This 1-day Safari from Zanzibar to Arusha National Park is one of the exceptional safari packages to one of Tanzania’s smaller National Parks with jaw-dropping landscape and plethora of stunning wildlife species with common ones being giraffes, hippo, zebra, yellow baboons, wildebeests, blue monkeys, black and white colobus monkeys, warthogs and Cape buffaloes and many others.
Our 3 days of exploring Mikumi National Park involves flight from the Airport of Zanzibar is one of the most interesting safari packages because visitors not only discover the fourth largest Park in Tanzania but also one of the least crowded destinations. What makes this Park even more interesting to explore is the fact that it is bordered by Selous Game Reserve to its south with other two Protected Areas sharing its borders being Uluguru and Udzungwa Mountains..
Mikumi’s landscape draws comparisons from that of Serengeti National Park, being marked by savannah plains dotted with tamarinds, acacia, baobab and rare palm with animals of a typical African savannah. During our 3 days Mikumi National Park by flight, expect sights of both Masai and reticulated/Somali giraffes, elephants, yellow baboons, Grant’s zebras, common elands, Cape buffaloes, greater kudu, wildebeests, impalas, Hippos, lions and so much more.
On the first day of this 3 days Safari to Mikumi National Park by flight, pick-up from your Zanzibar hotel for a direct morning flight to the Park, taking about an hour. You will then be met and picked up by your professional safari driver guide from the Airstrip and do straight for a guided game drive around this spectacular National Park.
Lunch will be enjoyed from the picnic site or be driven to one of the selected restaurants for hot lunch and continue exploring through the Park. Check-in at a Camp or Safari Lodge for refreshment, delicious dinner and overnight.
After early morning breakfast, leave your Camp or Safari Lodge for the game drive where you will have a clear glimpse of the early risers (especially the big cats) when actively hunting, continue with the game drive and a picnic lunch in the middle of the wilderness. Common animals during the game drive are yellow baboons, wildebeests, Hippos, Grant’s zebras, common elands, Cape buffaloes, bushbucks, reticulated and Masai giraffes, impalas and many others.
You will see Sable antelopes, lions, jackals, spotted hyenas and hartebeest from time to time while the elusive leopards are rarely spotted although they are also residents of Mikumi National Park.
After breakfast at your Tented Camp or Safari Lodge, enjoy a half day game drive and tours of the nearby Masai village. Lunch at the same booked accommodation facility, packed lunch or lunch at selected restaurant and connect to Mikumi airstrip for your chartered flight to Zanzibar’s Abeid Amani Karume International Airport for departing flight back home or to transferred to your booked hotel. This marks the end of our 3 days Mikumi National Park by flight.