Central Mozambique 

Four provinces make up Central Mozambique. Sofala Province which is home to Beira, the second largest city in Mozambique, the Zambzia Province with Quelimane as its largest town, Manica Province bordering Zimbabwe with the town of Chimoio as an important transport hub en route to Malawi and Tete Province with the town Tete which borders Zambia and Malawi and connects Zimbabwe with Malawi.

The Gorongosa National Park north of Beira forms the southern end of the Great East African Rift Valley. The 1862 metre high Mount Gorongosa is the source of a number of small rivers which drain down into low-lying flood lands. This unique combination of geographical features once supported the densest wildlife populations in all of Africa but animal numbers were reduced by as much as 95% during Mozambique's long civil conflict.

In 2004 the Carr Foundation invested more than 10 million USD to rebuild the Park's the infrastructure, restore its wildlife populations and to spur local economic development. Due to the success of this project, the Government of Mozambique has signed a 20 year contract with the Carr Foundation to restore and co-manage the park. Today, it is once again home to a number of large mammals such as elephants, buffalo, lions, hippos and a multitude of antelopes, birds and reptiles.

Lake Cahora Bassa is Africa's fourth-largest artificial lake in the north-west corner of the Tete Province. It was created by building a large hydroelectric dam in the narrow Zambezi River Valley much the same way as Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe. The lake is 292 km long and up to 38 km wide and is famous for its Tigerfish population.