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Write a User ReviewArid Savannah Landscapes & Fabulous Birding
Mkomazi is an arid expanse of savannah lands studded with baobab and thorn acacia and broken by low, rocky hills. It offers fabulous birding beginning almost immediately upon entry to the park and getting better as you progress northwards towards the campsite at Dindera Dam. It’s also an ideal spot for those who enjoy watching for nature’s little details, such as fresh elephant dung covered with yellow butterflies and dung beetles, or helmeted guineafowl running into the grasses along the roadside.
Larger wildlife is present – dik-diks, oryx, gerenuk and elephants are the main attractions. Yet, numbers cannot compare with those in Tanzania’s northern parks, and I recommend that those visiting from outside Tanzania head further northwest, towards Serengeti and the rest of the wildlife-rich Northern circuit.
