Recommended hikes include the two-night, three-day climb up Mwanihana Peak (2, 080m) and the challenging six-day trail to Luhombero Peak (2, 579m), the highest point in the park.

BBC: Hiking in Tanzania

Our plan was to take a six-day jaunt along the Har Ki Doon Trail, a 50-mile round-trip said to be ideally suited to the fair-weather trekker.

WSJ: Trekking the Har Ki Doon Trail in India's Himalayas