We make the most of an early start from the agreed pick-up point in Dar es Salaam or Morogoro city to enable an excellent half-day game drive. The journey is exciting and very beautiful, especially as we drive alongside the Uluguru Mountains and can see the Udzungwa Mountain range to the south of Mikumi as we approach.
You may even see a game before we arrive at the park, but once we are driving through the park, you have a good chance of many exciting sightings. This park is often referred to as the second Serengeti as it has vast, wide-open savanna plains. The Mkata River basin is an alluvial plain where the water attracts many small game animals to drink, and thus, the big cats an...