The Udzungwa Mountains National Park is a national park in Tanzania's Kilolo District of Iringa Region and Kilombero District of Morogoro Region. It has a size of . The habitats contained within the national park include tropical rainforest, mountain forest, miombo woodland, grassland and steppe. There is a vertical height range of 250–2,576 metres (the peak of Lohomero), which incorporates the Udzungwa Mountains part of the Eastern Arc Mountains.Lovett, Jon C., Andrew R. Marshall, and Jeff Carr. "Changes in tropical forest vegetation along an altitudinal gradient in the Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania." African Journal of Ecology 44.4 (2006): 478-490. There are more than 400 bird species, 2,500 plant species (25% of which are endemics) and 6 primate species. It has the second largest biodiversity of a national park in Africa.
Endemism Six primate species have been recorded in the park, five of which are endemic. The Udzungwa red colobus and Sanje crested mangabey are only found in the Udzungwa Mountains National Park, the mangabey species was undetected by biologists prior to 1979.Araldi, Alessandro, et al. "Density estimation of the endangered Udzungwa red colobus (Procolobus gordonorum) and other arboreal primates in the Udzungwa Mountains using systematic distance sampling." International Journal of Primatology 35 (2014): 941-956. A new endemic species of chameleon was discovered in 2009 in the national park.Menegon, Michele, et al. "A new species of chameleon (Sanria: Chamaeleonidae: Kinyongia) from the Magombera forest and the Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania." African Journal of Herpetology 58.2 (2009): 59-70.
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Udzungwa Mountains National Park Udzungwa Mountains NP Hondo Hondo - Udzungwa Forest Tented Camp