Tourist Attractions in Udzungwa Mountains National Park
Udzungwa Mountains National Park provides a great sanctuary for fascinating attractions which inhabit in its beautiful mountainous landscape that is mostly filled with dense tropical rainforests. These Tourist Attractions in the Udzungwa Mountains National Park range from the many unique plant species, mammals, endangered primate species, abundant birdlife, amphibians, reptiles, and butterfly species. Over 300 animal species have been recorded among the Tourist Attractions in Udzungwa Mountains National Park including 96 vertebrate and 800 plant species of 2500 plant species (25% of which are endemics) found only in the Eastern Arc Mountains, there are more than 400 bird species, 12 primate species of which five of they are endemic and many mammals which make the things to see in Udzungwa Mountains National Park ultimately unique and attractive for exploration.
Primates
Among all the inhabitants of the Udzungwa Mountain forests, there are several primates that are the best highlight of Tourist Attractions in Udzungwa Mountains National Park which are unique to this area especially the endangered Iringa Red Colobus Monkey and Sanje Crested Mangabey which is only found in this Udzungwa Mountains National Park, other primates are commonly seen are the Red Colobus, along with the black and white Angola colobus monkeys, blue and vervet monkeys, the Matunda Galago though not so common plus the yellow baboons.
Birdlife
Also among the things to see in Udzungwa Mountains National Park is the abundant birdlife of over 400 recorded bird species. Some of these bird species are peculiar to the Udzungwa Mountains and they include ‘the globally threatened Udzungwa forest partridge which is recorded as very rare in the region and features among many other unusual species, such as the Iringa Akalat, white-winged Apalis, this may be seen feeding among other birds on the forest floor. The recently discovered Rufous red-winged sunbird has also been spotted in the park usually joining two other very rare species of sunbird which are the Amani sunbird and the banded-green sunbird and other various bird species commonly seen even in other places.
Mammals
Apart from providing habitat to about 12 species of primates and numerous bird species, the park’s Luhomero plateau contains populations of mammals that you maybe able to spot such as elephants, buffaloes, lions, hunting dogs, leopards, bushbucks, duikers, palm civets, miombo genets, giant elephant shrews, and hyenas, there are also reptile and amphibian species with the forest geckos cnemaspis uzungwae and frog phrynobatrachus uzungwensis being endemic to the region, you may also find smaller denizens of the park like the delicate butterflies.
Waterfalls
Udzungwa’s exhilarating and magnificent Sanje Waterfalls, which plunges 170 meters (550 feet) through a misty spray into the forested valley are one of the main attractions in the park that most tourists take a hike to just go and enjoy the spectacular and rewarding views. These fascinating waterfalls drop in three stages 200m, 70m, and 40m collectively which makes the most of attractive sceneries for tourists. Below the waterfalls are plunge water pools where one can take a swim from to refresh themselves from the hot sunny hike as they watch the beautiful fall dropping.
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