A rugged pure wilderness
No roads or paths. No fences. No bridges or airstrips. And no permanent lodges. The rugged landscape consists of rivers with rocky banks, mopane forests, vast plains, lagoons and marshes. The huge diversity of flora and fauna is extraordinary, butGonarezhou National Park is still best known for itsChilojo Cliffs, beautiful red sandstone cliffs that have been formed over the centuries by erosion and overlook a vast valley and the Runde River.
The name means "place of many elephants", and although here do not live as large herds as inHwange N.P. they are well represented. In the northeast of the park, where theSave River AndRunde River naturally formed oases. These oases attract hundreds of species of birds, wild animals and fish. In addition, there are many reptiles here, including crocodiles. Special inhabitants are the rare nyala antelope, the Suni and blue diver. In the Chipinda area there is game all year round such as lion, leopard, cheetah, buffalo, giraffe, wild dog and zebra.
Gonarezhou is one of Zimbabwe's least visited national parks. The park is adjacent to the famous Kruger National Park in South Africa and the Limpopo National Park in Mozambique. Together, these three parks form the so-called 'Great Limpopo Transfrontier National Park',a vast wilderness the size of the Netherlands.
