Go to Gorongosa!

By Scott Rains on February 1, 2010 1:40 PM | 0 Comments

A review of Gorongosa at Southern Africa Direct:

Devastated by two decades of war, a new conservation project is restoring Mozambique's Gorongosa National Park to its former glory. The animals are returning, so are the journalists - will the tourists? asks Alison Westwood from Getaway Magazine.

The cameraman motions furiously at the lake. The philanthropist inches forward. I peer through long grass and see them: crocodiles. Big ones. Looking at us. In the water behind are dark bulges. More crocodiles. Hundreds, maybe thousands of them. We follow the cameraman as he creeps closer along a path I now realise was made by crocodiles. The helicopter is nowhere in sight. What the hell are we doing here?

It's simple. Chris Everson wants some close-up shots of crocs for 60 Minutes, the American television programme. Greg Carr has come to see some of the wildlife that his money and know-how are helping recover. And I'm caught up in the excitement of what might just be the hottest conservation story in Africa.

For the full article: http://www.southernafricadirect.com/news/entries/2009-08-04/mozambiques-gorongoza-park-comes-back-to-life.html

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