It was a long drive, but we made it to the Gorongosa NP. Aiming inland from lnhassoro it was again slow going with more holes than tar on the road but after the initial 50km the road changed and we had nice smooth tarmac all the way to the Save river. We were then confronted with a large bridge and a toll to pay, thankfully the toll was not in proportion to the bridge.
The NP turning finally came into sight late on, but our hopes were dashed when the 'Campsite Closed' sign came into focus at the start of the track leading in. Having no other option with the diminishing light we ploughed on to the park entrance. After passing security at the main gate we continued on to camp hoping for the best. Reception was open and we were shown the camping which was 'open' but mostly in use by staff tents. Anyway, we managed to find a nice spot and set camp.
A new day dawned and we headed off to explore the park, making the most of our Mts500 conservation fee charged to take a vehicle into the park on a game drive. We all jumped into the James' double cab as we were certainly not going to take 2 vehicles at that price. First though we had to empty the piled up contents from their back seat into the back of our truck, boy they have a lot of stuff! The morning's drive was good, and we saw many different buck and plenty of birds. Sadly after quite a wet summer a few of the tracks were not passable so we did a fair bit of backtracking. The lions we never found and the hippo pool we never made it to in the afternoon due to the track conditions. Overall it was a good stay in the park and perhaps one day we shall return to see how they have progressed with its rehabilitation
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