Kifaru River

The dry side of Kifaru. Massive baobab tree!

An add on to our trips to the Pare Mountains is a stopover at Kifaru, a small village on the road to Lake Jipe. If we have the energy on our way back, it's about half way between the Pares and Moshi and only a 10 minute detour off the highway. There is a cool little patch to go birding in a small wetlands surrounded by extremely dry acacia scrub. It creates a very unique vibe and one of the few places around Moshi to view waterbirds. 

We have only stopped at Kifaru a few times and it can have varying water levels. When the water is low there is nearly nothing going on there. This weekend the water was as high as we've ever seen int and we saw plenty of fishing nets, people collecting water, and birds. There was a small path along the river that wove through very lush riverside areas with short grasses and tall reeds on the opposite shore. 

Over the course of several trips we hope to get a pulse on the seasonality of the pools. It is always a nice pit stop from the mountains, especially when the water is high and the riverside lush!

Collecting some water. 

Very lush spot. 

A small boat for fishing. 

Checking out the river. 

Nice background with the Pare Mountains.