Mkomazi National Park is a magnificent national park in northern Tanzania. Which was before an old Game reserve declared in 1951. This magnificent wilderness area was not known because of being a beat separate from the most visited parks in the northern part of Tanzania and didn’t get financial support of its infrastructure like other parks. But it hides the fantastic wilderness beaut of its kind. 

Then in 2006 for the first time the Mkomazi was upgraded as national park with a total area of over 3234 sq. km^, easily accessible and is a truly genuine wilderness area! Mt. Kilimanjaro can be viewed from the northwest. Pare and Usambara mountains from the south create a dramatic background. Kenya’s Tsavo National Park to the north borders the Mkomazi National Park. Both parks form the largest and most important secured ecosystems. It is the shelter to Rhinos, Elephants, Oryx, Zebras and Gerenuk a tall antelope Gazelle like with a long neck that brous always on the upper leaves around the bushes and trees. Mkomazi is located on the southern tip of the Sahel. It has a classic arid area with gray-green savanna bush, old baobab trees, and isolated rocky hills. In other places the scrub seas give way to savannah forests with umbrella acacias and bush – flat grassland valleys.

WILDLIFE

Mkomazi national park wildlife varies from Large to small mammals. The Black Rhinos and Wild dogs within the park are introduced for reproducing to increase their number while in the natural habitat as both became vanishing where Black Rhinos are kept in a large fenced area not letting them go far for their safety while Wild dogs are freely roaming around the park.   It is characteristic of being dry scenery: giraffes, lesser kudu, impala, Grant’s gazelle and Gerenuk are commonly seen. They share the park with elephants, buffalo, Eland, Wildebeest, dikidiki, also predators, including lion, leopard and cheetah.

In-fact the park has different bird species which are estimated to be over 400 species. Among them are northern dry-country specials such as Shelley’s starling and three-streaked tchagra, purple Eurasian hoopoe, martial eagles and is the only place in Tanzania to spot the striking vulturine guinea fowl. Not only that but also migratory species such as European roller are present from November until April. Just to mention some.