why should you visit mkomazi national park? 🦏

Mkomazi National Park is located in northeastern Tanzania on the Kenyan border, in Kilimanjaro Region and Tanga Region. It was established as a game reserve in 1951 and upgraded to a national park in 2006.

Mkomazi National Park has a truly spectacular wilderness! It provides a common base for migratory herds and has a classic arid areas.

The park covers over 3,234 square kilometres (323,400 ha), and is dominated by Acacia-Commiphora vegetation; it is contiguous with Kenya's Tsavo West National Park. The area commonly called 'Mkomazi' is actually the union of two previous game reserves, the Umba Game Reserve in the east (in Lushoto District, Tanga Region) and the Mkomazi Game Reserve in the west (in Same District, Kilimanjaro Region); in government documents they are sometimes called the Mkomazi-Umba Game Reserves. Of the two, Mkomazi is larger, and has more diversity of relief and habitat, and a longer shared border with Tsavo West National Park. In the rest of this entry, 'Mkomazi' will refer to both the Mkomazi and Umba reserves together.

Over 450 species of birds have been recorded in the park.

It has a number of uniqueness. It is among few protected areas in Tanzania with large and visible population of gerenuk (long-necked antelope) and massive concentration of Beisa Oryx (Bovidae family).

Here are the most common reasons why you need to visit Mkomazi National Park

1. The park is not well known and because of that it has its charm. It’s not crowded and the animals are acting natural.

2. So many species can be found including the big five.

3. Mkomazi is vital refuge for 2 highly endangered species, the charismatic black rhino and sociable African wild dog.

4. It’s a cheap alternative for the Northern national park.

Among the activities that can be performed while around at mkomazi national park are such as follows:-

i) game drives.

ii) walking safaris.

iii) mountain hikes.

iv) bird watching.

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