7-Day Mikumi, Udzungwa NP & Ruaha NP - Camp with Maasai

• 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 for Afternoon Game Drive

You will be picked up from Dar es Salaam early morning (6:30 am) and drive to Mikumi National Park via Morogoro town. This drive will take up to 6 hours. You'll arrive for lunch in Mikumi National Park then continue with an afternoon game drive until sunset.

Mikumi was gazetted as a National Park in 1964 and is named after the spindle-shaped Borassus palm trees. The Mkata plain supports vast herds of plains game such as wildebeest, impala, zebra, and giraffe, hunted by their associated predators; while you are more likely to find elephants, buffalos, Lichtenstein’s hartebeest and greater kudu in the surrounding fertile hills.

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:

TANAPA Mikumi Cottages

• Budget cottage located inside Mikumi NP

Meals & Drinks:

• Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Drive to Udzungwa Mountains National Park for Rainforest Mountain Trekking

After breakfast, you'll drive to Udzungwa Mountain National Park. On arrival, you will drive to the starting point of the famous Sanje trail. You will start trekking in this beautiful mountain enjoying and experiencing the stunning natural beauty of the park. After a picnic lunch in the view of Kilombero Valley, you'll get access to Sanje waterfall stunning 170m. You will spot different species of monkeys including endemic species of Sanje Crested Mangabey and Iringa Red Colobus Monkey. Today, you will get the chance to swim in one of the waterfall plunge pools, don't forget to take your swimming clothes.

Udzungwa Mountain National Park is one of Tanzania’s most outstanding, pristine, paradise, and unique exciting wilderness mountains forested with the greatest altitudinal range of forest. It is one of the thirty-four “World Biodiversity Hotspots” and one of 200 WWF Eco Regions of global critical importance. After trekking, you'll drive to the hotel for an overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Udzungwa Mountains National Park

Accommodation:

Udzungwa Twiga Hotel

• Budget hotel located inside Udzungwa Mountains

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Udzungwa to Tungamalenga Village for Maasai Tribe Experience

After breakfast, you'll drive to Tungamalenga Village with a break in Iringa town for lunch.
On arrival in Tungamalenga village, you will drive straight to the Maasai Boma to set up your tents. After setting up the tents you will start a tour of this tribe where you will see their house, how they live, and their history. In the evening, you will participate in their traditional dance. You will sit in the fireplace before going to bed. At night, you will be under Maasai Morani security who will be around the Boma.

The Maasai of Tanzania still live a traditional lifestyle, grazing their cattle over vast areas, and living in semi-permanent villages (manyattas) of huts ringed by a thorn fence as defense against wild animals. Maasai men dress distinctively. The Maasai are one of the most culturally distinctive tribes in Africa, easily recognizable for their brilliant red blankets and colorful bead jewelers. These semi-nomadic people are warrior pastoralists and fighting skills.

Main Destination:

Tungamalenga (Town)

Accommodation:

Budget camping

Meals & Drinks:

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

Morning Activities in Maasai Boma then Drive to Ruaha National Park for Game Drive

Today, you will wake up early so you can join Maasai women and see how they milk the cow and how they can keep milk before they store the milk and stay fresh for a long time.

At 10:00 am, you will start driving for 20 minutes to Ruaha National Park for a game drive until sunset.
You'll arrive for game drives in the park. Hippos, crocodiles, waterbucks, reedbucks, and buffalos venture to the river’s edge to drink, attracting the attention of lions, leopards, hyenas, wild dogs, and jackals. There are many birds in the park including Eurasia migrants that come to visit the park twice a year.

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

Show more

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
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Full-Day Game Drive in Ruaha National Park

You'll wake up for morning breakfast then drive out for a full day game drive to explore the beauty of the park, which is full of rocky, kopjes, and ancient baobab trees. You will have the option of starting with an early morning game drive starting at 6:15 am until 8:30 am then drive back to the cottage for breakfast followed by a full day game drive.

A fine network of game-viewing roads follows the Great Ruaha River and its seasonal tributaries, where during the dry season impala, waterbuck and other antelopes risk their life for a sip of life-sustaining water. The risk is considerable not only from the pride of the 20-plus lions that lord over the savannah but also from the cheetahs that stalk the open grassland.

Main Destination:

Ruaha National Park

Accommodation:

TANAPA Ruaha Bandas

• Budget banda located inside Ruaha NP

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Visit Isimila Stone Age Site then Drive to Mikumi National Park

You'll wake up for an early breakfast then start driving to the exit gate with a game drive en route. After exiting the park, you will start driving to the Isimila Stone Age Site via Iringa town. This tour will take about two hours then drive to Mikumi for dinner and overnight.

The tour of the site begins at the little museum where a guide gives a brief introduction to the formation of the site and explains more about the fossils and tools that are displayed. The tour then continues into the canyon down a steep footpath. Once there the guide shows you some of the beds where the tools were found and explains how the rock towers were formed. The walk is very scenic, the earth has a warm reddish tint and it is also a good spot to see birds.

Main Destination:

Isimila Stone Age Site (Highlight)

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)

Morning Game Drive in Mikumi National Park then Drive to Dar es Salaam

You'll wake up for an early breakfast in Mikumi Bastian Camp. After breakfast, you will drive out for a game drive in Mikumi National Park until 11:30 am. Then, you will start driving back to Dar es Salaam with a short stop in Morogoro Town for a hot lunch.

On arrival in Dar es Salaam, your driver-guide will drop you off at your hotel or airport for your late flight to your next destination.

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.