Kitulo plateau

Kitulo plateau
Location:	Tanzania
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The southern highlands of Tanzania

The Kitulo Plateau is an alpine grass landscape in the southern highlands of Tanzania , most of which is protected by the Kitulo National Park. Intensive agriculture (mainly dairy cows) is still practiced around the state kitulo farm in the south-eastern part of the plateau. It is over 2,000 m high between the high alpine mountain ranges of the Poroto Mountains in the north, the Kipengere Mountains with the 2,961 m high Mount Mtorwi in the east and the Livingstone Mountains with the 2,960 m high Mount Rungwe in the west. The plateau is known for its variety of flowers. It's easy to walk to from the city of Mbeya , but requires a few days, really rainproof clothing, full camping gear, a very warm sleeping bag (the temperature can drop to minus 7 degrees at night), a compass and a GPS receiver. A local guide with at least one mule is urgently recommended here, as is a stable cycle. There is no gastronomy on the plateau. Towards the mountains the terrain is rugged and very difficult. The plateau itself is open grassland and a bit easier geographically. If you want to descend to Lake Malawi, you need complete high-alpine mountaineering equipment. Over the longest stretches, the rock walls first fall into the valley, then vertically towards the lake. If you want to hike through the highlands to Ruhuhu , you should plan a good three weeks for this 200 km and obtain precise information on which road and in which villages you can get provisions. Because only the valleys are populated and only the lower areas of them.

Kitulo National Park

Open grass landscape in the morning

Kitulo National Park (KINAPA) is a protected area with alpine grasslands and mountain forests in the Southern Highlands , Tanzania. The park covers an area of 412.9 km², with the largest part in the Njombe region, but parts also in the Mbeya region. In addition to a large part of the Kitulo Plateau, the park also includes parts of the adjacent Livingstone forests in the mountains of the same name and the Numbe forests in the eastern part. The national park administered by TANAPA (Tanzanian National Park Administration) was established on September 16, 2005, making it the first national park in East Africa to be placed under protection due to its floristic importance.

Individual evidence

Jump up ↑ Tanzania's New National Park Protects Edible Orchids . Environment News Service. March 21, 2002. Retrieved September 25, 2013.

↑ Strengthening the Protected Area Network in Southern Tanzania: Improving the Effectiveness of National Parks in Addressing Threats to Biodiversity (PDF; 9.6 MB) Global Environment Facility. December 24th, 2010. Archived from the original on September 28th, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 25, 2013. @1@ 2

literature

Rosalind F. Salter / Tim RB Davenport: Orchids and Wildflowers of Kitulo Plateau. WildGuides Ltd., Old Basing 2011, ISBN 978-1903657-34-8

Web links

Commons : Kitulo National Park - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

[1] Jump up ↑ Tanzania's New National Park Protects Edible Orchids . Environment News Service. March 21, 2002. Retrieved September 25, 2013.