The Caprivi Strip is a long panhandle enclosed by permanent water and stretching eastwards from the Kavango River to and along the Zambezi River, ending at the border junction of Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Zambia. Open throughout the year, the park covers an area of over 2300 square miles, dominated by broad-leafed woodland. Wildlife observed at the park includes the buffalo, elephant, lion, leopard, hippo, and roan and other antelopes. However, the wildlife in the Caprivi has not yet recovered from years of poaching and the destructive bushwar of the 1970's and 80's but its superb conservation areas may in the future rival Etosha. Almost 70% of the bird species found in Namibia have been recorded in the Caprivi.