Gorongosa National Park, located at the southern end of the Great African Rift Valley in the heart of central Mozambique, turned 60 years old on 23 July 2020. Known as the "Serengeti of the South", the 4000km² National Park is home to a large diversity of animals and plants - some of which are found nowhere else in the world.
To celebrate the anniversary, the National Park's management not only released a stunning video about Gorongosa, but also announced plans to build 60 new primary schools over the next decade to create an unbreakable bond between future generations, nature and the sacred world we know as Gorongosa National Park. Kudos!
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Gorongosa National Park is closed to the public until further notice!
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17 April 2018
Mozambique: African Wild Dogs have been reintroduced into Gorongosa National Park!
After an absence of more than 25 years, African Wild Dogs have been reintroduced into Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique by the South African Wild Dog Advisory Group (SAWAG). The founding pack of fifteen animals consists of nine males, which naturally dispersed from their natal pack in the uMkhuze Section of the iSimangaliso National Park in South Africa in 2016, and six free-roaming female wild dogs, also originating from the region.
African Wild Dogs are listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and continue to face threats in many countries and landscapes in Africa. The pressures facing this charismatic species include loss of suitable habitat, persecution, snaring within existing game reserves, and disease.
African Wild Dogs are listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and continue to face threats in many countries and landscapes in Africa. The pressures facing this charismatic species include loss of suitable habitat, persecution, snaring within existing game reserves, and disease.
22 July 2010
Mozambique expands Gorongosa National Park
Mozambique has expanded Gorongosa National Park by about 10 percent to 4,067 square kilometres and created a "buffer zone" of 3,300 square kilometres around the park in which the local population is only allowed to limited farming, hunting and mining.
View Gorongosa National Park in a larger map
The park is located in central Mozambique and once had one of Africa's densest wildlife populations. Around 95% of the wildlife in the park got killed during the 15-year civil war in Mozambique, which ended back in 1992. Over the last couple of years wildlife groups have begun reintroducing animals into the park, so that the government hopes that Gorongosa National Park will now become one of the major tourist attraction of Mozambique.
View Gorongosa National Park in a larger map
The park is located in central Mozambique and once had one of Africa's densest wildlife populations. Around 95% of the wildlife in the park got killed during the 15-year civil war in Mozambique, which ended back in 1992. Over the last couple of years wildlife groups have begun reintroducing animals into the park, so that the government hopes that Gorongosa National Park will now become one of the major tourist attraction of Mozambique.
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