6-Day Mikumi, Iringa, Ruaha and Udzungwa National Park

• You'll be collected from the airport.
• Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Dar es Salaam to Mikumi National Park

You will meet your driver guide in your hotel at 8:00 a.m. then drive to Mikumi National Park, a 5-6 hour drive, arriving around 3:00 p.m. You will enjoy a game drive on the way to the hotel. In the evening after a short rest, you will walk to Maasai village for Maasai activities. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at Mikumi Bastian Camp.

Main Destination:

Mikumi National Park

Best Time To Visit Late June to October (Animals are attracted to the waterholes)

High Season June to October

Best Weather June to October (Little to no rainfall)

Wildlife in Mikumi NP

ElephantCommon

GiraffeCommon

BuffaloCommon

ZebraCommon

WildebeestCommon

LionOccasional

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HippoOccasional

LeopardRare

HyenaRare

Wild DogRare

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

CheetahNone

Accommodation:

Camp Bastian Mikumi

• Mid-range lodge located just outside Mikumi NP

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Mikumi National Park

Early in the morning at 6:30 am, you will have breakfast, then leave the hotel with a lunch box to Mikumi National Park. It takes 15 minutes from the hotel to the park. You will have a full-day game drive looking at the animals until 5:00 p.m. This is a good time for you to drive inside the park looking at a lot of animals like elephants, hippos, zebras, giraffes, buffaloes, etc. If lucky even lions and leopards. You will have dinner and an overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Mikumi National Park

Accommodation:

Camp Bastian Mikumi

• Mid-range lodge located just outside Mikumi NP

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Mikumi National Park – Ruaha National Park

After breakfast, you will drive to Ruaha National Park and arrive in time for a hot lunch. This will be followed by game viewing in the park, which is known to be one of the more natural, unspoiled as well as one of the largest parks of Africa. Ruaha National Park is one of Tanzania’s famous wilderness areas where one can have a rare experience of game viewing spiced up by the fascinating landscape. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at Ruaha Bandas.

Main Destination:

Ruaha National Park

Best Time To Visit June to October (Best wildlife viewing)

High Season June to October (Ruaha is rarely crowded)

Best Weather June to October (Rains are very rare)

Wildlife in Ruaha NP

ElephantAbundant

GiraffeCommon

BuffaloCommon

ZebraCommon

HippoCommon

LionOccasional

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LeopardOccasional

HyenaOccasional

Wild DogOccasional

CheetahRare

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

WildebeestNone

Accommodation:

TANAPA Ruaha Bandas

• Budget banda located inside Ruaha NP

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Ruaha National Park

In the morning after breakfast, you will have a full day of game viewing in the park. The exciting Great Ruaha River features large numbers of hippos and crocodiles and attracts lions, leopards, hunting dogs, and other species such as waterbucks, impalas, giraffes, warthogs, elands, zebras, and elephants. Grant’s gazelles, ostriches, and cheetahs may be seen on the plains.

Main Destination:

Ruaha National Park

Accommodation:

TANAPA Ruaha Bandas

• Budget banda located inside Ruaha NP

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Ruaha National Park to Udzungwa Mountains National Park

After breakfast, you will drive to Udzungwa National Park. You will arrive there late afternoon. Udzungwa is the largest and with the most biodiversity and a chain of a dozen large forest-swathed mountains that rise majestically from the flat coastal scrub of eastern Tanzania. Your overnight stay will be at the Twiga Hotel.

Main Destination:

Udzungwa Mountains National Park

Accommodation:

Udzungwa Twiga Hotel

• Budget hotel located inside Udzungwa Mountains

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Udzungwa National Park to Dar es Salaam

In the morning after breakfast at 6:30 am, you will transfer to Udzungwa Mountain to trek the mountain through Sanje Waterfalls. It takes 6 to 7 hours to climb to the top and come down. There are nice views from the top and at the same time you can swim. You will have lunch there, and drive back to Dar es Salaam, where you will arrive in the evening.

Main Destination:

Dar Es Salaam (City)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• You'll be dropped off at the airport.