Udzungwa Mountains is the only part of The Eastern Arc Mountains that ranges between 250 to 2000 meters to be announced as a protected area and gazette as a National Park in the entire Eastern Arc of Africa. This was done purposely to ensure the sustainability of this natural beauty lives for generations to come. You can start experiencing the pure nature of this area only when you reach 100 feet as trees will be decorated with some epiphytes, mosses, lichens and fens and some slow moving invertebrates.

The Water Falls.
Udzungwa Mountains National Park is endowed with spectacular waterfalls, drops in three stages 200m, 70m, and 40m collectively called Sanje waterfalls. The size of this Park is fairly small at 1990m but it with enormous biodiversity. Walking safari or rather hiking is the main activity in this park, you will never get tired as you hike along these trials as its beauty and the water falls will amaze you as you hike up, the great view of Kilombero Valley can also be viewed.

Birding.
For nature lover’s and bird watchers this is the place, Udzungwa Moutain is a heaven when it comes to birdlife, over 400 bird species have been recorded including the rare and endemic species to the Ancient Eastern Arc Mountains include the freely easily spotted Green headed oriole and others.

Primates.
About 10 species of primates are inhibit this park in which four of them cannot be seen elsewhere in the entire World. These include two species of Galagos, Matundu and Dwarf known as Bush Babies and in Swahili language which is native to Tanzania Komba. Others are Sanje Crested Mangabey and the Iringa Red Colubus Monkey. In regard to such richness and uniqueness there is an ongoing research in this Park in every time and perhaps it is just a matter of time for some more species to be discovered.

Hiking Udzungwa Mountains National Park (Day Trials).
Sonjo trail leads to two water falls about 6 kilometers hike along the Miombo vegetation where some rare primates spend most of their day. The walk can take about three hours. Sanje Circuit with 3 water falls takes about 4 hours of hiking in 5kilometers trials endowed with butterflies, primates and birds along the lush vegetation.