Travel Guide Udzungwa Mountains National Park

The Udzungwa Mountains National Park covers an area of 1,900 km², making it the 6th largest park in the country, and given the diversity of the country's national parks, it's not very well visited. Created in 1992 - though already partly a Forest Reserve since the 1950s - it boasts a wide range of altitudes: from 300 to 2,576 m! It stretches from the Mwanihana forest, west of Morogoro, to the Kilombero West forest, east of Iringa, and is bordered to the north by the Grande Ruaha River, along which runs the road from Dar to Mbeya (Tanzanian Zambia Highway). Its forests play an important role in the country's economy: construction, utensils, oils and honey, medicinal products... This region has been preserved from human occupation due to its steep mountains, culminating at Luhombero. Some of the waterfalls are impressive, notably the 170 m-high Sanje Falls.