This trip takes you to the park which is easiest to access from Dar es Salaam. A five-hour drive on tarmac takes you straight to the gate of Mikumi National Park where you can see elephants, lions, giraffes, buffaloes, zebras, elands, greater Kudu, wildebeest, roan, hippos and sable antelope. The open plains surrounded by mountains is making a beautiful scenery, and the peak of the day is usually by the hippo pool as the sunset is painting the skies in beautiful colors inspiring both professional and hobby photographers. In addition, we take you on a daytrip to Udzungwa Mountains National Park where you can go for a refreshing walk in the rain forest.
Recommendation:
Add one more night to do both a full day game drive in Mikumi and do the Udzungwa walk.
Leaving town in the morning we take you for about 5 hours’ drive to Mikumi National Park where you go for a tasteful lunch with a view of the open fields where animals are strolling around throughout the day. After lunch you go for an afternoon game drive and enjoy the wild animals as you are driving around Mikumi, Tanzania’s fourth largest national park, often referred to as little Serengeti as the area of Mkata flood plains which resembles the world-famous savannahs of Serengeti.
Destination: Mikumi National Park
Accommodation: Mikumi Wildlife Camp
Full day Game drive in Mikumi National Park. Enjoy the full day in Mikumi National park where the animals are roaming the open plains and lions are hiding in the bush. You may go back to the lodge for lunch, or bring a packed lunch if you wish to spend the whole day in the park. Agree with your driver, per today’s temperature, weather and what you like to experience. Before sunset you are back at the lodge enjoying a nice sunset.
Destination: Mikumi National Park
Accommodation: Mikumi Wildlife Camp
After a good breakfast, we bring the packed lunch and set course for mountains. In Udzungwa Maintains National Park we start our 4 to 6 hour walk up and down the three Sanje Waterfalls. You have a packed lunch which you can enjoy on the peak or in the bottom of one of the waterfalls. Please feel free to bring your swimming costume in case you want to take a dip in the fresh and cool mountain water. After the walk the driver now take you back to Mikumi National park for a short afternoon game drive and overnight.
Destination: Mikumi National Park
Accommodation: Mikumi Wildlife Camp
This day you start early in the morning with some fruits, biscuits and some coffee or tea before you head back into the wild before even the birds wake up. This is the best chance to find the nocturnal animals, and some people may be lucky enough to find them “in action” hunting or eating at these hours. Around eight or nine you go back to the lodge for breakfast (if you did not bring it with you). After breakfast, you go back into the wild for a couple of hours before you head back to Dar es Salaam. You must leave Mikumi National Park at midday to be back in Dar es Salaam before dark.
Price per person sharing:
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1 person |
2 people |
3 people |
4 people |
5 people |
6 people |
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$2 045 |
$1 545 |
$1 310 |
$1 193 |
$1 142 |
$1 095 |
