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MDONYA OLD RIVER Description and Location
Availability I Accommodation I Mdonya Tent Plan I Excursions I Mdonya Game Diary I Location Map I Ruaha Bird List I Ruaha Butterflies
Mdonya Drinks-Laundry Prices I Recommendations for a Pleasant Stay I Being Green I Electronic Brochure I How to book your Safari
Mdonya Old River does not do walking safaris or night game drives
You can see more about this beautiful camp, including lots of photos by our guests, nature and eco notes and more, at: www.mdonya.com
A small but great Adventure Camp , this is one of the newest and perhaps most exciting
bush destinations in Tanzania. With just 12 tents,
Mdonya Old River is a small camp offering a personal service tailor-made to clients' needs.
And its in the best place to be - where the animals are! The tents are spread out over a large area with many shade trees.
You may not be alone in the camp...
There is a comfortable sitting area, with interesting wildlife artefacts.
The sundowner area, with campfire is a great place to sit and exchange stories before dinner
The dining and lounge tents are under Acacias and Sycamore Figs overlooking the dry river bed,
which is used by game as a corridor, so that guests can enjoy the game viewing
even while having lunch or relaxing.
The romance of dining by candlelight to the sound
of crickets and the occasional hyena or lion, is unforgettable.
Genet cat comes for dinner at Mdonya Old River
Natural Cooking and Contributions to the Community
We bake daily in a wood-fired oven to produce: bread, pizza, cakes and more, all home-made and all with the special flavour added by using local logs. Firewood collection is not allowed in any National Park of Tanzania. So Mdonya Old River Camp buys its firewood from a community outside the Park. The project is called "Mbomipa", whose purpose is to establish a sustainable use of wild resources in the Idodi and Pawaga areas adjacent to the Park. In the area under their administration, Mbomipa collects fallen logs to be sold to the camps in Ruaha.
Whenever we make a barbecue or grill a fish in Mdonya, we do not feel responsible for the deforestation of the country. The main cause of deforestation in Tanzania is the felling of trees for the production of charcoal, with 3,000 sq km a year deforested for this purpose. Mdonya Old River Camp decided to use more expensive, but eco-friendly charcoal, made by "MOTO MOTO", a company based in Iringa, which produces charcoal briquettes made 100% from Bio Mass and free of chemicals.The Taste of Tanzania
Following an interest in local food doesn't mean we eat baobab fruits and game meat, but we follow a policy of buying locally. The intention is to reduce the environmental impact of food importation and to give support to local communities. Tanzania is the land of incredible food products and the Iringa region is home of some of them: tea and jam, cheese and all kinds of meat. None of these products has to travel a long distance before arriving at our table.
Jam: "Vijana Iringa Products"- Iringa Young Women's Project is a project of Imani group and produces renowned home-made jam and marmalade, free of additives and preservatives.
Cheese: "Njombe Milk Farm" is a successful community project that started with the support of an Italian NGO and an Italian-based milk factory. Thanks to them mozzarella, caciotta and provolone are all available as ingredients to be used in Mdonya Camp recipes. The project is nicely explained at www.africamilkproject.org
Location
Located in the western part of the second largest Game Park in Tanzania, Ruaha National Park,
a few kilometres from the Mdonya Falls and an exciting 1-2 hour game drive from the airstrip,
Old Mdonya River in its simplicity, lets you relax into bush life.
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