Top Dar es Salaam Natural Attractions

Mikumi National Park is the fourth-largest national park, with a landscape of baobabs, black hardwood trees and grassy plains, and the most accessible from Dar es Salaam. With almost guaranteed year-round wildlife sightings, Mikumi makes an ideal safari destination for those without much time. Within its 3230 sq km – set between the Uluguru Mountains to the northeast, the Rubeho Mountains to the northwest and the Lumango Mountains to the southeast – Mikumi hosts buffaloes, wildebeest, giraffes, elephants, lions, zebras, leopards, crocodiles and endangered wild dogs, and chances are high that you’ll see a respectable sampling of these within a short time of entering the park.

This is the best park in Southern Tanzania, it’s also the biggest National Park in Tanzania and second in Africa, has much to see more than Mikumi National Park and nice landscape, we recommend to visit this park if you have at least 3 days. This trip can be on budget, mid-range or luxury accommodation depends on your budge. Ruaha is believed to have high concentration of elephants than any national park in East Africa. It is also a place where, magnificent mammals like Kudu (both Greater and Lesser), Sable and Roan antelopes can easily be spotted in Miombo woodland. The male Kudu have beautiful spiraled horns while male Sable antelope have impressive curved horns. The park is also a habitat for endangered wild dogs. Other animals in the park include lions, leopards, cheetah, giraffes, zebras, elands, impala, bat eared foxes and Jackals

This tour starts and ends in Dar-es-salaam. For a 5-day safari, The Selous Game Reserve and Mikumi National Park offer the most authentic safari experience available to this day. The wildlife is abundant and accessible. The bush is home to an incredible variety of bird species, large mammals, and endangered wild dogs still roam freely in this very special part of Africa.