Mikumi - Udzungwa and Ruaha National Park

Udzungwa National Park has got one of East Africa's great forests relatively undiscovered nestling in the arc of the chain of East African Mountains. Located a few kilometers off Mikumi National Park road to Iringa, it is 348 kms. from Dar es Salaam or 65 kms, South-west of Mikumi Township. It covers an area of approximately 1,900 sq.km lying between 300 and 2,800 meters above sea level. This great attitudinal range makes for a greater diversity of vegetation and thus a habitat for different species.

Udzungwa National Park is home to Iringa Colobus monkeys and Sanje Crested Mangabeys as well as leopards, elands, water bucks, bush bucks and duikers. Udzungwa Mountains also qualify to be the richest forest bird habitat in Tanzania and one of the top three most important zones for bird conservation in Africa.

Lying astride the main highway from Dar es Salaam through Morogoro, Iringa and Mbeya to Zambia, Mikumi National Park covers an area of 3,230 sq.km and is the third largest park in Tanzania. It was gazetted in 1964. It is the most accessible park from Dar es Salaam. The park lies in a horseshoe of towering mountains and forested foothills of Makata River. To the east, rises the 900 feet massif of Uluguru mountin ranges; while to the south-west are the craggy peaks of the Lumango Mountains.

The park is rich in wildlife and animals like buffaloes, lions, wildebeests, zebras, impalas, warthogs and elephants can easily be seen all the year round. Over 300 species of birds have been recorded, some of which are Eurasian migrants. Some reptiles such as crocodiles, monitor lizards and pythons are also residents in the park. Mikumi Wildlife Lodge and Mikumi Tented Camp offer good accommodation and food.

Gazetted in 1964 with an area of 10,300 sq.km, Ruaha National Park is the second largest park in Tanzania. The park which lies in the central part of Tanzania just west of Iringa town is also the second largest elephant sanctuary in the country, next to Selous Game Reserve. The park derives its name from the Great Ruaha River which flows through the Rift valley in the eastern part of the park.

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There are about 1,650 plant species and over 370 bird species so far recorded. The area also contains a wide variety of animals that includes the Ruaha special - “Greater and Lesser Kudu, Roan and Sable entelopes”. Other game animal found here are large herds of buffaloes and elephants. The exciting Great Ruaha River harbours/contains a large number of hippos and crocodiles. During the dry season, the river attracts great numbers of wildlife species; giraffes, warthogs, elands, zebras, wildebeests, impala, waterbucks, roan, antelopes and elands.

In the plains, ostriches, cheetahs and grants gazelles can be seen. The park offers a paradise of outstanding natural world as it lies within a belt which interfaces species of FLORA and FAUNA of southern and northern Africa.

4 Days / 3 Nights

Day 1: After breakfast, leave Dar es Salaam for Mikumi National Park. Lunch at the lodge / tented camp / campsite in Mikumi National Park. Afternoon / evening game drive in the park. Dinner and overnight at the lodge / tented campsite.

Day 2: Morning game drive in Mikumi National Park. Lunch at the lodge / tented camp/campsite. Afternoon departure for Udzungwa National park. Dinner and overnight at a lodge/ campsite in Udzungwa.

Day 3: Morning walking safari in the park. Lunch at the lodge / campsite. Afternoon game drive in the park. Dinner and overnight at the lodge/campsite.

Day 4: After breakfast drive back to Dar es salaam via Mikumi National Park (with picnic lunch). End of the tour.

6 Days / 5 Nights - Mikumi / Udzungwa / Ruaha

Day 1: After breakfast leave Dar es Salaam for Mikumi

Your visit to Mikumi National Park offers you an opportunity of seeing the Mikumi elephants which are considered to be more compact than those in the rest of he country. Observation towers above the tree line allow panoramic views of the flood plan laid out below, home to formidable herds of buffalo. When the rains start, they swell the park's population of birds to more than 300 species as Europe migrants seek refuge in Mikumi. Lunch at the lodge / tented camp / campsite Afternoon / evening game drive in the park. Dinner and overnight at the lodge / tented camp / campsite.

Day 2: Morning game drive in the park. Lunch at the lodge / tented camp /campsite. Afternoon departure for Udzungwa National Park. The Udzungwa mountains are regarded as one of the richest forest bird habitats in Tanzania and one of the top three most important zones for bird conservation in Africa. Dinner and overnight at the lodge / campsite.

Day 3: After breakfast, morning walking safari in the park. Lunch at the lodge / hotel / campsite. Afternoon game drive in the park. Dinner and overnight at the lodge / campsite.

Day 4: After breakfast transfer to Ruaha National Park.

Why is Ruaha National Park recommended as one of the best tourist destinations in Tanzania? The answer is very simple:

(a) It is the only protected area in which the flora and fauna of eastern and southern Africa overlap, leading to fascinating combination of wildlife including, the greater and lesser kudu, sable antelopes and roan antelopes.

(b) It is the only park in which one is assured of spotting the rare and endangered wild dogs.

(c) It has the highest elephant population density (i.e. the largest in East African parks).

Lunch in Iringa town. After lunch proceed to Ruaha National Park. Dinner and overnight at Mwagusi Safari camp / campsite.

Day 5: After breakfast, full day game drive in the park. Picnic Lunch in the park. Dinner and overnight at Mwagusi Safari camp / campsite.

Day 6: After breakfast drive back to Dar es Salaam. End of the tour.
     
 
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