2 days Mikumi & the Chizua Waterfall
A game drive on the floodplain and a walk into the Uvidunda hills behind it, where the Chizua falls come down through the forest.
Wildlife & Hiking
Choma Waterfall in a Day
A three-hour walk up into the Uluguru mountains to a waterfall you can swim in, with lunch cooked by a family in the village below.
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At a glance
- Destinations
- Uluguru Mountains · Choma Waterfall · Morogoro
- Best for
- Hiking, Culture & history
- Travel style
- Waterfall walk · SGR train and road transfers
- Activity level
- Moderate — walking days on forest and mountain paths
- Best time to travel
- June to October usually gives drier footing on the Uluguru paths to Choma Waterfall. The flow varies with recent rainfall; wet weather can make the walk slippery, so check trail conditions as well as the Morogoro train times.
- Start and end
- From the SGR station at Morogoro, there and back
Why this journey
- A three to four hour hike, not a stroll and not a climb
- Swimming in the pool below the falls
- Lunch with a Luguru family in the village
- Eastern Arc forest, with the endemic plants that come with it
- Reachable from Dar on the morning train
Hour by hour
The Uluguru range rises straight out of Morogoro and holds forest as old as the Eastern Arc gets. The walk to the Choma falls takes three to four hours round trip, through farmland and then trees.
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09:10 — Pick-up at the SGR station
Meet your guide for the transfer to the Rock Garden starting point.
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10:00 — Hiking to Choma Waterfall
An exhilarating 3-4 hour hike with views of Morogoro town and the Uluguru Mountains, and photography opportunities.
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13:30 — Experience nature
Take in the waterfall surroundings while the guide shares insights about the local flora and fauna.
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15:00 — Return trek
Walk back to the starting point with more scenic viewing.
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16:00 — Return to the SGR station
Drive back, concluding the adventure.
Stay and travel
A day trip, so there is no overnight stay. You start and finish at the agreed pick-up point.
The standard-gauge train for the long leg out of Dar es Salaam, then a 4×4 with a roof hatch.
Camps fill, and roads change with the rains. Where something has to change we substitute at the same level and tell you before you travel, not after.
Included and excluded
What is included
- Every activity named in the day-by-day
- Accommodation as listed, or a similar alternative if a camp is full
- Meals as noted against each day
- Transfers between the agreed pick-up and drop-off points
- Park, reserve and conservation area fees
- An English-speaking Tanzanian driver-guide
- A 4×4 with a roof hatch, or the vehicle the route calls for
- Drinking water through the day
- Government taxes
Not included
- International flights, airport taxes and visa fees
- Travel, medical and baggage insurance
- Personal spending — drinks, laundry, telephone
- Tips for your guide and crew
- Anything not listed as included
Practical information
- Activity level
- Walking days on forest and mountain paths, some of them steep and often wet underfoot. Ordinary walking fitness is enough.
- Visas, insurance and tipping
- A visa is arranged before travel or on arrival. Travel and medical insurance is a condition of booking. Tipping is customary and we will suggest a range rather than set one.
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