Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park

Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park is a 35,000 km²

The memorandum of understanding for the creation of the peace park was signed on November 10, 2000 as the Gaza-Kruger-Gonarezhou Transfrontier Park. In October 2001 the name was changed to the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park. By the 5th World Parks Congress held in Durban, South Africa, in 2003 the treaty had not been ratified in Mozambique and Zimbabwe.

Fences between the parks have started to come down allowing the animals to take up their old migratory routes that were blocked before due to political boundaries.

On the October 4, 2001 the first 40 (including 3 breeding herds) of a planned 1000 elephants were translocated from the over-populated Kruger National Park to the war-ravaged Limpopo National Park. It would take 2½ years to complete the translocation.

The new Giriyondo Border Post between South Africa and Mozambique has started in March 2004.

There are new plans that should increase the size of the park to 99,800 km² (36,000 sq. mi.).

Park will include the following

• Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park
  • Kruger National Park about 18,989 km² (Including private game farms that are Signatories to the Greater Limpopo Trans Frontier Co-operation Agreement (GLTFCA), e.g. Mjejane Game Reserve Archived 2019-04-19 at the Wayback Machine.^[1])
  • Makuleke (tribe), and Makuleke
    about 240 km²
  • Limpopo National Park (Mozambique) about 10,000 km²
  • Banhine National Park (Mozambique) about 7,000 km²
  • Zinave National Park (Mozambique) about 6,000 km²
  • Maputo Elephant Reserve (Mozambique
    ) about 700 km²
  • Gonarezhou National Park (Zimbabwe) about 5,053 km²
  • Manjinji Pan Sanctuary (Zimbabwe)
  • Malipati Safari Area (Zimbabwe)
  • Sengwe Safari Area (Zimbabwe)

Gallery

• 
  Elephant crossing the road in Kruger National Park.
• 
  A bird (look carefully) riding a Giraffe in Kruger National Park.
• 
  Two lionesses having a break after an unsuccessful hunt in Kruger National Park
• 
  The deep

  Luvuvhu River in the Lanner Gorge in the Makuleke

Since 2005, the protected area is considered a Lion Conservation Unit.^[2]

Accommodation

Private Concession: Machampane Wilderness Camp: 10-bed luxury tented camp nestled on the banks of the Machampane River. Specialises in walking safaris.

Park Camps: Aguia Pesqueira: self-catering chalets and camping facilities Albufeira: self-catering chalets and camping facilities

Activities

• Shingwedzi 4x4 eco-trail: five-night, six-day fully self-sufficient 4x4 trail. Starts at
  Pafuri
  Picnic Site in Kruger National Park, enters Mozambique at Pafuri Border Post and traverses Parque Nacional do Limpopo, the Mozambique sector of the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park camping at pans and on river banks.
• Rio Elefantes Canoeing Trail: three-day paddle down the
  Rio Elefantes (Olifants River) from its confluence with the Shingwedzi
  to its confluence with the Limpopo. Camp wild at the side of the river in rustic bushcamps. Guided, fully catered and ported.
• Palarangala Wilderness Trail: three nights spent camping out in a rustic bushcamp with days spent exploring the pristine wilderness area stocked with game from the adjacent Kruger National Park. Guided and fully catered.
• Lebombo Hiking Trail: three night and four day trail spent hiking through pristine wilderness with good bird and game sightings. Fully catered with overnight accommodation in rustic bushcamps. Guided, fully catered and ported.
• Elefantes Gorge Backpacking and Fishing Trail: three night and four day fully self-sufficient guided trail spent traversing the plateau of the
  Lebombos, camping wild and fishing for Tiger from the shores of Massingir Dam, an important Breeding Ground for the Nile crocodile.^[3]

• Limpopo National Park
• Kruger National Park
• Gonarezhou National Park

References

External links

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park.

• Great Limpopo Park
• Peace Parks Foundation
• SANParks Official Site
• Great Limpopo

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