Limpopo National Park Tour

Experience the Limpopo National Park!

The Limpopo National Park, located in the Massingir district of the Province of Gaza, was established through collaboration between the government and the Peace Parks Foundation in 2001. Together with the border areas of South Africa and Zimbabwe, it forms the Greater Limpopo Cross-Border Area.

Accommodation Facilities

LUXURY ACCOMMODATION

SELF-CATERING ACCOMMODATION AND CAMPING

Campismo Albufeira

Campismo Águia Pesqueira (Fish Eagle Camp)

CAMP SITES

Campismo Nhampfule

Campismo Mamba

4X4 CAMPS

Current Developments-

Visitors to Limpopo National Park will appreciate that the Park is still under development, and while game sightings will be less regular than in neighbouring Kruger National Park, the Park is best appreciated for its largely unspoilt wilderness.

Since the dropping of strategically selected sections of the border fence with KNP, wildlife has been steadily moving back into LNP (further fenceline sections will continue to be strategically dropped as agreed between South Africa and Mozambique).

Over 4700 animals were relocated to the southwest of the Park

The current population of around 1,000 elephants and 5,000 buffalo

Communities benefit through receiving 20% of Park revenues

A voluntary resettlement programme is being undertaken to OP 4.12 standards

The increase in wildlife numbers and the fact that all forms of poaching, including for ivory, are at an all-time low are due to significant investment in anti-poaching operations. In addition to training and deployment of additional rangers, the Park has deployed a Savannah aircraft and R44 Helicopter, as well as a tracker dog.

Close collaboration with Kruger National Park through a digital radio network, shared intelligence, and joint patrolling and operational planning has also resulted in significantly reduced incursions and poaching through Kruger’s eastern boundary with LNP.

Mozambique proclaimed Limpopo National Park on 27 November 2001 and requested Peace Parks Foundation’s assistance in overseeing the park’s development as a Southern African Development Community (SADC) approved project.

The German Government, through KfW, made the first grant available for the development of Limpopo National Park with Peace Parks as the implementing agent. A project execution agreement was signed between Mozambique’s National Administration for Conservation Areas (ANAC) and Peace Parks in 2002 to restore, develop, and manage Limpopo National Park.

A helicopter riverine transect census was undertaken in 2023 with an 81% elephant population increase from the 792 statistical estimates in 2018 to the actual physical count of 1,431 elephants. This encouraging increase is mirrored by more frequent observation of wildlife across the park. A full park 30% fixed-wing transect survey was completed in 2024.

Following the Makandazulo resettlement, the northern half of the park is now under full conservation, and in preparation for potential future initiatives, a white rhino ecological assessment baseline field study was conducted to identify key areas for increased management focus. Ecological connectivity.

Communities in and around Limpopo National Park continue to be vulnerable with limited access to opportunities, resources, and livelihoods. Irrigation schemes are a vital way to provide food security and alternative livelihood opportunities for communities living adjacent to the park in an area that is drought-prone and isolated.

The five-year Agence Française de Développement and French Facility for Global Environment’s One Limpopo One Health project aims to contribute to the socioeconomic development of the communities around the park through the expansion of our herding for health and smart agriculture initiatives.

The three-year Southern African Development Community (SADC) TFCA financing facility programme focuses on the upgrade of irrigation schemes, strengthening community governance, and Herding for Health within the park. The Herding for Health programme has over 20,000 cattle from 19 villages within and bordering the park.

Twenty-four community irrigation schemes are supported with 1,771 members who planted 7,504 kg of seeds provided and recorded 549,296 kg harvest in 2023.

In addition to social upliftment and skills development, the schemes generate income through the sale of products. They also improve food sustainability and health thanks to the variety of foods being produced, while reducing the reliance on unpredictable rain-fed crops.

By using climate-smart conservation agriculture techniques in these schemes, farmers reap the benefits of year-round crops while limiting their impact on the landscape. Conservation agriculture techniques promote soil water retention that allows farmers to produce their own compost and, through crop rotation, more nutrient-rich soil.