Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique
Before the civil war of the 1970s, this was one of Africa’s finest parks. An ambitious wildlife reintroduction programme, however, has begun to restore this ‘Serengeti of the South’. Large herds of waterbuck can be found on the floodplains, sable antelope browse the woodlands, while Mount Gorongosa is renowned for endemics such as the green-headed oriole.
Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of Congo
Created in 1935, this is one of Africa’s oldest national parks — 13,600sq km of pristine rainforest in the green heart of the Congo Basin. Western lowland gorillas are the star attraction, but there are 11 other primate species. Swampy clearings, known as bais, attract forest elephant, buffalo, bongo and sitatunga, while birdwatchers may get glimpses of trogons, hornbills and other forest beauties.
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