Gorongosa National Park is an area of high species diversity and ecological features. Situated in the middle of the Mozambique between Tete and Beira the park covers 5300 square km, including a 1500 square km sanctuary. The Park comprises dry plains dropping away from Gorongosa Mountain range at the southern end of the Great Rift Valley. Comprised of a great diversity of grasslands, tall miombo woodlands, Afro-Montane forests, valley thickets and seasonally inundated flood plains.

The Eastern side of the Park is the Cheringoma Plateu, an extensive natural forested area considered to be the richest in the country. The Urema Lake, which is fed by rivers originating from the Gorongosa Mountain, is the main ecological feature of the park.Right in the center of the park, it is the main source of water in the peak of the dry season.

Before the civil war in the 1980s which destroyed 95% of the fauna, the park was famous for its quantity and diversity of wildlife. Today it is recovering and harbors several small herds of elephant, an increasing lion population, rhinos, leopards, zebras, kudus, cheetahs, warthogs and the rare roan antelope. Its main attraction are the different bird species including some which only can be found in the Gorongosa area.

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