Accommodation in Udzungwa.

Udzungwa National Park has neither a lodge nor has it hotel facilities. It is in Mikumi National Park where there is Mikumi Wildlife Camp and Vuma Hill Tented Camp that the closest highly recommended upmarket accommodation is situated. From there still, day trips can be done.
It is however noted to be having some;
§ Camping inside the park.
§ Two modest but comfortable lodges with en-suite rooms with 1km of the park entrance.

A 1,990 sq km (770 sq. miles) park has mainly got one way of transport to reach it and that is through driving. The drive is basically a five hours time (350 km/215 miles) from Dar-es-Salaam; 65 km (40 miles) southwest of Mikumi.

After getting to this park which can be visited throughout the year though the dry season of June-October is better, there are mainly two activities to be done there namely; having safaris, and combining with nearby Mikumi or en route to Ruaha.

Udzungwa is a magnet for hikers, not a conventional viewing destination.

A superb network of forest trails includes the popular half-day ramble to Sanje waterfall, which plunges 170 meters (550 feet) through a misty spray into the forested valley below.

Because of an avian wealth embraining over 400 species from the lovely and readily-located green-headed oriole to more than a dozen secretive Eastern Arc endemics, Ornithologists are attracted to Udzungwa.

The more challenging two-night Mwanihana Trail leads to the high plateau, with its panoramic views over surrounding sugar plantations, before climbing Mwanihana peak, the second-highest point in the range.

Udzungwa has got four bird species that includes a forest partridge, which was first detected in 1991 and more closely related to an Asian genus than any other African fowl.

It is of less wonder that very soon all the treasures of this great forest will be revealed. Its diverse catalogue of endemics will increase surely because of the on-going scientific exploration.

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With a total of 2,000kms, Udzungwa Mountain National Park contains the greatest altituted range of forests in East Africa, infact, the Eastern escarpment is the only place in East Africa with unbroken forest cover from lowland forest communities at below 250m above sea level, through intermediate types, to mountain communities at over 2,800m.

Because of this therefore, it is of less wonder to note that Udzungwa National Park, which is located 65km South of Mikumi National Park, has got one of the highest numbers of species regularly found in the whole world.

In the dense rain forest or onto the high plateau, is where numerous breath-taking day-hikes can be arranged together multiple day excursions. Udzungwa National Park a paradise for hinkers and backpackers has got no roads entering it. One of the good trips is that up to the Sanje River waterfall, which plunges for 170 meters through the forest to the valley below.

There are many different mammals that reside in Udzungwa National Park, which include elephant, sable, eland, buffalo, waterbuck, leopard, African wild dog, and lion. Of the primate, six species are found here, yet two are endemic, that is to say; the Sanje Crested Mangabe which was found in 1979 and the Iringa (Uhehe) Red Colobus monkey. Still there exists a rich small bovid community including many Red, Blue and Abbots duikers, as well as bushbuck.

Udzungwa is noted to avail the richest forest bird habitat in Tanzania.

It is not so advisable to visit Udzungwa during the rainy season of march to may, but rather the dry season of June to October is advisable and it is believed to be the best season for visiting.

Accommodation Udzungwa

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