Mikumi

Mikumi National Park

About the park:

The landscape of Mikumi is often compared with the landscape of Serengeti National Park. The main road from Dar Es Salaam to Zambia - the Highway stretches across the park from east to west and divides it in two very different landscapes. The vegetation here consists of acacia trees, baobab, tamarind and rare palm trees. Also in this area, far from the road you will find spectacular rock formations formed by the mountains Rubeho and Uluguru. The area on the south side of the road is less rich in wildlife and less accessible.

The wildlife in the park includes many species that are characteristic of the African savannah, and according to local park guards, there is a greater chance of seeing tree-climbing lions here than in Lake Manyara National park in the north (otherwise known as one of the few places where lions climb trees).

In the Mikumi Park you can find a certain species of giraffe, biologists consider this to be a connection between the Masai giraffe and the Somali giraffe. In the park are also elephants, zebra, wildebeest, impala, eland antelope and black antelope, monkeys and buffalo. More than 400 different bird species have been seen in the park, and Mikumi is one of the few places where the Marabu stork lives.

Mikumi Park is one of Tanzania National Parks, and is among the national parks that are less visited by international tourists and therefore it is less environmentally challenged. Most organized tourist routes going through Mikumi continues to Ruaha National Park and Selous.