With a rapidly booming tourism industry it comes as no surprise that a safari in Mozambique is becoming a very viable alternative to some of the more well known African safari destinations.
- The wildest of wild bush in many of the parks
- Big Five to see, if you can spot them in the thick bush
- Combine a bush experience with a beach holiday
- Relatively untravelled and exclusive
- Over 500 species of birds to spot
During Mozambique's turbulent past its reserves and national parks went completely neglected and in most cases were only visited by armed guerrilla fighters looking for food. The bush grew back lush and thick, the animals, hunted with automatic weapons, became elusive and shy and the camps and resorts fell into ruin. In the case of
Gorongosa National Park in particular, Renamo rebels made the park their base of operations from where they launched attacks.
Peace has come to Mozambique and with it the chance for the numerous parks and reserves to return to their former glory. In the far north the enormous
Niassa Reserve, larger even than the Kruger National Park is slowly coming into its own as an area of thick African bush filled with a variety of animals. The
Gorongosa National Park, the
Maputo Elephant Reserve and the
Quirimbas National Park are just some of the other parks that are undergoing the same recovery and development. In the south there is also the extension of the
Kruger National Park, where the fence between the South African side and the Mozambique side has been removed as part of the peace parks project.
With the best of beach and bush at your fingertips, Mozambique may be one of Africa's best kept safari secrets.
Contact your Rhino Africa consultant for more information about a Mozambican safari.
