IONA NATIONAL PARK

First reserve in 1937, the park became a national park in 1964. Angolan, Namibian and even South African poachers seem to be ignoring this change in status… The park is on paper. Entries are not monitored, its portals are open at night. The protection of wildlife is impossible in view of the low human and material resources deployed.

Its natural boundaries are the Atlantic coast to the west, the Kunene River to the south, the river Curoca to the north and the landforms of Tchamalinde to the east. Rainfall increases significantly, as is the relief, as one moves away from the coast and reaches the peaks of the granite massif.

As with all other protected areas and national parks of Angola, the same sentence is heard: " Before the war, it was the region of lions, leopards, elephants,… and… ". Today, the great fauna of Iona's park is reduced to herbivores, oryx, ostriches, and différentes. However, the hyenas are also heard at night around the tents in the camp of Espinheira. Cross oryx in the small morning in the vastness of the plains, seeing the ostriches running along the beach in the sunset sun, admiring the antelopes bouncing from rock to rock in the background, in these varied and varied landscapes, it is a moment of grace.

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