Jozani Forest, Dar es Salaam

Jozani Forest, Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)

The Jozani Chwaka Bay National Park is a 50 km national park in Tanzania located on the island of Zanzibar. It is the only national park in Zanzibar. The Zanzibar red colobus Procolobus kirkii found in the park a rainforest species is also known as Kirks red colobus named after Sir John Kirk the British Resident of Zanzibar who had first brought it to the attention of zoological science. It is now adopted as the flagship species for conservation in Zanzibar from the mid-1990s. Other species of fauna found in the park are the Sykes monkey bush babies more than 50 species of butterflies and 40 species of birds.[3] The nocturnal Zanzibar tree hyrax which has four toes on its front feet and three on its back is said to be the first hyrax species that has acclimatized to the forest. As part of the tourism circuit the park attracts 10% of the over 100000 visitors to Zanzibar every year. Wildlife attractions of Zanzibar also include dolphins apart from deep sea fishing for tuna marlin and sharks.