MOZAMBIQUE;Area: 774,701 km2TOURIST ATTRACTIONS: 1. GORONGOSA NATIONAL PARK (Created a game reserve 1921, National park 1960). MOZAMBIQUE; This protected area offers varied landscapes of vast open plains, woodland savannas, lovely glades, closed woods, gallery forests along river banks, swamps, pools, and lakes. GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION: Central Mozambique, 137 km NW Beira, 203 km from umtali , Zimbabwe. Climate: Very heavy rains (Nov- December ). Accessibility: From Beira.FLORA: Grassy savannas occupy large areas of the park; thorny acacias dominate the wooded savanna and open woodlands. Other savannas have euphorbias and broad- leaved trees, such as terminalias and baobabs. Doum palms and fever trees fringe open glades; dwarf palms are common. Locally, the ground is covered by sensitive plants (Mimosa pudica).MAMMALS: Elephants and buffaloes are found throughout the park. Common all over the plain and the open woodlands are the blue wildebeest (Brindled gru), and the Zebra. In the bush and wooded savannas are impalas, oribis, lichtenstein’s hartebeests, bushbucks,  and waterbucks; Reedbucks frequent savannas with moister soils or woodlands with fresh grass and bushes; elands are found in all habitats. Other antelopes in the park ; two species of duikers (Cephalophus natalensis and C. caeruleus) and the southern suni.The greater Kudu and the Nyala are rare in Gorongosa. Warthogs and Bushpigs are common. Lions and Leopards roam the savannas, though the latter prefer bushlands and woods.Among other carnivores; cheetah, caracal, wilddog, black-backed and side- striped jackals, spotted hyenas,  and honey badgers (Ratels).Baboons and vervets are common;  in the woods are blue monkeys and 2 species of bush babies (Galagos)- the Senegal and bush-tailed.BIRDS: Some 339 species of birds have been recorded. Spectacular number of storks,  crested cranes, egrets, and pelicans congregate along the Urema River.REPTILES: Crocodiles are plentiful in the Urema River,  the two species in the park; the African and small long- snouted crocodile. The python is also to be found.