13-Day Safari Southern Tanzania Tour from Dar es Salaam

Overview

Day by day itinerary

1. 1Airport - Hotel⌄

   Meet and greet at the Airport on your arrival and transfer to The Slipway Hotel.

   Sightseeing Dar es Salaam City Center on the way to check in your hotel.

   Overnight: Overnight at The Hotel Slipway, a 4 Star Hotel. the Slipway offers clean, comfortable rooms and restaurants.

2. 2Dar es Salaam - Mikumi National Park⌄

   Meet your driver guide and depart to Mikumi National Park. Arrival for afternoon game drive, great animals sightings like impala, zebra, wildebeests, elephants, giraffes and many more.

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

   Overnight: Overnight at Camp Bastian Mikumi, a 3 Star Hotel. Camp Bastian Mikumi is set in unique and natural surroundings.

3. 3Mikumi National Park, Game drive and visit Maasai village⌄

   You will have an opportunity to explore and see the wildlife in their natural habitat/ setting include the artificial hippo pools filled huge school of hippos swimming. The hippos pool as from time to time collect several herds of wildlife, you will have to see the mention few wild like giraffes, elephants, elands, zebras, hippos and many more.

   Evening visit Maasai Boma to enjoy cultural village tour. Learn local traditions and dance.

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

   Overnight: Overnight at Camp Bastian Mikumi, a 3 Star Lodge. Camp Bastian Mikumi is set in unique and natural surroundings.

4. 4Mikumi National Park - Ruaha National Park⌄

   Depart from Mikumi to Ruaha National Park. The Ruaha National Park has the highest concentration of elephants in East Africa and is home to 10% of the world's lion population. You will have the chance to see rare antelope species can be found here include the greater and lesser kudu, roan, sable antelope, Lichtenstein's hartebeest, Topi, Southern and Bohor reedbuck.

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

   Overnight: Overnight at Ruaha Hill Top, a 3 Star Hotel. The lodge is built high on a hill with a wonderful panoramic view.

5. 5Ruaha National Park, Game drive⌄

   You will have a chance to look for leopards, cheetahs, zebras, elands, giraffes, impalas, bat-eared foxes, snakes, crocodiles mainly in Ruaha River, jackals and many more. - Bird watching - Guided Nature walks

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

   Overnight: Overnight at Ruaha Hill Top, a 3 Star Hotel. The lodge is built high on a hill with a wonderful panoramic view.

6. 6Ruaha National Park, Game drive⌄

   Another day to look for missing animals which where not found in the previous day; leopards, cheetahs, zebras, elands, giraffes, impalas, bat-eared foxes, snakes, crocodiles mainly in Ruaha River, jackals and many more. - Bird watching

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

   Overnight: Overnight at Ruaha Hill Top, a 3 Star Hotel. The lodge is built high on a hill with a wonderful panoramic view.

7. 7Ruaha National Park - Iringa⌄

   On this day you will have a bush breakfast in the park and depart to Masai and Hehe Tribe.

   On arrival in Iringa town, you will have lunch and afternoon sightseeing in Iringa tow, visit church.

   After visit the church, you will visit the market and be able to see the colorful and fresh items from farm.

   Meals: Breakfast

   Overnight: Overnight at Neema Craft Guest House, a 3 Star Hotel It provides training and employment for deaf and disabled employees

8. 8Iringa - Udzungwa Mountain National Park⌄

   After breakfast visit Isimila (Stone Age site and Museum).

   Depart from Iringa to Udzungwa Mountain National Park.

   Meals: Breakfast · Dinner

   Overnight: Overnight at Udzungwa Falls Lodge, a 3 Star Hotel The Lodge is located in the green rain forests of Udzungwa mountains

9. 9Udzungwa Mountain , Hiking⌄

   You will do hiking the Udzungwa Mountain and swimming at the waterfall pool. Afternoon visit of sugar can & rice plantation (different locations).

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

   Overnight: Overnight at Udzungwa Falls Lodge, a 3 Star Hotel The Lodge is located in the green rain forests of Udzungwa mountains

10. 10Udzungwa Mountain National Park - Nyerere National Park (Part of Selous Game Reserve)⌄

    Depart to Nyerere National Park (Part of Selous Game Reserve).

    You will have a short walking to stretchy legs after long safari at Kiponza Forest in Morogoro before continue your journey to Selous.

    Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

    Overnight: Overnight at Sable Mountain Lodge, a 3 Stat Hotel. Small and intimate with wilderness experience and warm hospitality

11. 11Nyerere National Park (Part of Selous Game Reserve)⌄

    You will have the opportunity to look for several species of wildlife in Nyerere National Park: lions, wildebeests, giraffes, zebras, hippopotamuses, rhinos, antelopes, hyenas, African wolves, and a large number of crocodiles in the Rufiji River. Most notably the park is also known for its prolific population of African Wild Dogs.

    At Nyerere National Park (Selous Game Reserve), visitors will take a boat ride among the crocodiles and hippos of the Rufiji River, which bisects the Park from north to south.

    Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

    Overnight: Overnight at Selous Kulinda Camp, a 3 Star Hotel. The camp offers a moment of serenity on the banks of Rufiji River.

12. 12Nyerere National Park (Part of Selous Game Reserve)⌄

    Another day for visitor to look for wildlife which were not able to see in the first day. Chance to look for wildlife in Nyerere National Park; lions, wildebeests, giraffes, zebras, hippopotamuses, rhinos, antelopes, hyenas, African wolves, and many more.

    Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

    Overnight: Overnight at Selous Kulinda Camp, a 3 Star Hotel. The camp offers a moment of serenity on the banks of Rufiji River.

13. 13Selous Game Reserve - Dar es Salaam⌄

    Walking safari will give visitors a particularly intimate feel for the African wilds. It starts in the morning with a guidance of an armed ranger, takes 2 hours. Walking safaris offer a good chance of seeing giraffe, zebra, elephant, and good birding.

    After breakfast, you will depart back to Dar es Salaam.

    Meals: Breakfast · Lunch