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Ngezi Forest Reserve

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30

42% trees around it and 183 species recorded.

61Forestyas Score

ForestWildBirds

  • trees within 3 km42%
  • wild within 10 km99%
  • species recorded183

The forest around

42% trees.

Read like the rings of a cut trunk: from the centre out, the land within 1, 3, 6 and 10 km, coloured by what covers it.

Trees 62%Mangroves 19%Grassland 11%Wetland 4%Water 4%Trees 40%Mangroves 8%Grassland 22%Wetland 0%Water 28%Cropland 2%Built-up 1%Trees 28%Mangroves 1%Shrubland 0%Grassland 10%Water 60%Cropland 0%Built-up 1%Trees 18%Mangroves 3%Shrubland 0%Grassland 6%Wetland 0%Water 72%Cropland 0%Built-up 0%42%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km62%
  • 1–3 km40%
  • 3–6 km28%
  • 6–10 km18%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees40%
  • Mangroves8%
  • Shrubland0%
  • Grassland22%
  • Wetland0%
  • Water28%
  • Cropland2%
  • Built-up1%

ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m, from Sentinel satellites), sampled every 120 m. A clearing, a road or a lake counts as what it is.

Who lives here

183 species recorded.

The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.

Pemba palmVU
Pemba palmDypsis pembana15 recordstanetahi · CC BY 2.0
Acampe pachyglossa
Acampe pachyglossaAcampe pachyglossa4 recordsBart Wursten · CC BY-SA 2.0
Haplopteris elongata
Haplopteris elongataHaplopteris elongata4 recordsPoyt448, Peter Woodard · CC BY-SA 4.0
Microsorum scolopendria
Microsorum scolopendriaMicrosorum scolopendria3 recordsHonmingjun · CC BY-SA 4.0
Buzzy lizzy
Buzzy lizzyImpatiens walleriana3 recordsThegreenj · CC BY-SA 3.0
Sasswood
SasswoodErythrophleum suaveolens3 recordsPaul Taubert · Public domain
Beach Barringtonia
Beach BarringtoniaBarringtonia asiatica3 recordsSteve Fitzgerald · CC BY-SA 4.0
Chassalia umbraticolaChassalia umbraticola8 records
Psychotria schliebeniiPsychotria schliebenii7 records
Psydrax recurvifoliaPsydrax recurvifolia6 records
VU
Vangueria pallidifloraVangueria pallidiflora6 records
Psychotria tanganyicensisPsychotria tanganyicensis4 records

Open records within 5 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.

In numbers

The forest, measured.

61out of 100

Our own rating, from open data only: tree cover (40 points), wildness (20), species recorded (30) and protection or heritage (10).

  • 42%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 99%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 183Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km

When to walk

Best for walking from July to September.

How good each month is for a walk: mild days and little rain make the bar taller.

  1. Jan28°27°31 mm
  2. Feb29°27°23 mm
  3. Mar29°28°72 mm
  4. Apr29°28°172 mm
  5. May28°27°213 mm
  6. Jun27°26°50 mm
  7. Jul26°25°21 mm
  8. Aug26°24°18 mm
  9. Sep26°25°24 mm
  10. Oct28°26°70 mm
  11. Nov28°27°81 mm
  12. Dec29°27°64 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Ngezi Forest Reserve.

Forest Reserve in North Pemba Region, Tanzania

Ngezi Forest Reserve is a forest in Tanzania.

Seen from space, 42% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 99% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

183 species have been recorded around it: 42 plants, 0 fungi, 132 birds and 9 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Pemba palm, Acampe pachyglossa and Haplopteris elongata.

The best time to walk is from July to September.

Ngezi Forest Reserve seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30

Get there and walk

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

Guided forest walks and tours near Ngezi Forest ReserveGetYourGuideSee prices Cabins and stays near Ngezi Forest ReserveBooking.comSee prices Car hire at MBA airport (Mombasa)Discover CarsSee prices 

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From above

The forest and its surroundings.

The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the trails, notable trees, picnic sites and huts that OpenStreetMap shows.

Ngezi Forest Reserve seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

  • 1visitor centres within 6 kmNgezi Vumawimbi Nature Forest Reserve
  • 1car parks within 3 km
  • 9places to stay within 10 kmMpapindi Holiday & Diving, Goa Sunset, Kervan Saray Beach Lodge and 6 more
  • marked trails within 5 km
  • named and notable trees within 6 km
  • picnic sites within 4 km
  • shelters and huts within 6 km
  • viewpoints within 5 km
  • campsites within 10 km
  • restaurants and cafés within 3 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.

In our other atlases

Around Ngezi Forest Reserve.

The mountains, lakes, rivers, waterfalls and canyons around this forest, the viewpoints above it, the birds and the night sky, in the family's atlases.

Islandyasthe island
Pemba Island890 km²

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Other forests nearby.

Ngezi Forest Reserve

Tanzania

  • 61Forestyas Score
  • 42%Trees
  • 99%Wild
  • 183Species

Amani Nature Reserve

Tanzania · 116 km

  • 88Forestyas Score
  • 96%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 1,042Species

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Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests

Kenya · 110 km

  • 73Forestyas Score
  • 61%Trees
  • 93%Wild
  • 141Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q3936495) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species9,945 open records within 5 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only)
See these recordsgbif.org
Names and photosWikidata (CC0); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
AltitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Temperature and rainNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Sister atlasesIslandyas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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