Mickumi National Park (Tanzania)
This was how I spent my Easter Holiday, we came to Africa to stay with my husband who works in a place called Morogoro, which is in Tanzania. This is a far cry from a holiday resort, it is what I would describe as 'real Africa' being only a couple of miles from the bush.
We visited the Mikumi Natioal Park which is located in the north of the Selous Game Reserve in Morogoro. It is overlooked by the Uluguru Mountains in the north and Rubeho Mountains to the south east. The main feature of the park is Mkata River Flood Plain. Mikumi Park stretches over 3230 sq kilometers and is well known for its population of elephants, giraffes, buffaloes, zebra's, wildebeest and sable antelope. Its predators include tree climbing lions, leopards, wild hunting dogs and black-backed jackel and has more than 400 species of birds. The coolist thing is it is quite common to see giraffes, elephants, zebra, lions and leopards walking along the road side and that's before you get into the actual park. We saw most animals other than the predators, it's great to see wild animals in their natural enviroment where they are free to roam with their families, I visited the Serengetti game park 12 years ago and I have never visited another zoo since, I find it cruel and uncomfotable to see these animals forced to live in such an unnatural enviroment not to mention the climate change which they have to adjust to. We had a fantastic day in the park and the kids loved it.
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