Amahlathi ase-Udzungwa akhula kwaye ahlala ixesha elide, abonakala enomtsalane: indawo yokukhosela eluhlaza ye-glades enemibala ekhanyayo ejikelezwe yimithi ende engama-30 eemitha (100 feet), iintsika zayo zigqunywe yifungi, ii-lichens, ii-mosses kunye neeferns..
I-Udzungwa yeyona ntaba inkulu neyahlukeneyo kwiintlobo ngeentlobo zeentaba ezilishumi elinesibini ezinkulu ezigcwele amahlathi eziphakama ngendlela emangalisayo ukusuka kunxweme oluthe tyaba olusempuma yeTanzania. Eyaziwa ngokuba ziiNtaba ze-Eastern Arc, le ngqokelela yeziqithi ezikude ikwabizwa ngokuba yi-African Galapagos ngenxa yobuncwane bayo bezityalo nezilwanyana ezifumaneka apho, uninzi lwazo oluqhelekileyo yi-African violet ethambileyo. I-Udzungwa yodwa phakathi kweendawo zakudala ze-Eastern Arc enikwe isikhundla sepaki yesizwe. Ikwahlukile eTanzania kuba ihlathi layo elivaliweyo le-MASL lifikelela kubude obuziimitha ezingama-250 (820 feet) ukuya kuthi ga kwi-2,000 metres (6,560 ft) ngaphandle kokuphazamiseka.
Ayisiyondawo eqhelekileyo yokubukela izilwanyana zasendle, i-Udzungwa inomtsalane kubantu abahamba ngeenyawo. Uthungelwano oluhle lweendlela zamahlathi luquka uhambo oludumileyo oluya eSanje Waterfall oluthatha isiqingatha semini, oluwela kwiimitha ezili-170 (iinyawo ezingama-550) ngokusebenzisa umphunga omanzi ukuya kwintlambo enamahlathi engezantsi. Indlela yaseMwanihana enobunzima obungaphezulu kweentsuku ezimbini ikhokelela kwithafa eliphezulu, kunye nemibono yayo ebanzi yezityalo zeswekile ezingqongileyo, ngaphambi kokuba inyuke iye kwincochoyi yaseMwanihana, indawo yesibini ephezulu kuluhlu.
Iingcali zeentaka zitsaleleka kwi-Udzungwa ngenxa yobutyebi beentaka obuquka iintlobo ezingaphezu kwama-400, ukusuka kwi-oriole entle nehlala ixesha elide enentloko eluhlaza ukuya kwizilwanyana ezifihlakeleyo ezingaphezu kweshumi elinesibini ze-Eastern Arc. Iintlobo ezine zeentaka zihlukile kwi-Udzungwa, kuquka ne-partridge yehlathi eyafunyanwa okokuqala ngo-1991 kwaye inxulumene kakhulu nohlobo lwase-Asia kunayo nayiphi na enye intaka yase-Afrika. Kwiintlobo ezintandathu zeeprimate ezibhaliweyo, i-Iringa red colobus kunye ne-Sanje Crested Mangabey zombini azikho kwenye indawo emhlabeni - le yokugqibela, ngokumangalisayo, ayizange ibonwe zizazi zebhayoloji ngaphambi ko-1979. Ngokungathandabuzekiyo, eli hlathi likhulu alikabonakali zonke izinto zalo ezixabisekileyo: uphando oluqhubekayo lwesayensi ngokuqinisekileyo luya kongeza kwikhathalogu yalo eyahlukeneyo yeentaka ezihlala ixesha elide.
