Closed to visitors during the hunting season (from July to December) to accommodate private hunting safaris, Lukwika-Lumesule Game Reserve welcomes visitors only six months of the year, but heavy rains restrict access to only a few weeks in June. The reserve adjoins the Niassa Reserve in northern Mozambique and although wildlife ranges freely through the Ruvuma River that separates the two, there are no bridges or border crossings for visitors.