Get ready for a safari in this wonderful national park with its incredibly diverse flora and fauna, including over 400 species of birds and the endangered black rhino!

You will be picked up by your safari guide/driver at your hotel in Moshi at around 7:00 a.m. and receive a short briefing about your safari before starting your journey in direction of Mkomazi National Park. You will arrive at approximately 9:30 a.m. and immediately embark on your game drive after registering at the gate.

Mkomazi National Park occupies 3,234 km² and lies in a spectacular location at the foot of the slopes of the Pare and Usambara Mountains which dominate its borders. Nevertheless, despite its striking beauty and vastness, Mkomazi remains one of Tanzania’s least known animal reserves.

A nature reserve since 1951, this new national park takes its name from the Pare tribe’s word for “small body of water”. Its beautiful landscape consists of semi-arid savannah, acacia-covered slopes and grassy plains that are the habitat of many species of animals such as giraffe, eland, hartebeest, zebra, buffalo, kudu and elephants, to name just a few. The park is also home to the endangered wild dog and black rhino as well as several rare species such as the gerenuk and the fringe-eared oryx.

Mkomazi is also an incredible spot for bird lovers with over 400 recorded species living there, some of which include Shelley’s starling, weaverbirds, martial eagles, hoopoe, three-striped chagra, hornbills, guinea fowl and vulturine guinea fowl. Large birds of the grassy plains include ostrich, secretary bird, kori bustard and southern hornbill. In addition, migratory species such as the European redstart are present from November to April.

Your exploration of this wonderful park will end in the late afternoon as you hit the road in direction of Moshi. You will be dropped off at your hotel upon arrival in the evening.