Mikumi national park lodges
Mikumi national park lodges: Mikumi national park is one of the national parks in Tanzania that is still under developed with few accommodation facilities. .Mikumi national park lodges are located outside the park around Mikumi town and some in the neighboring protected areas. The park has two lodges that are located inside, 3 tented camps and 3 public campsites. Like any other protected areas in Tanzania, Mikumi national park lodges are categorized in to three categories those are Luxury lodges, Mid-range lodges and Budget lodges. Its true that few lodges are located inside the park but most of them are found around the park.
The main aim of categorization of the park lodges was to improve service delivery and upgrade the lodge standards to the world’s level. The rating is done in inform of stars from one star lodge to the 5 star lodges. The one start lodges are the basic lodges mostly referred as Tented camps which are budget. The 2 to 3 stars are the mid-range lodges, these are inform of lodges and safari tents which are permanent. The difference between the budget lodges and mid-range lodges is mostly based on the size of the rooms, amenities found in the lodge, service delivery at the lodge, most of the midrange tents or lodges have self-contained rooms with both hot showers and cold showers. Flashing good clean toilets that are private at the room and mostly located inside the park. The last category is the 4 to 5 star lodges that are known as high end or luxury lodges. This provide supper relaxing option for the guests. They are set on international level and mostly owned by international big companies across the world.
With us our guests enjoy the international level accommodation at the best prices, we have contract agreements with special rates that we give our guests. The company bargains on behalf of the guests. We also have continues firm trips to these lodges so as to assure constant service delivery to our guests. Why we are unique when it comes to selection of Mikumi national park lodges, we give all our guests who seem to be budget to stay in mid-range lodges. This has made us unique and providing excellent safari experience to the guests. The lifetime Mikumi national park safaris are not only affected by nature but starts from the type or kind of service delivery a guest gets from the lodge. This prepares their mind set on the next step of the trip hence achieving the best.
The location of the lodge directly affects the safari experience for example if you book a lodge which is more than one hour drive to the park gives the guest to get little time to explore the park hence ending up using more time on transit. With us we use some creterias when selecting Mikumi national park lodges for our guests. The mostly used criteria is to find the location of the lodge. We make a visit to the lodge before we contract them to handle our guests, we normally prefer lodges inside the park or at worst if outside must be less than 30 minutes’ drive to the park. It must be located in place with easy accessibility to the park at any time of the day. It must also give our guests more time to explore Mikumi national park with no hurry to drive out due to the distance of the lodge. The other used method is checking on the service delivery, this is directly related to the professionalism of the lodge staff. However much the lodge might be inside or too close to the park but if your service delivery is poor then we will not consider that. Other factors to consider include the Amenities at the lodge
We mostly recommend our guests to stay in 3 star lodges and above due to the classic services offered. There is great value for your money when staying in Mid-range accommodations than in budget lodges. If you need supper relaxing accommodations then the luxury is the best option for you. However much the Mikumi national park lodges are scattered across but we always select the best for our guests that is we have served longer as the best local tour operators in Tanzania. The advantage the luxury lodges have is their super location at the heart of wildlife corridor at the park. Their rooms are fully furnished like No-frills Camp which has great location and among the only lodges that are found inside the park.
The fact remains that Mikumi national park lodges are not supper luxury as in international levels simple because the park is still behind on the accommodation facilities. The lodges are on solar system not electricity for example Stanley’s Kopje Camp which has 12 tents and located just four kilometers away from the main road of Tanzam Highway. Mikumi national park lodges are built using local materials so as to give guests the true wilderness experience. For you to get the accommodation inside the park you need to book very early in advance. Booking can be done through local reputable tour operator who at most provide all inclusive Mikumi national park safari packages. You can also contact the lodge directly and they give you the availability of their rooms. The cancellation policy deffers from lodge to lodge and also on how you booked the lodge if using tour operator they have their own contract agreement which highlights their terms and condition of cancelling the booking. But mostly there is a charge basing on how many days left for your booked dates. Percentages are charged depending on the period left for your check in.
When choosing the Mikumi national park lodges, you consider accessibility. The park has poor road network making some lodges only to be accessed during dry season andn ion wet season no hence making their operation to be seasonal for example Stanley’s Kopje camp it only works during dry season in in the rainy season the camp is closed due to hardness to acess. During the rainy season most guests are advised to book lodges around Mikumi town and just walk to the park. Some of the luxury lodges found at the park include Mikumi wildlife Camp, Vuma Hills Camp and many more.
