Udzungwa Mountain Forest - Majinya Safaris Tanzania: Ngorongoro and Serengeti Safaris

Size: 1,990 sq km (770 sq miles).
Location: Five hours (350 km/215 miles) from Dar es Salaam; 65 km (40 miles) southwest of Mikumi.
The Udzungwa Mountains National Park is in south-central Tanzania and the newest of East Africa's parks...The park, commissioned in 1992, harbors plant species found nowhere else in the world, including the tiny African violet...The forest covers a substantial range in altitude creating quite a diversity of vegetation...This is how several species of primates, including the Iringa Colobus monkey and Sanje mangabey, are able to coexist here...The forest also harbors an amazing array of birdlife, including three just discovered in the 1980's; a new species of cisticola, a new weaver, and the rufous-winged sunbird.

.. The park's plateau is bordered on the north by the Great Ruaha River and contains populations of elephant, buffalo, lion, leopard and wild dog...The best time to visit is September to December.