Tanzania · Safari

3-Day Mikumi National Park Wildlife Safari from Dar es Salaam

3 Days Round trip from Dar es Salaam Easy pace

The journey

Trip highlights
  • 01 Explore Tanzania's fourth-largest national park with rich game viewing
  • 02 Spot elephants, lions, wild dogs, zebras, hyenas, buffaloes, and wildebeests on game drives
  • 03 Look out for over 300 bird species, including kingfishers and storks
  • 04 Take an early morning walking safari inside Mikumi National Park
  • 05 Travel back to Dar es Salaam with a stopover in Morogoro Town

Explore Tanzania's fourth-largest park on a 3-day wildlife excursion to Mikumi National Park from Dar es Salaam. Enjoy rich game viewing through morning and evening game drives, with chances to see elephants, zebras, wild dogs, hyenas, buffaloes, wildebeests, kingfishers, storks, and plenty of other animals. The tour also includes an early morning walking safari inside the park and a stop in Morogoro Town on the return journey.

Proceed on an evening game drive in the park, which is home to elephants, lions, wild dogs, zebras, hyenas, buffaloes, wildebeests, elands, hartebeests, crocodiles, lizards, and other wildlife.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 3 Days
Tour type Shared
Activity level Easy
Accommodation Not included
Transport Not included
Wheelchair access No
Cities Dar es Salaam, Morogoro, Mikumi National Park
Languages English, Swahili

Day by day

The itinerary

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Day 01

Dar es Salaam to Mikumi National Park

  • Get picked up from your hotel in Dar es Salaam and depart for Mikumi National Park, where you will have lunch.

  • Proceed on an evening game drive in the park, which is home to elephants, lions, wild dogs, zebras, hyenas, buffaloes, wildebeests, elands, hartebeests, crocodiles, lizards, and other wildlife. Over 300 species of birds can also be observed in this park.

Dinner and overnight stay will be at Tanswiss Hotel.

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Day 02

Full-Day Game Drives in Mikumi National Park

  • Leave for game drives in the park, known for its varied vegetation of woodlands, swamps, and grasslands, as well as two water holes called Mkata and Chamgore. Apart from the saddle-bill stork, hamerkop, and malachite kingfisher, you may also find the monitor lizard and a deadly python inhabiting these pools.

  • Return to the lodge for a hot lunch and some rest. Later, head out again for an evening game drive until sunset.

Dinner and overnight stay will be at Tanswiss Hotel.

3
Day 03

Mikumi National Park to Dar es Salaam

  • Take an early morning walking safari inside the park.

  • Head back to the hotel for brunch.

  • Return to Dar es Salaam with a stopover in Morogoro Town for lunch.

Upon arrival in the early afternoon, proceed with a direct drop-off at your hotel.

Mikumi National Park, Mkata and Chamgore water holes, woodlands, swamps and grasslands

Where this trip takes you

Mikumi National Park, Mkata and Chamgore water holes, woodlands, swamps and grasslands

The route

Where you'll travel

Tour route map
Round trip from Dar es Salaam 3 cities · 3 Days

The fine print

Trip details

What's Included

  • English-speaking Tanzanian safari guide

Logistics

Meeting & route

Meeting point
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Tour start
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Tour ends at the same location as the start point.
End of the journey

Your 3 days finish where they began, in Dar es Salaam.

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