FLYING SAFARIS MIKUMI DAY TRIP
Early pick up from your hotel at 06:00 am to the airport for Mikumi National Park which is one of the southern national parks in Tanzania. Departure is at 07:00am. After arrival you will do a game drive to various places of the park. The parks open horizons and abundant wildlife draws frequent comparisons to the more famous Serengeti Plains. The park borders the Nyerere national park to the south and the two areas form a unique ecosystem. The chance that you will encounter lions climbing trees here is greater than in other parks.
The park has a great variety of animals and most visitors come, aiming to spot the ‘Big Five’ – leopard, lion, elephant, buffalo and rhino. It’s a great place for a Tanzania vacation, you will enjoy it! Hippos live in a pair of mud pools and are one of the highlights. These are situated 5 km north of the main entrance gate. They are supported by an ever-changing cast of water-birds.
The Mkata Food plain is a wide area in the Park that is very good for wildlife viewing. Lions survey their grassy kingdom – and the zebra, wildebeest, impala and buffalo herds that migrate across it – from the flattened tops of termite mounds, or sometimes during the rains, from perches high in the trees. Giraffes forage in the isolated acacia stands that fringe the Mkata River, islets of shade favored also by the park’s elephants. Mkata Floodplain is perhaps the most reliable place in Tanzania for sightings of the powerful eland, the world’s largest antelope. The equally impressive greater kudu and sable antelope haunt the miombo-covered foothills of the mountains that rise from the Park’s borders.
The park is a good place for bird lovers as it is also home to more than 400 different species of birds. The Mkata River offers majestic views of fishing Open-billed Storks. Marabou stork, Red-billed woodpeckers, Black-bellied bustard, Francolin, Cattle egret, Guinea-fowls, Hornbill and Malachite Kingfisher are common birds in the Park. The most colorful species are the Yellow-throated long claw, the Lilac-breasted roller and the Bateleur eagle other European migrants birds are common in the Park during the rainy season. Departure is normally at 04:00pm from Mikumi airstrip.
INCLUSIVES.
- Food & water
- Game drive
- Guiding fees
- Park fees
- Round trip Charter flight