Uporoto, Kipengere, and Livingstone Ranges

The Eastern Arc Mountains offer the best panoramic Tourist Attractions. Not only do the famous wildlife parks in northern Tanzania offer the best tourist attractions due to their animal diversity.

Birdlife, natural forests, waterfalls, and scenic landscapes are unbeatable tourist attractions, easily found in the Eastern Arc Mountains, which cover a large area of eastern Tanzania.

Their cool weather is exceptional. The Southern Highlands of Tanzania are the most attractive destination, dominated by the Eastern Arc Mountains, comprising the Uporoto, Kipengere, and Livingstone ranges.

The Eastern Arc Mountains are listed as a global biodiversity hotspot. The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) recognizes the Eastern Arc Mountains as a “Global 2000 Hotspot”.

Conservation International ranks the Eastern Arc Mountains together with the East African Coastal Forests as the 24th most important global biodiversity hotspot for plant endemism.

Combined, these 24 top biodiversity hotspots hold almost 50 percent of the world’s plant species within their borders.

In the Eastern Arc, these high levels of endemism in flora and fauna are confined to only 5,000 square kilometers of highly fragmented and isolated forests; hence the common nickname “The Galapagos of Africa”.

The Eastern Arch forests maintain vital water catchments badly needed by communities in the surrounding villages, dry lowlands, and several major urban centers in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania.

Eastern Arc is also the source of timber and other forest products in the Southern Highlands, notably the scenic Sao Hill, Mgololo, and other forests in the Iringa, Njombe, and Mbeya regions.

Timber is the leading economic activity in the Mufindi, Njombe, and Mafinga localities.

The mountains provide favorable weather conditions for tea plantations in Tanzania’s Southern Highlands, a significant economic activity in those areas.

The Uporoto Mountains, Kipengere, and the Livingstone Mountains in Mbeya are rich in avifauna (birdlife) and plant life.

The Eastern Arc Mountains, on the other side, are the primary source of income for local communities in Tanzania’s Southern Highlands, while also creating opportunities for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in those areas.

With effective resource management, the Eastern Arc ranges would support economic development in local communities, thereby increasing income generation based on local resources.

General Travel Information

Our team carefully researched and focused on trips which attract people with the same interest and naturally get on well with each other through their shared interests.

Once you confirm your booking on a tour you will be sent further practical information – packing tips, detailed itineraries, including advice on health, passport and visa requirements, and minimum and maximum numbers of guests on tours.

Memorable meals are one of the hallmarks of an excellent holiday. With the support of the best cooks, the quality of food and drink service is guaranteed. Depending on the service level or type of tour you have chosen, pre-discussion with your tour planner is a win-win situation for an enjoyable diet. Other tours are accompanied by our cook and others are inclusive service from our accommodation partners include hotels, private camps, and luxury lodges.

The answer is absolute yes! The areas where safaris are organized are safe and free of political chaos. We conduct safaris in places that are politically stable to assure our clients’ safety and enjoyment.

Our Professional Safari Guides are well trained about wild animal behaviors and they have enough experience to lead our clients in the wilderness. Our vehicles are 4×4 Toyota Land Cruiser and Land Rovers with a hutched roof to give maximum visibility of a game.

African safaris guarantee unlimited sightseeing; millions of animals, birds, and plant life are the core characters of the African savanna. You roam across the countryside in search of Elephants, Lions, Rhinos, Cape buffalo, and Leopards (the so-called “Big Five”). On any given day, you will encounter Blue Wildebeests, Zebras, a large variety of antelope species, Gazelles, Giraffes, Baboons, and Hippos. The birdlife is fantastic – in some areas, up to 400 bird species have been identified! Think of the majestic Baobab tree (some tribes believe that the tree was indeed planted upside-down!), and there are hundreds of varieties of thorn trees! You will also see the acacia-dotted landscape, endless plains, majestic mountains, and the most beautiful sunsets and sunrises one could ever imagine! Think of a late afternoon thunderstorm, short but violent, and then the beautiful rainbow.

Tanzania destinations are accessible throughout the year but we advise you to take your tours during the dry session for the safari so as you can enjoy the best sightings at this time as the grasses and bush are at their least dense. July to October and December through February. The green session includes March through June. Discuss with us for the best option if you have also a plan to coincides with Wildebeest Migration in Serengeti National Park’

(We suggest you remember) insect repellent (the best way to prevent malaria and other insect-borne diseases), sunscreen, cap or hat, sunglasses, binoculars, detergent powder if you want to wash some clothes yourself, hand-wipes small flashlight, aspirin, diarrhea medicine, rain jacket, poncho, or collapsible umbrella, plastic bags (for wet clothes, swimsuit and for keeping dust away from camera equipment), Kleenex/toilet tissue a neck chain for eyeglasses if you take them off to use binoculars and cameras, any medical prescription you need, masking tape or labels for marking exposed films cans, film, extra camera batteries.

Although more than 200 languages and dialects are spoken throughout Africa, this presents no problem as English is spoken throughout East and Southern Africa. Apart from English, all our professional guides are multilingual so we get you covered.

African safaris guarantee unlimited sightseeing; millions of animals, birds, and plant life are the core characters of the African savanna. You roam across the countryside in search of Elephants, Lions, Rhinos, Cape buffalo, and Leopards (the so-called “Big Five”). On any given day, you will encounter Blue Wildebeests, Zebras, a large variety of antelope species, Gazelles, Giraffes, Baboons, and Hippos. The birdlife is fantastic – in some areas, up to 400 bird species have been identified! Think of the majestic Baobab tree (some tribes believe that the tree was indeed planted upside-down!), and there are hundreds of varieties of thorn trees! You will also see the acacia-dotted landscape, endless plains, majestic mountains, and the most beautiful sunsets and sunrises one could ever imagine! Think of a late afternoon thunderstorm, short but violent, and then the beautiful rainbow.

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