Ranch, Zambia
- Water type
- sodium chloride
- Temperature
- 35 °C
- pH
- 7.5
Water profile
Soothing — neither hot nor cold, perfect balance.
Loaded with major ions — the essential minerals (Ca, Mg).
Dense, salty water — you float without effort.
Gwisho Hot Springs is an archaeologically significant natural thermal site on the southern shores of Lake Bangweulu in Zambia, where chloride-rich spring water at around 50°C has been emerging from the Zambian basement for millennia and where archaeological excavations have revealed evidence of continuous human habitation and use of the springs stretching back over 3,000 years. The site, containing preserved organic remains including food, tools, and human burials that help reconstruct the lifestyles of ancient Zambian hunter-gatherers, is one of the most important Later Stone Age sites in sub-Saharan Africa. The surrounding Bangweulu wetlands, home to the extraordinary shoebill stork and the annual black lechwe migration, provide an exceptionally wildlife-rich setting.