Article: Galapagos Island Of Africa: Udzungwa Mountains Tanzania
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Galapagos Island Of Africa: Udzungwa Mountains Tanzania
The draw to this wonderful park is the diversity of flora and fauna and the remote almost inaccessible forests. There are no roads in the park, you have to be prepared to do lots of hard hiking, and indeed this is a hiker?s paradise.
It is remarkable that these forests have remained untouched before they received National Park status. This is due largely to traditional taboos and beliefs that kept the local people from destroying and clearing these forests. There are important natural caves in the park ? which are of a significant cultural importance. There are many plant species found nowhere else in the world including over 160 medical plant varieties.
The Udzungwa hosts animals that are found in most Tanzanian parks including elephants, buffaloes, lion and ...
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