3 Days Midrange Big Game and Birdwatching Safari in Mikumi

Our experienced local safari guide will welcome you at your hotel, residence, airport or another confirmed location in Dar es Salaam between 5:00 and 5:30 a.m. After helping with your luggage, binoculars and camera equipment, the guide will introduce the itinerary and begin the drive toward Mikumi National Park.

Travel through Chalinze and Morogoro while observing farmland, local communities and the Uluguru Mountains. Keep your binoculars accessible because roadside habitats may produce early sightings of egrets, storks, hornbills and birds of prey. You will reach Mikumi at approximately 11:30 a.m. and stop for lunch before entering the national park.

Begin the afternoon game drive at around 1:30 p.m. on the Mkata Floodplain. Search for elephants, buffaloes, giraffes, zebras, wildebeest and lions while watching for lilac-breasted rollers, ground hornbills, bee-eaters and raptors. Leave the park at approximately 6:00 p.m. and transfer to your midrange lodge for dinner and overnight.

• Time: Approximately 5–6 hours of road travel and 4–4.5 hours of wildlife viewing.
• Attractions: Uluguru Mountains, Mkata Floodplain, elephants, buffaloes, giraffes, lions, rollers, hornbills and birds of prey.
• Distance: Approximately 300 kilometres from Dar es Salaam to Mikumi, followed by around 25–40 kilometres inside the park.

Destination:

Mikumi Natinal Park

Overnight:

Asante Afrika Camp Mikumi

  mid rage 3 star lodge

Meals & Drinks:

Lunch, Dinner

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After an early breakfast, leave the midrange lodge at approximately 6:00 a.m. with binoculars, drinking water and a packed lunch. Enter Mikumi National Park during the cooler morning hours, when birds are vocal and many mammals remain active.

Explore the Mkata Floodplain, acacia woodland and seasonal water sources. Look for elephants, buffaloes, giraffes, zebras, wildebeest, greater kudus, elands and different antelope species. Lions and spotted hyenas may be encountered, while leopards and African wild dogs are possible but uncommon sightings.

Continue to the Hippo Pool for waterbirds and aquatic wildlife. Possible bird sightings include African fish eagles, saddle-billed storks, hamerkops, kingfishers, herons, egrets, secretarybirds and southern ground hornbills. Enjoy lunch at an authorised picnic site before continuing until approximately 5:30–6:00 p.m.

• Time: Approximately 11–12 hours, including lunch and observation stops.
• Attractions: Mkata Floodplain, Hippo Pool, acacia woodland, elephants, lions, hippos, crocodiles, raptors, storks, kingfishers and hornbills.
• Distance: Approximately 60–100 kilometres inside Mikumi National Park, depending on wildlife and bird movements.

Destination:

Mikumi Natinal Park

Overnight:

Asante Afrika Camp Mikumi

  mid rage 3 star lodge

Meals & Drinks:

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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Begin with an early breakfast and check out of the midrange lodge at approximately 6:00 a.m. Return to Mikumi National Park for a final morning game drive and birdwatching session while temperatures remain cool.

Your guide may explore grassland, woodland edges or water sources according to recent sightings. Search for mammals missed during the previous day and listen for bird calls among the trees. The morning offers opportunities to observe sunbirds, weavers, rollers, hornbills, raptors and other savannah species.

Leave Mikumi at approximately 10:00 a.m. and travel through Morogoro and Chalinze toward Dar es Salaam. After lunch and refreshment stops, arrive between 4:00 and 6:00 p.m. for drop-off at your hotel, residence, airport or another agreed location.

• Time: Approximately 3.5–4 hours of morning wildlife viewing and 5–6 hours of road travel.
• Attractions: Morning bird activity, Mkata Floodplain, woodland species, Uluguru Mountains, Morogoro and Chalinze.
• Distance: Approximately 20–40 kilometres inside Mikumi National Park, followed by around 300 kilometres to Dar es Salaam.