Udzungwa Mountains National Park map
An interactive map, coordinates for headquarters and the trailheads, the official TANAPA brochure map to download, and how to navigate a park where every route is a footpath.
Interactive map of Udzungwa Mountains National Park
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Lodges without a confirmed location are not on the map yet: TANAPA Rest House, Mang'ula, TANAPA campsites: Mang'ula and the trail camps, Twiga Hotel and Mang'ula budget guesthouses.
Everything on the map
Lodges and camps 3
- Udzungwa Falls Lodge (location approximate)High-end · TSh 190,000 per person per night
- Udzungwa Forest Camp (Hondo Hondo) (location approximate)Mid-range · From about $90 per night
- Udzungwa Forest Lodge (location approximate)Mid-range · From about $85 per night
Campsites and park camps 16
- Cane Cutters campCampsite · outside the park
- CANE CUTTERS CAMP K2Campsite · outside the park
- Crocodile CampCampsite · outside the park
- GMP campsite
- Hondo Hondo Forest CampCampsite · outside the park
- IGELEKE CAMPSITECampsite · outside the park
- Iringa view point resort & campsiteCampsite · outside the park
- KITONONGE CAMPSITECampsite · outside the park
- Mikumi Public Campsite 1Campsite · outside the park
- Mikumi Public Campsite 2Campsite · outside the park
- Mikumi Safari CottageCampsite · outside the park
- Mizimu campsite
- Mlima wa IpogoloCampsite · outside the park
- River Valley CampCampsite · outside the park
- Tan-Swiss CampgroundCampsite · outside the park
- Udzungwa Mountains National Park CampsiteCampsite · outside the park
Pans and waterholes 5
- Barabara ya Luhombero bridgePan · spring · outside the park
- HippopoolPan · outside the park
- Kidatu LakePan · outside the park
- Kihansi ReservoirPan · outside the park
- Kihesa Kilolo BwawaniPan · outside the park
Rivers and springs 14
- Great RuahaRiver · outside the park
- Ikela RiverRiver · outside the park
- Kihansi RiverRiver · outside the park
- Kilombero RiverRiver · outside the park
- LUMEMORiver · outside the park
- Mbungu RiverRiver · outside the park
- Msolwa river
- river channelRiver · outside the park
- Ruaha RiverRiver · outside the park
- RuipaRiver · outside the park
Show the other 4 rivers and springs
- Sanje
- Sanjo
- Sumbugulu riverRiver · outside the park
- Ulanga RiverRiver · outside the park
Viewpoints 3
- Mhenge Scarp ViewpointViewpoint · outside the park
- Mwanihana peak
- Speaking StoneViewpoint · outside the park
Picnic sites 1
- Viewpoint Sanje Waterfall
Gates 1
- Hondo Hondo Forest Camp gateGate · outside the park
Airstrips 5
- Iringa AirportAirstrip · IRI HTIR
- Kibebe airstripAirstrip · grass
- Kihansi
- Mikumi AirportAirstrip · HTMK
- Mngeta
Towns 15
- IdeteVillage
- IfakaraExit point of the five-day Lumemo Trail, where you need a vehicle waiting
- kiberegeVillage
- kidatuJunction town on the approach from Mikumi, and a TAZARA railway point
- LipangalalaVillage
- MchombeVillage
- MgudeniVillage
- Mikumi
- MkambaVillage
- MlabaniVillage
Show the other 5 towns
- MofuVillage
- Msolwa stationRailway halt and the name shared with one of the two charter airstrips
- RuahaVillage
- SiginaliVillage
- Viwanja SitiniVillage
Fuel 9
- Ester Fuel
- Ester Fuel
- Ester Oil
- Gapco
- Make one
- MT
- OilCom
- Plus 2 without a name in OpenStreetMap
Clinics 15
- Alsheikh
- Dr. Mziray Dispensary
- K1 HospitalHospital
- Kibaoni Health Centre
- Kilombero Sugar Health Centre
- Lipangalala DispensaryHospital
- Mkamba Health CenterCentre
- Msosa
- NESSA HEALTH CENTERHospital
- NIKO HEALTH CENTREHospital
Show the other 5 clinics
- Ruaha Mbuyuni
- St. Francis Designated Referral HospitalHospital
- Udekwa Dispensary
- Vidunda Dispensary
- Watani Dispensary
Download the official park map
TANAPA's Udzungwa brochure is the closest thing to an official park map and includes a schematic of the trail network. There is no downloadable topographic trail map published by the park, which is a real gap for anyone planning a multi-day trek: your guide is the navigation system here, not a sheet of paper.
Key coordinates
Save these before you go. Mobile coverage inside the park is patchy at best, and a set of waypoints in an offline app will get you out of trouble faster than anything else.
| Place | What it is | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|
| Mang'ula | Park headquarters, Visitor Information Centre, registration and every trailhead | -7.8569, 36.8962 |
| Sanje village | Trailhead for the Sanje Waterfall climb, 6 km round trip and 450 m of ascent | -7.7685, 36.9162 |
| Mwanihana trail | Start of the 38 km, three-day route to the 2,150 m Mwanihana Peak | -7.8095, 36.8239 |
| Kidatu | Junction town on the approach from Mikumi, and a TAZARA railway point | -7.70424, 36.95226 |
| Msolwa station | Railway halt and the name shared with one of the two charter airstrips | -7.79656, 37.03757 |
| Ifakara | Exit point of the five-day Lumemo Trail, where you need a vehicle waiting | -8.13210, 36.68485 |
| Mikumi National Park | The natural pairing, about 60 km and 1 to 1.5 hours north | -7.3701, 37.2275 |
Navigating Udzungwa
- Download the Tanzania region in OsmAnd or Organic Maps before you arrive. It covers the approach roads and Mang'ula properly.
- Do not plan to navigate the trails yourself. Guides are compulsory, the forest routes are not signposted in any useful way, and a GPS track is no substitute for someone who knows where the river crossings are.
- Coordinates below are for the road-accessible points: headquarters, the trailheads and the towns you pass through. They are approximate and intended for planning your drive, not your walk.
- Register at Mang'ula headquarters and the Visitor Information Centre first. That is where you pay, get assigned a guide or ranger, and sign in.
- Ask at registration which routes are currently open. In the long rains the upper tiers of Sanje and the plateau routes may be closed on the day, and that decision is made locally.
The thing a map cannot show you
Every distance on this site is a walking distance, not a driving one, and that changes how you plan. Sanje Waterfall is six kilometres round trip and takes four to five hours because of 450 metres of climbing. The Hidden Valleys walk is fourteen kilometres and takes six to eight hours. Mwanihana is thirty-eight kilometres over three days. Read the trail table on the things-to-do page before you decide what fits into your stay.
Your vehicle stays at Mang'ula headquarters for the duration. There is nowhere inside the park to drive it, and fuel in Mang'ula is available but inconsistent, so arrive with a full tank from Mikumi or Morogoro.