SGR Journey and Full-Day Safari in Mikumi National Park
In the Morning
Early at 4:00 am, you will be picked up from your place of stay in Dar es Salaam and transferred to the train station to board the train. The train departs at 06:00 am and arrives in Morogoro at 07:45 am, where you will be met by your safari guide and driven to Mikumi National Park. You will arrive at the park at 10:00 am and, after park formalities, embark on a game drive. The park gives a good impression of African animals. (192 km / 1 hr and 40 min)
In the Late Morning
Explore the varied terrain of the park, which includes a floodplain, the 'little Serengeti,' and hippo pools where the enormous creatures wallow in thick mud. Mikumi National Park lies on the northern border of Africa's largest game reserve, the Selous, forming part of a sprawling wilderness area that stretches almost to the Indian Ocean. Visitors to Mikumi National Park occasionally spot rare tree-climbing lions, while other resident animals include eland, impala, kudu, black antelope, baboons, and wildebeests. In Mikumi, expect to see animals such as lions, buffalos, giraffes, wildebeests, zebras, impalas, warthogs, elephants, hippos, more than 300 bird species, and different plant species. The park shares a common boundary with Selous Game Reserve to the south, creating a vast tract of protected wilderness.
In the Afternoon
Lunch will be at Park Bandas at 02:00 pm. Afterwards, proceed with a game-viewing drive around the hippo pools along the Kisungura Circuit. Many animals can be seen coming down to drink at water holes and the Hippo Pools from time to time, but the stars of the show are always the hippos themselves.
Departure
Later in the evening, around 04:00 pm, transfer back by road to Morogoro Town to board the 19:25 train and arrive in Dar es Salaam at 21:05. Meet and transfer to your hotel.
