Mikumi National Park Fees 2019-2024 All You Need to Know

TANAPA Park Fees 2024 (Including Mikumi National Park Fees)

Mikumi National Park Fees 2023/Mikumi National Park Entrance Fee/Mikumi National Park Price (Plus All Other TANAPA Tariffs 2023/Tanzania National Park Fees 2023/TANAPA Park Fees 2023)

Tanzania National Parks Authority (TANAPA) is the official body that governs Mikumi National Park.

Every year, TANAPA publishes an official tariff guide for all the parks it runs, including Mikumi National Park fees.

Here are the official Mikumi National Park fees 2022/2023 as well as the fees for all other TANAPA-run parks starting July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023. (Note: The Ngorongoro Conservation Area, where the Ngorongoro Crater is located, is not run by TANAPA.)

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If you would like to know what TANAPA Park Fees were like pre-COVID-19, here they are for 2019/2020.

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Mikumi National Park Tickets

If you are interested in buying tours or tickets to Mikumi National Park, browse a range of those here.

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For many people in the world, East Africa and safaris go hand in hand.

It is no wonder, therefore, that when people travel to Tanzania, going on safari is a top priority for many.

Unbeknownst to most people, though, Tanzania is the 31^st largest country in the world, so if your business to Tanzania takes you to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania’s largest city, going on safari is not necessarily as easy as a quick day trip out of town, unless of course you opt to visit Mikumi National Park. (To be honest, it would be a rushed day trip but would make a perfect weekend getaway.)

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How Does Mikumi Park Compare to Other National Parks in Tanzania?

Mikumi National Park is the 4^th largest national park in Tanzania and is an easy four-hour drive from Dar es Salaam (if you know how to navigate the heavy traffic leaving and entering town).

It shares an ecosystem with Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania’s largest game reserve (also one of the largest in the world) and animals travel freely between the two protected areas.

This is how, last September, when looking for a place to take my boyfriend (who had never been on safari) for his birthday, the obvious choice was to take him on a surprise visit to Mikumi National Park. (Mikumi National Park is one of the two closest national parks to Dar es Salaam. Saadani National Park is technically closer but more sparsely populated in terms of wildlife.)

Around the same time, one of my closest childhood friends and her recently-married husband were in Tanzania—it was her first time—so killing two birds with one stone, we decided to make a travel double date of it.

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My friend’s husband highly recommended a partially Swiss-owned hotel, Tan-Swiss Lodge (Booking.com Rating: 8.4/10 – Very Good), where he had stayed on a previous visit to Tanzania.

He told us we would be able to book our safari through them.

Following his recommendation, we made our accommodation and safari bookings online, paying for it upfront (which had me a little apprehensive at first) with a bank transfer.

On the appointed date, we left Dar es Salaam using a back route in order to avoid traffic.

Pit Stop in Chalinze

In no time, we were in Chalinze, where we stopped at the Kobil Restaurant to have samosas that my friend’s husband told us were not to be missed.

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After browsing through the crafts that were on sale next to the restaurant, we got back on the road.

In about two hours, we saw two huge signs straddling the highway announcing that we were entering Mikumi National Park. These signs also warned of the danger of encountering wild animals on the next 50 km stretch of road.

Although we had reached the boundary of the park, we still had a ways to travel: Tan-Swiss Lodge is 2 km past the park when traveling away from Dar es Salaam.

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Our Mikumi Safari Begins Unofficially

As soon as we passed the road sign, our safari experience unofficially began.

Without leaving the main road we started to see animals—giraffes, elephants, monkeys, and antelope—that had us squealing with delight.

We drove fairly quickly through the national park, slowing down occasionally to take pictures, because we wanted to get to Tan-Swiss Lodge before dark.

Shortly after we saw road signs telling us that we were leaving the park, we spotted the Tan-Swiss Lodge sign to our left. (Tan-Swiss Lodge is located on the highway so if you travel by public means, your bus driver can drop you off right in front of the hotel).

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When we finally got to our destination, we were greeted with a refreshing drink and shown to our rooms.

Tan-Swiss Lodge: A Pleasant Budget Travel Surprise

In booking Tan-Swiss Lodge, my friends and I knew that at US$65 a night for a double room, we were budget traveling.

When I got to the lodge though, the infrastructure impressed me. I also appreciated the lodge’s effort to make everything look and feel as pleasant as possible.

Although the infrastructure was basic, the grounds were spacious and the walls were painted with lively safari-inspired patterns and murals.

The rooms, as someone wrote on TripAdvisor, were “of the same standard that you would find at any good hotel in Dar es Salaam.”

We freshened up for the evening and regrouped at the restaurant for dinner.

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My experience from previous safaris had taught me that unless I was staying somewhere upscale, the last thing to expect on safari was good food.

I was not very hungry that first night.

Against my better judgement, I decided to order a sandwich. I was hoping at the very least that it would be edible.

Not only was the sandwich edible but made with good quality homemade bread, good cheese, and was even warm if I recall correctly.

The sandwich was good by any standards.

I make a big deal about this because that’s one of the things that stood out for me at Tan-Swiss Lodge: the food.

I enjoyed every meal I ate there! The sandwich I had at dinner, as well as breakfast the next two mornings, were definitely noteworthy.

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Photo Credits: Valugi, Planet of Hotels