activities

Our qualified safari guides will take you on an open game drive to explore a variety of habitats, wildlife, and birdlife. You’ll have the opportunity to view spectacular floodplains, explore mystical fever tree and palm forests, and discover resident wildlife, including antelope, primates, and birdlife. With luck, you may even encounter lions, elephants, buffalos, hippos, and crocodiles!

Enjoy a full day excursion through Gorongosa’s vast landscape. Our safari guides will take you on a breathtaking journey through the Park’s varied ecoystems, uncovering stunning landscapes and widlife. During your trip, you’ll stop at a scenic spot for a picnic lunch, admire a dreamy sunset at day’s end, and search for nocturnal animals on your return to Chitengo.

Midday  – Cost for Vehicle – $400

Afternoon  – Cost for Vehicle – $400

Full Day – Cost for Vehicle – $1050

Spend a day exploring Mount Gorongosa — the majestic backdrop to the Park’s floodplain. After a drive up the mountain, you’ll visit the Gorongosa Coffee Project and meet local farmers who are planting shade-grown coffee to revive the rainforest. A short hike will take you to one of the mountain’s breathtaking waterfalls to take a dip in its deep, clear pools. You’ll round out the day with a picnic lunch on the banks of one of the mountain’s gorgeous rainforest streams.

Season: April – September

Many of the staff here are local community members — join them on a cycling trip through the communities that surround the Park. Along the way, you’ll learn about Mozambican hospitality and culture, as well as how Park projects are supporting sustainable livelihoods. Included in the price is a community levy, so your trip directly impacts the communities you visit!

Three person minimum

One of the best ways to experience Gorongosa’s wilderness is by foot. Our guides will take you on an exciting bush walk where you’ll get up close and personal to botanical wonders, learn about animal signs and tracks, walk along animal paths, and truly become one with nature.

No children under 12.

Spectacular Lake Urema is home to enormous crocodiles, pods of honking hippos, and unbelievable aquatic birdlife. A boat safari is the only way to access this vast water wilderness — the beating heart of Gorongosa.

No children under 12.

Drifting quietly with the Pungué’s current, you’ll pass sandy beaches, reed beds, and riverside forests. Fantastic birdlife and photo ops abound on this scenic canoe trip. At the end of your excursion, you’ll be met with morning coffee or evening sundowner drinks.

Join our twitching guides on a birding trip or full day safari. They’ll expertly lead you through a birder’s paradise, replete with breeding colonies, resident species (some endemic), and seasonal migrants. Gorongosa’s diverse ecosystems and various flora and fauna support a broad number of birds, increasing the likelihood that you’ll add a number of species to your life list!

The E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Lab is a modern scientific facility in the heart of the national park — one of the first of its kind in Africa. It offers long term research and training opportunities in biodiversity documentation, ecology, and conservation biology to Mozambicans, visiting researchers, and students. The Lab’s work helps guide restoration efforts in Gorongosa National Park and other protected areas of Mozambique.

No children under 12.

No children under 12.

Wild Camps / Birding 

Gorongosa Wild Camp – more information here

Gorongosa Birding – Cost dependant on itinerary

Supplemental accomodation is managed by our partner, Montebello Lodge. Self camping facilities are currently available, as well as Wild Camps provided by Gorongosa Tours.

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