Mkomazi National Park

The Mkomazi National Park is located in the northern part of Tanzania, between Moshi and Tanga 189km from Arusha town. Mkomazi comes from the Pare language and means “The Source of Water”, referring to the Umba River, which arises in the Usambaras and provides permanent source of water to the area. The Mkomazi National Park is a magnificent, 3,500 square kilometre national park in northern Tanzania. We organize for tailor -made custom tours and excursions to Mkomazi National Park .

Mkomazi Game Reserve is excellent for birds. It is a scenic landscape of Savannah vegetation and a backdrop of Mount Kilimanjaro. Endangered species, particularly the black rhino and the wilddog, are protected in Mkomazi through a project initiated by Tusk Trust in the 1990s. Mkomazi Game Reserve is also famous for large migratory herds of Elephants, Oryx and Zebra that wander through the park.

Mkomazi Reserve

By special arrangement it is possible to walk all the way from the West Usambara Mountains, through the Pare Mountains and down into Mkomazi Game Reserve, an incredible hike of about 5 days.
Location of Mkomazi National Game Park:

Mkomazi lies roughly between the northern slopes off the Pare and Usambara Mountains and the northern frontier, next to Tsavo West National Park. Mkomazi is easily accessible by road and air. It is about 6 km from Same town on the Arusha – Dar-es-salaam Highway, 112 km from Moshi and 142 km from Kilimanjaro International Airport.

The Mkomazi National Park is a spectacular wilderness. Within sight to the northwest is Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest summit. To the south, the Pare and Usambara Mountains form a dramatic backdrop and, to the north, Kenya’s vast Tsavo National Park shares a border with Mkomazi, making common ground for migratory herds of elephant, oryx and zebra during the wet season. Mkomazi National Park is a southern extension of Kenya’s vast and semi-arid Tsavo ecosystem and supports a great many dry-country species rare or absent elsewhere in Tanzania. For birders, it is the only place in the country where the lovely vulturine guineafowl is likely to be seen, along with other dry-country specials such as Shelley’s starling, Yellow-vented eremomela and Friedmann’s lark. The park is also known for its reintroduced population of African wild dogs and black rhinoceros, but neither is likely to be seen on an ordinary safari.
Why should you go to Mkomazi park?

It is the habitat of a large population of big and small mammals including the carnivores, lesser kudus, Giraffes, Grant’s Gazelle, Hartebeest, Buffalos, Elephants and Zebras. It is the only protected area in Tanzania with a large and visible population of Gerenuks, an Antelope with a habit of getting up on its hind legs to browse trees.

The main predators’ animals such as Lion, Hyena, Leopard and Cheetah bound significantly. There are about 400 species of birds, including the tawny eagle, Ostrich, Parrots, pelicans, Ducks and Kingfishers. The reptiles include Crocodiles in the Umba River, Pythons and Agama.