Udzungwa Mountains National Park  is a conservation area of about 2,000 sq km. It lies in the Iringa and Morogoro regions of  south-central Tanzania where it is bordered by the Great Ruaha River to the north and the Mikumu-Ifakara road to the east. The major attraction of the park is its bio-diversity and unique rainforest where many rare  lants, not found anywhere else in the world, have been identified. These range from a tiny African violet to 30 metre high trees. As well as being home to about six types of primates, including two endemic and endangered species - the Iringa red colobus monkey and the Sanje crested mangabey – the plateau supports populations of elephant, buffalo, lion and leopard.

Visitors should not expect to necessarily see these larger species however as they tend to be found in the less accessible area of the park. Bush baby, or galago as they are sometimes called, bush pig, civet, duiker, honey badger and three types of mongoose are more likely to be seen. The park which is about 65 km, or a two hour drive, south west of Mikumi National Park, is also home to a number of rare forest birds many of which are only found in this area of Tanzania.