Category: Angola
Bicuar National Park
Formerly game reserve (since 1938), Bicuar National park was gazetted as an Angola national park in December 1964 thus occupies an incredible 790,000 hectares. The park is majorly made up the riverbanks of the Cunene River, sandy hills and river valleys with savannah grassland. The park has several species of plants but the most occurring […]
lona National Park
Iona National Park is one of the parks and reserves from the block of protected areas on the Atlantic Ocean coast. This continuous block stretches from the Namibian border parks of Namib-Naukluft National Park and the Skeleton coast National Park both making sections of the vast Namib Desert. Iona Angola Park was gazetted as in […]
Luando Nature Reserve
This special Angola reserve is located in Malanje province occupying an estimated 828sq km. It was named a nature reserve in April 1938 and later in 1995, it was accorded status as a special Angola Reserve. Luando River, from which the park gets its name, is found on the northern border of the park while […]
Cangandala National Park
Cangandala National Park covers 630 square kilometres in Malanje Province, central Angola, and is one of only two protected areas holding the giant sable antelope (Hippotragus niger variani), Angola’s national symbol and one of the most endangered large antelopes in Africa, with the Cangandala herd numbering approximately 60 to 70 individuals within a managed conservation […]
Luanda Angola
Luanda is the largest city in Angola and also it’s the capital city. This former Portuguese capital is located on the Atlantic Ocean coast in north eastern Angola thus making it an important sea port for this diverse country. Luanda is ranked high among Africa’s most expensive cities in Africa thanks to major industrial developments […]
Mupa National Park
Mupa National Park in Cunene Province, southern Angola, covers 6,600 square kilometres of mixed savanna, mopane and marula woodland, acacia scrub, and baobab-studded grassland along the Namibian border, holding elephants, lions, leopards, African wild dogs, spotted hyenas, various antelope species, and a diverse bird community in one of Angola’s least visited and most remote protected […]
Kissama National Park
This Angola National park is also referred to as Quissama National park and is one of the most popular National parks that Angola has. Kissama Angola park was first recognized as a game reserve in 1938 and later in January 1957, it became a fully recognized national park. The park covers nearly 9,960 square kilometers […]
Namibe Integral Nature Reserve
Namibe Integral Nature Reserve on the Atlantic coast of southern Angola covers approximately 4,450 square kilometres of Namib Desert extending from coastal sand dunes and rugged mountain terrain to arid plains reaching the sea, protecting wildlife including desert-adapted elephants, mountain zebra, ostrich, flamingos, pelicans, and the ancient Welwitschia mirabilis plant in one of Africa’s least […]
Cameia National Park
Cameia National Park is found in the Moxico province of western Angola. This Park is named after the provincial municipality of Cameia in which it is found. The park occupies an estimated 1445sq km and was established in 1938 as a game reserve. Later in 1957, Cameia was proclaimed a national park. The park’s eco-system […]
Angola Travel
Angola is located in south central Africa, also called the Republic of Angola and shares borders with Namibia to the south, Zambia in the east, DR Congo in the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Angola is trying to reconstruct its self and with this recently embarked development force of rebuilding, there is […]