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A complete guide for hiking Udzungwa mountains

The mountain ranges situated in central-southern Tanzania Iringa region has  Tanzania most diverse natural forest. The montane forest stretches from  250 m low altitude to 2576 m a.s.l high altitude area where the wide altitude range makes it a habitat for over 2500 different plant varieties 25 % of them being unique to the park. Udzungwa mountains are part of the arc mountains that stretches to Kenya in the north. The mountain ranges are believed to have formed over 100 million years ago as a result of repeated faulting and uplifting. Besides the spectacular lush forest, hikers embarking on the Udzungwa hiking trail have the opportunity to sight scenic waterfalls and meet local African who live in…