History of The Park
The Gonarezhou National Park was formed in 1975, by uniting former hunting areas and tsetse fly control corridors.
The park was closed to the public during the Rhodesian War and again during much of the Mozambique civil war but was re-opened in 1994.
The Park is part of the international Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park.
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