Mkomazi National Park Tourism, Animals, Fees, Hotels, Weather, Pictures, attractions, Accomodation.

The Park finds itself in a beautiful setting with both the Pare and Usambara mountains towering above its boundaries.

Depending on the weather, Mount Kilimanjaro can also be seen from the park.

To the south the pare and usambara mountains form a dramatic backdrop and to the north, Kenyas vast Tsavo National Park shares a border with Mkomazi, making common ground for migratory herds of elephant, oryx and zebra during the wet season.

Together with Tsavo, it forms one of the largest and most important protected ecosystems on earth.

Mkomazi derives its name from Pare-ethnic language; Mko and Mazi.

This implies that the water in the Park is hardly enough to fill up the wooden spoon.

Black Rhinos in Mkomazi national park Climate The climate in Mkomazi is usually dry and warm to hot.

The warmest months are October to April and coldest months are May to September.

It also experiences two wet seasons, the long rains which are from March to May and short rains are from Novermber to December.

Mean annual rainfall ranges from 570 mm in the lowlands to 1,910 mm in the highlands.

The Park is also easily accessible on special arrangement through Njiro, Kivingo and Umba gates Air Chartered flights are available to Kisima airstrip in the center of the park near the rhino sanctuary Park Attractions The animals of Mkomazi are typical of the arid area.

Giraffe, oryx, generuk, hartebeest lesser kudu, eland, impala and grants gazelle share the park with elephants, buffalo and numerous predators including lions, leopards and cheetah.

Black Rhinos Black Rhinos spend their days and nights grazing and only sleep during the hottest parts of the day.

Ride into Mkomazi to come and see these majestic and powerful creatures that conquered the world.

Doves, hornbills, weavers and guinea-fowl are all present in large numbers as well as such shrinking species as the martial eagle and violet wood-hoopoe.

Tourism Activities Walking Safaris In Mkomazi visitors have an opportunity to walk around the Park with an armed trained Park Ranger.

Can do short walk around Dindira or Long walk starting from Zange area (Parks Headquarters) to Babus area Bird Watching The park has more than 450 bird species, including the migrants ones, birds of prey and water birds, hence makes this the best area for bird lover visitors to enjoy this activity within Park.

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