Giriyondo Border Post Opens
NELSPRUIT- Tourists can now travel through the Kruger National Park into Mozambique after the Giriyondo border post was opened on Wednesday.
The border post is part of the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park (GLTP), which straddles the borders of South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
"This (border post) will facilitate tourism flow by providing easier access within the GLTP," said spokesman of the GLTP ministerial committee, John Louw.
The Giriyondo border post links the Kruger to the Limpopo National Park in Mozambique.
The Mozambican part of the GLTP is only accessible in 4x4s, however.
Louw said tourists would also have to produce valid passports when using the border, and that the border is closed to commercial traffic.
The border will be open from 08h00 to 15h00 from April to September and 08:00 to 16:00 from October to March.
The GLTP was proclaimed in December 2002, when the presidents of South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe signed an international treaty in Xai-Xai, Mozambique.
The three presidents will officially open the Giriyondo border post early next year.
The GLTP covers a vast area of the lowland savannah ecosystem, which is divided by the Lebombo mountains running along the border between South Africa and Mozambique.
It is expected to boost eco-tourism and regional socio-economic development.
Read more about the Greater Limpopo Transfrontier Park here.
The border post is part of the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park (GLTP), which straddles the borders of South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
"This (border post) will facilitate tourism flow by providing easier access within the GLTP," said spokesman of the GLTP ministerial committee, John Louw.
The Giriyondo border post links the Kruger to the Limpopo National Park in Mozambique.
The Mozambican part of the GLTP is only accessible in 4x4s, however.
Louw said tourists would also have to produce valid passports when using the border, and that the border is closed to commercial traffic.
The border will be open from 08h00 to 15h00 from April to September and 08:00 to 16:00 from October to March.
The GLTP was proclaimed in December 2002, when the presidents of South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe signed an international treaty in Xai-Xai, Mozambique.
The three presidents will officially open the Giriyondo border post early next year.
The GLTP covers a vast area of the lowland savannah ecosystem, which is divided by the Lebombo mountains running along the border between South Africa and Mozambique.
It is expected to boost eco-tourism and regional socio-economic development.
Read more about the Greater Limpopo Transfrontier Park here.
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Friday, December 09, 2005
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