Mikumi National Park Tours and Activities

One of Tanzania's largest parks is Mikumi National Park, located in the southeastern part of the country. On its own, Mikumi National Park covers roughly 1,250 square miles spread across the floodplain of the Mkata River. Just to the south of Mikumi is Africa's largest game reserve, the Selous, making this a particularly interesting place to see abundant wildlife.
Animals you might see during a visit to Mikumi include lions, zebras, impala, buffalo, wildebeest, kudu, giraffe, elephants, baboons, and elands – the biggest antelope in the world. There have also been more than 400 bird species seen in the park, including lilac-breasted rollers, bateleur eagles, and yellow-throated longclaws.
Practical Info
Mikumi National Park is 175 miles from Dar es Salaam. The park is accessible year-round, but it's typically better to visit during the dry season (typically May-November).
Address: A 7, Kikiboga, Tanzania
Admission: Fee based on activities
7 Tours and Activities to Experience Mikumi National Park
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MIKUMI NATIONAL PARK - 3 Days
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Mikumi is Tanzania’s fourth-largest national park. It’s also the most accessible from Dar es Salaam. With almost guaranteed wildlife sightings, it makes an ideal safari destination for those without much time. Since the completion of the paved road connecting the park gate with Dar es Salaam, Mikumi National Park has been slated to become a hotspot for tourism in Tanzania. Located between the Uluguru Mountains and the Lumango range, Mikumi is the fourth largest national park in Tanzania and only a few hours drive from Tanzania’s largest city. The park has a wide variety of wildlife that can be easy spotted and also well acclimatized to game viewing. Its proximity to Dar es Salaam and the amount of wildlife that live within its borders makes Mikumi National Park a popular option for weekend visitors from the city, or for business visitors who don’t have to spend a long time on an extended safari itinerary.
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$675.00
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$675.00

2 Days 1 Night Mikumi National Park from Dar es salaam
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Very short trip designed for those who want to escape the madness of Dar es Salaam city by taking a weekend on safari. This tour departs and returns to Dar es Salaam,
Mikumi National Park Road Safari is a short tour from Dar es Salaam-Tanzania, which takes you to visit one of the spectacular southern circuit National parks of Tanzania. A good surfaced road connects Mikumi to Dar es Salaam via Morogoro, a roughly 6hour drive.) The park is well-known for its population of elephants, giraffes buffaloes, zebras, elands, greater Kudu, wildebeest,
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$530.00
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$530.00

Mikumi national park full day tour from Dar es sallam
Spot wildlife native to Tanzania on this full-day guided tour of Mikumi National Park. Depart from your Dar Es Salaam hotel in an private vehicle and make your way to the park. Accompanied by your guide, head out on a game drive and see buffalo, giraffes, elephants, lions, pythons, zebras, leopards, and crocodiles. Enjoy a midday break for lunch.
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$350.00
Price varies by group size
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$350.00
Price varies by group size

Day Trip to Mikumi National Park from Morogoro
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A very short trip designed if it happens you are in Morogoro and you are looking to do a safari to Mikumi, expect to see animals such as Lions, Buffaloes, Giraffe, Wildebeest, Zebras, Impalas, Warthogs, elephants, hippos, more than 300 bird species and different plant species
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$290.00
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$290.00

2 Days Short and Exciting Mikumi National Park Safari
Experience the amazing and majestic landscape of Mikumi National Park. This park was established over 40 years ago and its landscape is likened to the Serengeti on a smaller scale. The park encompasses 3230 km making it the fifth largest park in Africa. Lions, leopards, elephants, zebra, impala, hippos are common in this park. 5-6 hours drive from Dar es salaam city center to Mikumi national park gate
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$553.00
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$553.00

Bird Watching
Avitourism is one of the fastest growing types of environmental tourism or ecotourism. This type of travel takes advantage of birding-related events, and many tourist destinations promote birding festivals, hotspots, trails, preserves, parks and other locations to encourage birders to visit an area.
Birdwatchers travel a great deal of distance just to see new or rare birds to add to their book list. Let us spark a little light to your finding and experience the best African adventures that a bird watching tourist seeks to find.
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$1,538.47
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3 Days Mikumi Safari
Visit one of southern circuit's spectacular parks in Tanzania, Mikumi National park. The Mikumi is bordered to the south with the Selous Game Reserve, the two areas forming a unique ecosystem. The park contains a subspecies of giraffe, that biologists consider the link between the Masai giraffe and the reticulated or Somali giraffe. Other animals in the park are elephants, zebras, impala, eland, kudu, black antelope, baboons, wildebeests and buffaloes.
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$842.31
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