Mkomazi National Park Tanzania – Self Drive Tours – 4×4 Africa

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Mkomazi National park is located in northeastern Tanzania and sharing the wildlife animals with Tsavo west for Kenya within the Kilimanjaro region and Tanga region. its ranked as the best destination in Tanzania for wildlife watching experiences and never miss to explore mkomazi national park while on self drive Safari tour to Tanzania.

Mkomazi National Park was established as a game reserve in 1951 and  upgraded as a national park in 2006 when it was placed under the Tanzania National Parks Authority for management and conservation.

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  1. Walking Safaris
  2. Wildlife Watching
  3. Big five watching
  4. Nature walk

Mkomazi area is the union of two previous game reserve that is Umba Game reserve in the east and Mkomazi game reserve in the west thus at times referred to as Mkomazi-Umba game reserves by travelers that visited the park before 2006 and mkomazi national Park is hosting the two highly endangered species  that is African wild dog and the black rhino , If the target is these two, then consider adventure to Tanzania’s Mkomazi national Park

Things to see in Mkomazi

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Mkomazi National park is endowed with various safari attractions like animal species and both the residential and migratory bird species.

Animal species:

Mkomazi National Park is a home to a number of animal species that include herds of elephants, giraffe, buffalo, zebra, eland, Kongoni, gerenuk, oryx and the lesser kudu. Also the park is a refuge for the endangered wild dog and black rhino. The park also hosts predators like cheetahs, lions and leopards.

Bird species:

Mkomazi National Park records more than 450 species of birds with both the residential and migratory birds. Among them include the ostriches, southern ground hornbill, violet wood hoopoe, martial eagle, cobalt-chested vulturine guinea-fowl, secretary birds, long crested eagles, colossal verreaux’s eagle, Shelley’s starling, hunter’s sunbird, white headed mouse birds, Africa marsh harriers, tawny eagle, augur buzzards and some of the migratory species include the Eurasian roller.

Safari Activities in Mkomazi National park

A traveler can take part in a number of activities that are done in Mkomazi National park including game viewing, walking safaris and also bird watching. The activities can be done after the payment of the entry fee of US $ 30 for the Non East African citizens of above 16 years of age and US $ 10 for those below 16.

Birding:

With over 450 bird species, Mkomazi National Park is surely a birders paradise. The park hosts a variety of rare species including the world’s largest birds- the ostriches and Kori bustards. Also, the park is sometimes occupied by the migratory birds from Europe and northern Africa which mostly come in the month of November and April. Other bird species in the park are vulturine guinea-fowl, secretary birds, violet wood hoopoe, long crested eagles, Africa marsh harriers, martial eagle, pygmy falcon and others.

Game viewing drive:

Mkomazi is a habitat to various wild animals including the oryx, elands, topis, zebras, elephants, lions, kudus, coke’s hartebeest, giraffes, buffalos, eland, leopards, cheetah and others. All these animals can be spotted during the game drive using four-wheel (4×4) vehicles which is best done during the Dry season that is from June to October.

Walking safaris:

Mkomazi National park has got a number of different trails where walking safaris and hiking can be done. Among these trails include the Dindira trail (4km) which takes about 3hours and also Mbula Hill trail (5km) which also take about 4hours. These safaris are good to be done in the early morning and late afternoon.

Where to stay while at a safari in Mkomazi National Park

There are accommodation facilities like camps and lodges within and outside the national park. These accommodations range from different options like luxury, midrange and budget. Among them include; Mambo viewpoint – luxury

Babu’s camp-midrange

Accommodations in Mkomazi National Park.

Mkomazi National Park Accommodations are many ranging from hotels to Camp sites and Bandas that are owned by Tanzania National Parks with special 4×4 open roof safari jeeps that can be rented from the local for game drive.

  • Mkomazi Hotels
  • Mkomazi Bandas
  • Mambo viewpoint
  • Babu’s camp

Where to stay?

There are several safari lodges in Amboseli National Park that you can stay in during your Amboseli Safari. These facilities include Kibo Safari Camp ,Ol Tukai Lodge Amboseli ,Sentrim Amboseli Lodge ,Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge, AA Lodge Amboseli, Camp Noomuran, Elewana Tortilis Camp ,Tawi Lodge, Elerai Camp, Porini Amboseli Camp and others·