Magamba Nature Forest Reserve Office — Attraction in Tanga Region

The forest itself is very nice, and there is opportunity to see the colobus monkeys in the wild. Problem is the trails are not maintained, had experience of the trail ending abruptly, so I decided (perhaps foolishly) to use maps & perform own navigation to attraction, ended up lost in the jungle, upon nightfall contacted the parks office for help to recover, yet with GPS coordinates team couldn’t find me. Ended up to spend the night in jungle, until sunrise, team was supportive with information (following direction of sunrise to meet the road) which was useful as phone battery died, eventually able to navigate out on my own. Everyone super friendly at gatehouse, provided me with tea, water, and food. Would ask the team to maintain trails, and advise anyone visiting to avoid deviating too far from the...

Exhorbitantly higher fee (24000 TZS) charged to foreigners as such. Paying a little more may be OK, but it is like 12x (!) the ordinary entry price. Fee is charged on a viewpoint up a hill and not at entrance (reportedly marked by old, rusty, half-hidden and barely visible signs on the trail leading there) so hardly a fair chance for visitors to decide whether one considers the viewpoint alone worth the fee. The only good thing I can note is the patience and good temper shown by officers in charge of collecting the unpleasant surprise-fee throughout the ensuing discussion. Maybe more worth the cost for those who have the time to explore further than I could. Horrible fee collection system anyway, should be rethought and made fairer and more transparent for casual visitors and...

One of the trips I envisioned to do in my lifetime, and @wanderlustadventures didn't disappoint. I had an amazing time with a group of people we met and became friends, the hiking was the beeeest, the forest had so so much to offer, I felt like I am in a movie from walking to ride in the bus seeing the dense forest. Lushoto is an amazing place, and maganba...