3 Days (2 Nights) Mikumi National Park
Mikumi National Park Safaris departure From Dar es Salaam. This safari to Mikumi can be as short as two days or three days and two nights, depending on your available time and budget. It is ideal for business travelers who are only in Dar es Salaam for a short period of time, as well as tourists visiting the beaches in Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar. Visit Mikumi National Park, one of the magnificent parks in Tanzania’s southern circuit.
The Selous Game Reserve and the Mikumi constitute a distinct habitat that is bordered to the south by the Mikumi. A subspecies of giraffe that is found in the park is thought by biologists to be the connection between the Masai giraffe and the reticulated or Somali giraffe. Elephants, zebras, impalas, elands, kudus, black antelope, baboons, wildebeests, and buffaloes are among the other wildlife in the park. There are two man-made pools with hippos that are about 5 kilometers to the north of the park. The park is also home to more than 400 different species of birds.
It is important to keep in mind that the drive from Dar es Salaam to Mikumi National Park is lengthy and can take anywhere between 4 and 6 hours,depending on traffic as you leave the city of Dar es Salaam as well as the number of police checks you encounter along the way, which can take up a lot of your time. Additionally, there are a disproportionate number of speed limit signs on the road, the most noticeable of which are along parts where the speed limit is 50 km/h. On this route, speed guns will slow down.
Route
Meals & Accomodations
On the first day of your 3 Days Mikumi safari, you will be picked up from your Dar es Salaam to the hotel,airport or Ferry and driven to Mikumi National Park via the Dar es Salaam-Morogoro highway. The park is located between the Uluguru Mountains of the Ancient Eastern Arc Mountains to the east and the Great Rift Valley Escarpments to the west
The transfer from Dar es Salaam to Mikumi takes about 3-5 hours and is not far from Dar es Salaam. You will arrive at midday and immediately proceed on a game drive in the park, followed by a picnic lunch at a picnic site. We drive to the camp for dinner and overnight
later in the afternoon. Overnight at Camp Bastian, a lovely lodge just outside Mikumi Park National Park's limits with all the amenities you'd expect from a luxury resort.
The resort boasts lovely grounds and a large swimming pool where you can cool yourself from the blistering African sun at Camp Bastian or Vuma Hills Tented Camp.
Spend a full day game-viewing in Mikumi National Park with a packed lunch, or do morning and afternoon game-viewing with a lunch break at the lodge or tent camp. Mikumi National Park, along with the Selous Game Reserve, is part of the wider Selous Ecosystem and is home to a diverse range of bird and animal species. Giraffes, elephants, buffaloes, hippos, mpalas, warthogs, zebras, wildebeests, elands, and many other antelopes may all be seen at Mikumi.
A side from wildlife drives, you can also go on a guided walking safari with an armed ranger. Spend the night at Camp Bastian or Vuma Hills Tented Camp for overnight and dinner.
After breakfast, check out of the lodge or camp and drive back (with a picnic lunch) to Dar es Salaam, where the safari concludes. You will be dropped off at your hotel or the Dar es Salaam Airport if you are returning home or flying to Zanzibar. If you are not in a rush, you can do one last game drive in the morning on the third day for an additional park entry fee.
Please let us know well in advance if you want us to pay this for you because we need to process the payment online through the TANAPA payment system. End of a three-day safari from Dar es Salaam to Mikumi National Park.
INCLUDED COST
What to bring on safari
- sturdy shoes (trekking shoes or solid sneakers are sufficient)
- light shoes, flipflop/sandals to wear in camp
- long trousers
- shorts and/or light trousers
- shirts, t-shirts, light blouses
- jumper
- light down jacket and/or rain jacket/windbreaker
- scarf, hat, gloves and warm jumper (May to end of August and higher altitudes like Ngorongoro)
- pyjama
- bathing suit
- sunglasses, sun hat, sun screen
- toilet bag (towels and body wash are always available in camp)
- personal medicines
- glasses, contact lenses
- headlight (especially for camping tours and because we can never find the light switches at night)
- binoculars
- camera with charger/batteries/adapter
- passport, flight tickets, credit card, etc.
- pen (to fill in immigration forms)