US Ambassador has close encounter with rhino at Mkomazi National Park
February 25, 2021
The US Ambassador to Tanzania had a once-in-a-lifetime experience – for now anyway – when he visited Mkomazi National Park in Northern Tanzania. There he came face-to-face with a rare black rhino, the closest he’s ever been so close to any rhino.
The few remaining black rhinos are living protected at Mkomazi Park, famous for rhino conservation in East Africa.
The Tanzania National Parks authority has created viewing points in the park to allow tourists to view the rhinos at a very close range.
The park had once remained remote and inaccessible since its establishment in 1951, but is now pulling in tourists to its setting in the Pare and Usambara Eastern Arc Mountains.