A few kilometres above Lushoto town, Magamba is the most accessible block of the Usambara montane rainforest. Day trails through the trees take in fern-hung gullies, the colonial-era German bunkers known as the Kaiser Caves, and the small Mkuzi waterfall.
The forest is rich in birds — green-headed oriole, Usambara akalat, Usambara eagle-owl — and in chameleons of half a dozen endemic species. Local guides from the Lushoto Tourist Information Centre work on a fixed tariff; the longer routes (six to eight hours) take in viewpoints and tea estates on the way back down.