Udzungwa National Park
Udzungwa Mountains national park is Tanzania’s one of the most kept gems you can include while on a tour to the country. The park is located south of Mikumi national park covering an area of 1.990 kilometers squared. The park is also renowned for having the best altitudinal range of forests in East Africa endowed with various species of mammals, primate’s species some of which are endemic only to the park, over 2,500 plant species and over 400 species of birds as well as numerous species of endemism worldwide. The parks highest peak is Luhomero with more than 8,450 feet above sea level. You should consider visiting it on your safaris to Tanzania.
Udzungwa national park is also known as the Galapagos of Africa, the park is beatified with mountain ranges dotted with Savannah vegetation, mountain forests, tropical forests, steppe, miombo woodlands and rainforests making it part of Eastern arc mountains the Udzungwa mountains provide spectacular views and the water falls are magical places to relax from while hiking. The area was declared as a national park by prince Bernhard of Netherlands in 1992 shortly after his Tanzania holiday.
