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Tatiana Rudakova
RU
Visited:
January 2018
Reviewed: Jan 29, 2018
Email Tatiana Rudakova | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
We were lucky, for 1 day we saw almost all the animals that live in the park. Excellent guide Bob - the most daring of the guides, drove us to the car to the lioness almost immediately. We arrived at 9 am, at 13.00 we had lunch, and after that we continued the safari until 4pm. Lunch cost $ 5 per person. The road from Dar-es-Salam was very dangerous, a lot of wagons with cargoes, our driver many times went to a meeting and miraculously we managed to avoid a collision. This part of the safari - very spoiled the general impression. On the way back, the gasoline ran out and the driver did not have any money with him, he asked us to throw off him for gasoline $ 5. Nobody returned them, of course.
Simon Betterton
AE
Visited:
December 2017
Reviewed: Jan 11, 2018
Email Simon Betterton | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Sleeping lions, mating lions, tree lions! A gorgeous leopard, and every other animal we could hope to see. Plus, sleeping in the park cabins, and being woken by a giraffe eating the leaves outside our window at 2 am. added to so many memorable moments.
Nickie Whitaker
US
Visited:
November 2017
Reviewed: Jan 2, 2018
Email Nickie Whitaker | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
I was in Dar Es Saalam on business, and had one day for a safari. I was able to see a large amount of wildlife at Mikumi National Park. My guide was familiar with the park, animal behaviors, and provided many entertaining and educational anecdotes. The ability to get close look at so many large iconic animals was amazing. Amazing number of animals for a smaller park. Well worth the trip.
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Xavier
CH
Visited:
January 2016
Reviewed: Aug 27, 2016
Email Xavier | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Beautiful, but I don't understand why a main road is crossing the National Park?
Xavier
CH
Visited:
August 2016
Reviewed: Aug 27, 2016
Email Xavier | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Awesome time with a lot of beautiful animals
We did the Safari to the Mikumi Nationalpark in three days. One day driving to the Park, one day park and one day going back. We had such a nice driver and also the Guide was super. :) The guest House which was included was super. So all in all it is really Worth it to do it and we really can recommend it to others.
Selestinus Emanuel
TZ
Visited:
October 2014
Reviewed: Mar 24, 2016
Email Selestinus Emanuel | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Swirls of opaque mist hide the advancing dawn. The first shafts of sun colour the fluffy grass heads rippling across the plain in a russet halo. A herd of zebras, confident in their camouflage at this predatory hour, pose like ballerinas, heads aligned and stripes merging in flowing motion.
Mikumi National Park abuts the northern border of Africa's biggest game reserve - the Selous – and is transected by the surfaced road between Dar es Salaam and Iringa. It is thus the most accessible part of a 75,000 square kilometre (47,000 square mile) tract of wilderness that stretches east almost as far as the Indian Ocean.
Great experience in Mikumi!
We went on a 3-day safari in Mikumi National Park and it was a perfect safari experience. It is only about a 5-hour drive from Dar (it all depends on traffic--Fridays and Mondays take longer) but there were not many tourists once we got there, so you have the park to yourself to track down various animals. We were lucky enough to see male lions, female lions and their cubs as well as any other animal you could think of including birds! We saw elephants in a watering hole as well as hippos at another watering hole where you could get out and walk around. The park was beautiful and well-maintained. It stormed one night but overall the weather was perfect and the cloud formations out on the plains made for amazing photographs. There were one or two nice lodges (with restaurants) as well as outdoor camping options and cabin-type accommodations (with a small kitchen and local cooks associated with it). Overall, we really enjoyed our stay and it's a great alternative to flying all the way to Arusha just for a short safari.
Jo McCarthy
GB
Visited:
March 2015
Reviewed: Apr 16, 2015
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
An amazing experience
Our 2 day safari was beyond our expectations. We knew that March was not the best time of the year for a safari but we were lucky with the weather and therefore saw all the wildlife. The scenery at Mikumi was outstanding. Our accommodation at Mikumi safari lodge was of a high standard and the staff could not do enough for us. Our guide Rama spoke good english and was a wizz at finding lions.
