Niassa

Mpopo Camp

Niassa Special Reserve in northern Mozambique, with its northern boundary the Ruvuma River bordering Tanzania is recognized as the most important protected area in Mozambique, a critical protected region in Africa, and one of the last great wilderness areas on earth. Larger than Switzerland at 10.5 million acres, it is of profound importance for the global conservation of African wildlife, especially for the lion, painted wolf, and elephant.

Biodiversity surveys have revealed a species-rich and largely intact ecosystem of miombo woodlands, rivers, granite inselbergs, wetlands, and grass plains. There are human residents within this reserve and an immersive experience here brings home how successful and important human-wildlife co-existence can be.