5 Days Ruaha & Mikumi Tanzania Wildlife Safari
Ruaha National Park, the less-visited South, lies deep in the South with its striking, rugged landscapes and abundant wildlife. The great Ruaha River that provides life to the park, flows through the eastern side of the park and is home to hippos, crocodiles and the bird count is over 400 species of birds such as Racket Tailed Roller, Pale-billed Hornbill, Shelley’s Sunbird and Hoopoes. Ruaha providing home to one of Tanzania’s largest elephant populations, famous for pride of lions, giraffe, grant’s gazelles, Leopard, Cheetah, Zebra, Giraffe, Buffalo etc and rare or endangered animals such as Sable Antelope, Greater Kudu & Roan Antelope.
Mikumi National Park,” The mini Serengeti” The open horizons and abundant wildlife of the Mkata Floodplain the popular centrepiece of Mikumi. Commonly seen animals are Elephant, Giraffe, Zebra, Antelope, Wildebeest, Eland, Crocodile, Hippo, Baboon, if you are lucky, won’t miss to see Lion & very lucky to see a Leopard, over 300 spices of birds are seen are saddlebill stork, hammer kop, malachite kingfisher, lilac-breasted roller, yellow-throated longclaw, battler eagle etc. Another attraction: the Hippo Pools, where you can watch hippos wallowing and snorting at close range
Day 1: Dar es salaam to Mikumi - 6 hr drive
Meet & greet early morning in Dar es salaam at 06:00 hours you will be picked up from your Hotel in (or from airport please advise) and start drive to Mikumi National Park, this trip takes about 5 to 6 hours to get to the entrance gate. you will have late lunch when you arrive at mikumi wildlife camp gate view of animal in the camp while you have lunch then drive 5 min to your accommodation have short rest around 0400 hrs you will start game view up to sunset .
Accommodation at Mikumi Park Cottage
Day 2: Sunrise Game View + Masai tour and Drive to Iringa
Early morning before breakfast start sunrise game view up to 0800 the return to your accommodation for breakfast the correct your things then have masai activities at mikumi have lunch at Tanswiss lodge then drive to Iringa 3hr drive from mikumi.
Accommodation at Iringa Sunset Hotel
Day 3: Iringa Sunset Hotel to Ruaha National Park +sunset game drive
have breakfast in you hotel at 0600hrs then drive for 3hrs to ruhaa arrive for Game drive with your packed lunch box enjoy your full game drive up to sunset to the biggest national park in Tanzania which have more population of lion and elephant than any park in Africa other animal to see wild dogs, giraffe, hippo, Crocodile, kudu, eland, warthogs, zebra,wildebeest, Jackals, Hyena, and many others
Overnight at Ruaha Park Cottage
Day 4: Sunrise Game Drive + Isimila Stone Age Drive to Mikumi
Enjoy your breakfast After Sunrise Game view around 0900hrs start drive to Iringa arrive lunchat Neema Craft then after lunch drive to Ismila Stone Age learning and see the tools and pillars then drive to mikumi.
Overnight at Tanswiss Lodge
Day 5: Mikumi to Dar es salaam - 6 hr drive
After breakfast, drive back to Dar with lunch box & drop off to Hotel, Airport/ Seaport END OF TRIP.
1 person travel alon 1450 usd
2 people it 980 usd per personal
What is included
Park fees transport in open-roofed 4×4, professional English speaking driver-guide, guide allowances, excursions as per itinerary, full day game drive – 8 hrs & half-day game drive – 4 hrs, 1 Lt of water per person per day during safari, accommodation on sharing basis, meals as per itinerary.
What is not included
Beverages, alcoholic drinks, items of person, tips, bank charges
Note that payment by credit card will be addition of 5% as Bank charges as being charged by the bank in Tanzania
Payment by Telegraphic Transfer will attract addition of Usd 35 per transfer as Bank charges
Safari Itineraries
