Mupa National Park is one of Angola’s parks that were gazetted in December 1964. This park is found in Cunene Province and is sometimes referred to as the Cunene River National park. It covers an estimated 660,000 hectares bordered to the north by Colui river and the famous Cunene river occupies much of the western boundary. Much of the park is under low-lying hills and river valleys filled with large shrub thickets, miombo bushveld and savannah on the river banks.…
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 making it ine of the largest national parks in Angola Location This park is found in the north western part of Angola near the capital…
Namibe Special Nature reserve is found in the Namibe desert of Angola near the coast to the Atlantic Ocean. The special reserve was opened to the public in June 1957 and covers an estimated 4, 450 square kilometers. The reserve is largely dominated by the desert sand dunes, rugged hills and mountain peaks and plains that extend to the sea coast. The are a receives and estimated 50mm of rainfall per year and an average temperature of 26ºC Wildlife There…
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 is defined by the different rivers that cross and border the park. The Zambezi River marks the northern boundary of the park pouring its waters…
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 are bushveld, water logged savannah on the river delta and banks, shrub thickets, open miombo bushveld and savanna Wildlife Some of the animals in the…
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 19376 as a national park previously considered as only was a nature reserve. It is spread over an area of 5, 840sq km ranking as…
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 Luasso and Cuanza rivers are found on the south and western boundaries respectively. The park’s vegetation is dominated by the Brachystegia and Julbernardia woodlands, grasslands…
Cangandala Park is ranked as the smallest national park in Angola covering only 600sq km. It is drained by the Cuije River on the northern boundary and Cuaza river tributaries in the east and west. It was first recognized as a game reserve in 1963 but gained national park status in June 1970. It is sometimes referred to as Malange National Park. Vegetation Since the park receives nearly 1350mm of rainfall per year, there is an easy distribution of vegetation.…
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 and its high population numbers. Today, an estimated 5 million people live in this great Angola city working in the several administrative offices of the…
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 some hope that Angola will shine once again. With more than 20 years on internal disputes and civil wars, Angola is rebuilding its infrastructure, transport…
