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Southern Circuit
Udzungwa Mountain National
Park
Udzungwa Moutain covers an area
of 1900 square km, is the largest and most biodiverse of a chain
of a dozen large forest-swathed mountains that rise majestically
in Eastern Tanzania. Known collectively as the Eastern Arc Mountains,
it has also been dubbed the African Galapagos for its treasure-trove
of endemic plants and animals, most familiarly the delicate African
violet. Its center piece is the Sanje River, which re-invents
itself as a spectacular waterfall, plunging 170 meters through
the forest to land in the mists of the valley below.
Udzungwa is described as a "Primate Park" due to the
ten species of primate living in it's pristine forests. Four of
the species are endemic including the Iringa red colobus and Sanje
Crested Mangabey (discovered in 1979) both occur nowhere else
in the world. Although quiet hikers are more likely to see the
black and white Colobus Monkeys.
Ornithologists are attracted by the avian wealth of more than
400 species. There are no permanent luxury camps here, but it
is close
enough for a day trip from one of the places at Mikumi.
Location:
The park is in the Iringa and Morogoro regions, just south of
Mikumi, between Ruaha and Selous. It is bordered by the great
Ruaha River to the north and the Mikumi Ifakara road to the east.
It is a 5 hours drive from Dar-es-salaam.
Things to Do:
Hiking
Time to visit:
Visit Udzungwa year around but be prepared for rains spend from
1 day to several, depending on your interest in hiking
Animals:
11 species of Primates, Buffalo, Elephants, 400+ bird species
including the rare rufous - winged sunbird and a new species of
the partridge - like francolin, 3 endemic Reptiles (a Gecko, a
Skink and a Chameleon), Millipedes, a Tree Frog and more than
70 species of Spiders
For safari packages,
please visit Southern
Circuit Safaris section on Packages page
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