This excursion takes you to Ngezi forest which takes about one hour from town and the forest walk can take another an hour to an hour and half.
Three kilometers past Konde, the tar road quite suddenly comes to an end at the Ngesi Park Ranger Post and a dirt track enters a tunnel of dense forest. Immediately the air cools and the sounds of the jungle echo and reverberate. Ngezi is one of the last remaining areas of indigenous forest that once covered much of the island.
The forest is a true double canopy, with an upper layer of majestic ngulele (antiarus), (mwavi rythrophloem), mtondoo (Alexandrian laurel) and mvule (milicia) trees towering up to heights of 30 to 40 metres.
From the junctions on their huge trunks grow tropical lianas and parasitic plants, whilst high up in the canopy, troupes of the Pemba vervet monkey bark and play. Below this is a second level of vegetation, mainly consisting of smaller immature trees and large shrubs. Everywhere there is the tangle of a true tropical forest.
This trip can be combined with Vumawimbi beach but make sure to take lunch boxes and drinks from the hotel as there are no shops at Vumawimbi for purchasing drinks.
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