South & Coast

Day Tour Mikumi National Park

<ul> <li>Easily accessible by road from Dar es Salaam in about 4 hours</li> <li>Discover the rich wildlife of the Mkata floodplains, home to four of the big five: leopards, lions, elephants, buffaloes</li> <li>Popular for sightings of the world’s largest antelope – the eland</li> <li>Has a wide variety of vegetation types, woodland, swamp and grassland</li> </ul>

<ul><li> The best time to visit the Southern Circuit National Parks is during the dry season from June to October. It is the best time for wildlife viewing because the vegetation is less dense. the temperature is hot and dry during the day, cooler at night. </li><li>From November to February It becomes more sultry and greener. </li><li>Rainy season is from March to May routes are almost impassable and lodges and camps very often closed.</li></ul>

Detailed Overview

Mikumi National Park is located 286 km from Dar es Salaam and is the fifth largest National Park in Tanzania. The park is one ecosystem with Nyerere National Park (before Selous G. R.) and therefore elephants, buffalos and zebras are migrating to and from the northern part of Mikumi N. P. The grass savannas of the Mkata Floodplains in the northwestern part of the park can be compared to those of the Serengeti. The southern depressions form water courses which flow to Mkata River and supporting large population of wildlife including buffalo, wild dog, eland, elephant, giraffe, hartebeest, zebra, leopard, lion, impala, sable antelope, warthog, waterbuck, wildebeest, and greater kudu. Yellow baboons, impala and reedbuck are commonly seen at Kisungura area along the Mkata River. The Park habitat is also among one of the richest in the world for residence and migratory birds. More than 400 species of birds have been observed in this park.

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