Tourism at Mbeya Tanzania : Mbeya city is also known as the green city of Tanzania, its located on the south western part of Tanzania. Its named as the green because of its climatic condition that favors a lot of rainfall and hence makes the vegetation cover to be green throughout the year. The favoring climatic condition has managed to make Mbeya as the city that leads in production and exporting of the high valued products such as coffee, tea, cocoa, pyrethrum and spices.
The city of Mbeya was first formed as the mining city in the 1920s, and the population of Mbeya increased after the construction of the railway to Mbeya in the mid-20th century. In the year 1961 Mbeya was officially named as the region and later on in July 2005 it was incorporated as the city of Mbeya.
Like most of the cities in Tanzania, Mbeya has many tourism destinations, except that most of the visitors prefer visiting the northern part of Tanzania that are made with many national parks on the northern circuits such as Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Manyara or Tarangire national park.
The Mbeya city is highly blessed with many tourism destinations, visit Mbeya and explore the following places.
Just 65 kilometers away from Mbeya city lies one among the famous tourism destination in Mbeya, the Mbozi meteorite, which is among the largest meteorites in the world. The Mbozi meteorite is about 25 tones in weight, 3 meters long and 1 meter tall. The Mbozi meteorite is located at the top of the hill in the rural areas of Mbozi district. The Mbozi meteorites can be accessed through the vehicle. Its one of perfect areas for a road trip and enjoy the country side of Mbeya city. Pass through different local villagers and see their life style, for a perfect experience a group tour will be so much fun.
Explore the Kitulo national park which is located on the southeast part of Mbeya city, locally known as the Bustani ya Mungu (which means The Garden of God). The beauty of different colorful and wild flowers and the sweet voices of the birds singing will leave your jaws dropped. There are about 350 different species of the flowers, the most rewarding sight for the flowers is during the month of December and April the scenery of the beautiful colorful flowers is amazing. This national park is the right destination for the bird lovers as the flowers attracts more birds to place. The Kitulo national park is the only unique national park that offers a floristics visits that can not be attained in any other place in Africa.
The Kitulo national park covers the total area of 413 kilometers which are highly inhabited by almost 450 different plant species which specifically are the wild flowers. Explore the beauty of different wild flowers and bird species by having a unique nature walk and feel the nature at your pace. The amazing scenery views can also be attained while hiking on the near by hills, the spectacular views of the colorful flowers, the view of Lake Nyasa is thrilling.
Visit the Ngozi crater Lake,
The Ngozi crater lake offers the beautiful breath-taking views from the top, it’s the paradise for the hikers. The lake Ngozi is the second largest crater lake in Africa, its located in Rungwe district in Mbeya. The caldera is 2.5 kilometers long and 1.6 kilometers long, the crater is flooded and inhabited by different fish species the local fisher men goes down the steep to catch fish. The main activity that one can take part in is hiking towards the rim of the crater, walk through the lush green forest that is covered by lots of bananas and massive bamboos. Along the way enjoy the view of the spectacular colorful birds as well as the colobus monkeys. It takes about 1 and half hours to reach to the top of this crater, hiking this crater has little difficulties at some point you will have to use your hands up the mountain due to elevation levels. The rewarding beauty of the view and the blue color waters of this lake will eave you in awe. Its perfect place for the people who likes hiking, the heights are a bit scary but the view is spectacular.
Hike the mountain Rungwe
Mountain Rungwe is located on the southern part of Mbeya region and elevated about 2,981 meters above the sea level and it’s the second tallest mountain found in this part of the country, unlike the Kilimanjaro mountain that takes about 7 days to hike, the mountain Rungwe takes only 10 hours to hike both up and down the mountain. The mountain area is highly made by tropical natural forest, the path of the mountain most of the time are overgrown by the vegetation and it requires the guides who knows the trail so well to lead you all the way to the peak. The exotic scenery from the peak of the mountain Rungwe is thrilling. Its not the hardest mountain to hike up on and it doesn’t require experience to be able to hike up to its highest point, Tourism at Mbeya Tanzania
How do you get to Mbeya?
The Mbeya city can be accessed by vehicle while in different part of Tanzania. From Dar es Salaam it can take up 15 hours of car drive and its not considered as the best way to get to Mbeya. Mbeya city can also be reached by the means of airport from the J.K Nyerere international airport. Mbeya can also be accessed by train and it takes up to 28 hours and 58 minutes to reach to Mbeya it’s takes the longest time and yet the cost of using the train is relatives very cheap, it’s about 19- 32 USD.
Accommodations in Mbeya
There are various accommodations choices while in Mbeya, the cheapest can be 13 USD per night, there are most popular hotels. Make a full research of what kind of hotel you want depending on your budget and the type of accommodations you prefer, Tourism at Mbeya Tanzania
When is the best time to visit Mbeya?
Mbeya can be visited through the year depending on the tourism activities that one will like to participate in. most of the visitors goes on a tour during the dry season which is in the months of June all the way to October. The dry season is the perfect for hiking mountain Rungwe, hiking towards the rim of Ngozi crater lake. The trails are less slippery and can be easily accessed during the dry season, the vegetation cover is lower the view of different sceneries are spectacular. The dry season is also the great time to explore and enjoy the beauty of different flower species that are found in the Garden of God as well known by the local people.
