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About Mkomazi

Welcome to Mkomazi National Park

Bordering Kenya’s Tsavo West National Park in northeastern Tanzania, Mkomazi, which was commissioned as a Game Reserve in 1951, has been gazetted as a National Park since 2008. Located to the east of the Pare Mountains near Same town, about 190kms from Arusha, Mkomazi National Park lies along the edge of a semi-arid savanna arc that stretches into Kenya’s Tsavo West, part of the Mkomazi-Tsavo Ecosystem, the second largest trans-boundary ecosystem in East Africa, after the Serengeti-Maasai Mara. Before coming under TANAPA authority, Mkomazi, covering an area of 3,245 sq km, was managed by the government as a game reserve. As a national park, Mkomazi has the potential to develop into a glorious sanctuary where visitors will have the opportunity to explore Tanzania’s hidden natural treasures.
The Umba River, which borders Mkomazi on the southeastern side, and other water holes help keep the park teeming with small and large mammals, including silver-backed jackals, lions, cheetahs, leopards, giraffes, buffaloes, elephants, and zebras. The rare gerenuk, lesser kudu, and fringe-eared oryx are also frequently sighted. A sanctuary for the endangered black rhino and wild dogs has been created within the park to protect these rare species. The Mkomazi Rhino Sanctuary is internationally renowned for rehabilitating rhinos, and it offers educational opportunities for visitors.
Mkomazi is also a paradise for bird watchers, boasting more than 450 avian species, including some Eurasian migratory species. Activities in the park include game drives, walking safaris, mountain hikes, and bird watching. Mkomazi can be visited throughout the year, with late June to early September being the best time for large mammal and bird watching. The park fits well into the Arusha–Usambara–Tanga–Pangani–Saadani–Dar es Salaam/Zanzibar circuit, or can be visited as a single destination from Arusha or after a Kilimanjaro climb.

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