Mikumi National Park is the fourth largest national park in Tanzania covering about 3,230 sq km. Mikumi ecosystem is part of a much larger Selous Game Reserve ecosystem divided by Uluguru mountains range. Mikumi national park is one of the easiest accessible parks in the southern circuit simply because it is transected by the tarmac highway between Tanzania and Zambia. The Mkata floodplain and it's variety of wildlife to the north east of this magnificent park makes it a smaller version of famous Serengeti plain.
Among the inhabitants of Mikumi are lions, zebra, wildebeest, impala, buffalo, giraffes, elephants, warthog leopards and many other species as well as more that 400 species of birds.
Mikumi is allocated about 283 km west of Dar es Salaam, north of Selous, and en route to Ruaha, Udzungwa and Katavi. The park can be visited form June to March.
While visiting Mikumi national park, you can do game drive and if possible you could connect your trip with other parks like Selous, Ruaha or Udzungwa.
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