The Eastern Arc Mountains, including the Usambara, are a chain of old forested mountains across eastern Tanzania, cool and green, full of plants and animals found nowhere else. The place to walk between villages, waterfalls and cloud forest.
01 Cool hill country of farms, forest and old colonial towns. Walk from village to village and stay in simple guesthouses, with huge views over the plains from the escarpment.
02 A national park without roads, explored only on foot. Trails lead to the Sanje waterfalls and through forest home to rare monkeys found nowhere else.
03 Rarely visited mountains rising behind Morogoro, with dense forest, Luguru farming villages and birds found only here.
The Eastern Arc mountains are among the oldest on the continent. Their forests have stayed wet for millions of years while the land around them dried out, so plants and animals evolved here that live nowhere else, from the Udzungwa red colobus to the African violet. Walking here is quiet and green, with birdsong instead of engines.
01 Two to five days walking between villages in the Usambara hills, staying in local guesthouses and eating with families.
02 A day hike in Udzungwa through forest to a series of waterfalls, with pools to cool off in and monkeys in the trees.
03 Slow forest walks with a ranger to find the endemic monkeys and birds of Udzungwa and the Ulugurus.
04 Day hikes from Morogoro up into the forest and Luguru villages, for walkers who like real backcountry.
Tell us how many days you have and how far you like to walk. We will plan a route through the Eastern Arc to suit you.
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