WELCOME MIKUMI NATIONAL PARK

Mikumi National Park covers an area of 3,230 square kilometers, 283 kilometers from Dar es Salaam city along the Morogoro–Iringa main road and makes the third largest Park in southern Tanzania in Morogoro region. Mikumi National Park hosts carnivores like lions, leopards, wild dogs, and a large population of herbivores grazing in the vast Mkata flood plain grasses including zebras, giraffes, buffaloes, impalas, elephants, Greater kudu and sable antelopes. Other mammals and reptiles include eland, waterbuck, wildebeests, crocodiles and baboons. The park also offers a nice view of

birdlife and hippos to the close range on the north part of the park.

Ruaha National Park covers an area of about 12,950 square kilometers and makes the second largest park. The derivation of its name is from the river that crosses to the park having largest water catchments. The vegetation of Ruaha is covered by tall trees such as baobab, tamarind, acacia albida, wild figs, grasslands and Miombo woodland to the eastern side of the river. Ruaha River is a home to hippos, crocodiles and numerous water birds includes spotted eagle owl, African cuckoo, bee-eater, doves shrikes and ostriches among others.

The park accommodates other numerous wild animals include roan and sable antelopes, African buffaloes, lions, greater and lesser Kudus, gazelles, wild dogs, cheetahs,

wildebeests, hartebeest, impalas and zebras. Selous Game Reserve - Everything is possible in this reserve from boat and walking safaris accompanied by armed ranger to vehicle and balloon safaris exploring the largest African reserve with sanctuary concentration of wild and bird life. Located in the Southern circuit of Tanzania in Iringa the reserve is 7 hours drive from Dar es Salaam or 40 minutes by charter flight covering about 55,000 Sq. Km. Like Ngorongoro and Serengeti, Selous has got the endangered Africa black rhinos and large number of wild animals respectively. It worth much for a trip to Stiegler's Gorge where the Rufiji and Ruaha rivers meet. The Rufiji River crosses the reserve and its tributaries form lakes ultimate for boat safaris. The crocodiles and hippos in plenty reside in Rufiji River. Take another trip for a fishing game at Tagalala Lake. It is so lovely when the sunset with reddish sky while birds return to their shells for night. Popular animals found in the reserve include the herds of elephants more than 10,000 that one of them killed the hunter-explorer Frederick Courtenay Selous, a keen naturalist and conservationist in the First World War in the Beho Beho of which then the reserve was named after him. The African buffaloes, jackals, Africa wild dogs, antelope, bushbuck, impala, giraffe, lion, eland, baboon, zebra, leopard and greater kudu are among of the wildlife that can be seen in the reserve. The Reserve has a varied terrain of rolling savannah woodland, grassland plains and rocky. Udzungwa Mountains National Park covers an area of 1990 square kilometers the park is bordered to the eastern by Kilombero valley and Selous game reserve, Mikumi town to the north and the continuing Udzungwa Mountains to the south which makes the total range of 10,000 square kilometers. Udzungwa forests provides

shelter for a number of rare endemic and endangered species of flora and fauna including the two diurnal primate species that are found no where else in the world namely the Iringa and the Sanje mangabey colobus monkeys. The park is attractive for its waterfalls to the Mwanihama peak which can be climbed for three days. Hiking to Udzungwa requires a high level of fitness as it is a very steep climb. The north western side has deciduous trees dominated by acacia while in eastern side of the park has evergreen moist forest of both lowland and montane forest. Walk safari takes you through ordinary woodland, Miombo woodland

then montane rain forest while sighting red, black and white colobus monkeys, different colors of butterflies likely to sight buffaloes, leopards and elephants escorted with armed ranges.