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3 Days · 2 Nights
Mikumi Slow Safari
Two nights, one full central wildlife day and an optional approved walking or night activity.
- Duration
- 3 Days / 2 Nights
- Start and finish
- Confirmed air or road plan from Zanzibar, Dar es Salaam or an onward southern route.
- Journey style
- Two nights in the park with unhurried wildlife drives.
- Best for
- Families, photographers, birders and travellers who prefer depth over a fast day trip.
- Core promise
- Enough time that the park stops being a checklist and starts being a place.
Journey overview
What this journey is
Two nights change the character of Mikumi entirely. You gain the quiet hours either side of the day, room for birding and photography, and the option of an approved walking or night activity where operations allow.
- Safari only
- Photography
- Family travel
Day by day
Your Journey, Day by Day
A guide to the shape of the trip. The final itinerary is confirmed before travel and adapts to season, conditions and your pace.
Day 1 — Arrive and enter the landscape
Travel by the confirmed air or road plan, meet the safari team and begin wildlife viewing before checking into the selected stay.
Day 2 — A full Mikumi day
Explore at a pace shaped by conditions and your interests, with time for the Mkata Floodplain, water, woodland, birdlife and photography.
Day 3 — Final experience and onward journey
Use the available morning for a final drive or approved activity before the confirmed flight, road return or southern extension.
Personalise it
Make It Yours
Add a walking safari
A designated trail with the required ranger, when dry-season operations, age rules, fitness and safety allow.
Add a night drive
Approved nocturnal activity through an authorised operation, confirmed before booking.
Continue south
Extend into Udzungwa, Nyerere or Ruaha through an approved air or road plan.
Choose your accommodation
- Comfort
- Reliable, welcoming lodges and camps chosen for strong value, cleanliness, service and practical location.
- Premium
- Smaller or better-located properties offering more privacy, design character and personalised service.
- Signature
- Exceptional settings and high-touch service for travellers prioritising exclusivity, location and detail.
Specific properties are confirmed in your quotation once dates, availability and rates are approved.
Included
What's Included
- Safari transport and guiding
- Wildlife-drive vehicle and licensed guiding on the basis stated in the final quotation, shared or private as booked.
- Confirmed transport sectors
- The flight, rail or road sectors expressly listed in the approved itinerary, with carrier, timing and baggage confirmed before booking.
- Accommodation and meals
- The selected lodge or camp category and meal plan shown in the confirmed itinerary.
- Park and activity costs
- Applicable park entry, vehicle and listed activity fees included in the approved quotation.
- Journey support
- Pre-departure information and Urithi assistance throughout the booked services.
Not included
Not Included Unless Stated
- International travel and formalities
- International flights, visas, travel insurance, medical requirements and services outside the confirmed itinerary.
- Unlisted transport
- Domestic flights, ferries, trains, road transfers, excess baggage or hotel collection outside the confirmed sectors and zones.
- Optional experiences
- Walking or night drives, cultural visits, special meals and any other activity not expressly listed as included.
- Personal spending
- Gratuities, laundry, premium drinks, souvenirs and meals not listed.
- Changes
- Costs created by traveller-requested amendments, transport disruption, delays or circumstances outside the confirmed services.
What your journey supports
This journey prioritises locally owned suppliers and creates earning opportunities for Tanzanian guides, drivers, accommodation teams, artisans and community partners. Where possible, Urithi gives preference to enterprises led by women and young people.
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Start planning
Ready to travel? Let's shape Mikumi Slow Safari around you.
Share your travel month, party size and what matters most. Urithi will prepare a personalised quotation covering accommodation, guiding, park fees, flights and transfers.
Your dates and ideas do not need to be final. Share what you know, and Urithi will help shape the rest.