10-Day Southern Circuit Group Safari in Tanzania

10-Day Southern Circuit Group Safari in Tanzania

Offered by: USD Safaris & Tours
4.9/5 (1600 Reviews)
Journey Snapshot
🗺 Tanzania ⏱ 10 days 🚙 4x4 Pop-up Roof
Nyerere Mikumi Udzungwa Mountains and Ruaha
Experience 10 action-packed days in Nyerere, Mikumi, Ruaha National Park, and Udzungwa Mountains. You'll take part in an exciting boat safari and enjoy memorable adventures on full-day game drives in Nyerere National Park. Participate in a walking safari and the big 4 and big cats in sightings, crocodiles, zebras, impalas, and many others in Ruaha and Mikumi National Parks. You'll enjoy hiking trails, bird and monkey watching in Udzungwa Mountains National Park.

Route

Start Nyerere (Day 1)
Day 2 Mikumi
Day 3 Udzungwa Mountains
End and Ruaha

Tour Features

Day 1: Nyerere National Park Day 2: Nyerere National Park Day 3: Mikumi National Park Day 4: Mikumi National Park Day 5: Udzungwa Mountains National Park Day 6: Ruaha National Park Day 7: Ruaha National Park Day 8: Ruaha National Park Day 9: Ruaha National Park Day 10: Mikumi- Dar es Salaam

Activities & Transportation

  • Route: Nyerere, Mikumi, Udzungwa Mountains, and Ruaha
  • Duration: 10 Days
  • Getting around: 4x4 safari vehicle (pop-up roof)
  • Transfers: airport pick-up & drop-off can be included

Accommodation & Meals

Day
Accommodation
Meals
1
Africa Safari Selous Camp Mid-range lodge located just outside Nyerere NP View hotel
All meals included Non-alcoholic drinks
2
Africa Safari Selous Camp Mid-range lodge located just outside Nyerere NP View hotel
All meals included Non-alcoholic drinks
3
Camp Bastian Mikumi Mid-range lodge located just outside Mikumi NP View hotel
All meals included Non-alcoholic drinks
4
Camp Bastian Mikumi Mid-range lodge located just outside Mikumi NP View hotel
All meals included Non-alcoholic drinks
5
Camp Bastian Mikumi Mid-range lodge located less than 1hr drive from Udzungwa Mountains View hotel
All meals included Non-alcoholic drinks
6
Ruaha Hilltop Lodge Mid-range lodge located less than 1hr drive from Ruaha NP View hotel
All meals included Non-alcoholic drinks
7
Ruaha Hilltop Lodge Mid-range lodge located less than 1hr drive from Ruaha NP View hotel
All meals included Non-alcoholic drinks
8
Ruaha Hilltop Lodge Mid-range lodge located less than 1hr drive from Ruaha NP View hotel
All meals included Non-alcoholic drinks
9
Camp Bastian Mikumi Mid-range lodge located just outside Mikumi NP View hotel
All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
10
No accommodation
Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included) Non-alcoholic drinks

Day by Day

Day 1 Nyerere National Park
Morning 🏨Africa Safari Selous Camp Mid-range lodge located just outside Nyerere NP 🍽All meals included Non-alcoholic drinks
After breakfast, you will be picked up from your hotel in Dar es Salaam and driven to Nyerere National Park with a lunch stop at a restaurant in Kibiti. You'll take a short break, then proceed with the drive. You'll arrive in the afternoon and check in at the camp. Then, you'll leave for an evening boat drive on the Rufiji River. You'll return to the camp for dinner, and your overnight stay is at Africa Safari Selous.
Day 2 Nyerere National Park
Morning 🏨Africa Safari Selous Camp Mid-range lodge located just outside Nyerere NP 🍽All meals included Non-alcoholic drinks
After breakfast in the morning, you'll enjoy a full-day game drive by a modified safari vehicle with a professional guide. Great animal sightings include all the great favorites: lion, elephant, giraffe, buffalo, zebra, and all the other major species, including the now-rare African hunting dog. You will also see a large variety of birds and wonderful scenery with varied topography, including wetlands, dry grassland, light acacia forest, and higher ground with vast views of far-off mountains. In the afternoon, you'll enjoy a packed lunch and some time to rest. Your guide will select a location with shade and water nearby to watch animals coming to drink. In the evening, you will head back to the lodge for a delicious sunset dinner when you’re ready and then retire for the night.
Day 3 Mikumi National Park
Morning 🏨Camp Bastian Mikumi Mid-range lodge located just outside Mikumi NP 🍽All meals included Non-alcoholic drinks
Nyerere National Park to Mikumi National Park. After breakfast, you will drive to Mikumi National Park. Whilst on safari, you will see a wide variety of bird species, zebras, hippos, hartebeests, wildebeests, impalas, warthogs, elands, antelopes, giraffes, buffalo, and elephants. If you are lucky, you may also be able to spot lions, leopards, and African wild dogs. Several observation towers enable you to view the park in its entirety. You'll enjoy a picnic lunch during the day and dinner. Your overnight stay will be at the lodge
Day 4 Mikumi National Park
Morning 🏨Camp Bastian Mikumi Mid-range lodge located just outside Mikumi NP 🍽All meals included Non-alcoholic drinks
You'll have a game drive in Mikumi National Park. You'll enjoy a full day of game drive in Mikumi National Park. You will eat a picnic lunch at midday and get the chance to see some of what you missed on the first day in the park. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at the Camp Bastian Mikumi, which is located about thirty minutes outside the gate to the park.
Day 5 Udzungwa Mountains National Park
Morning 🏨Camp Bastian Mikumi Mid-range lodge located less than 1hr drive from Udzungwa Mountains 🍽All meals included Non-alcoholic drinks
Mikumi to Udzungwa Mountains National Park Today, you will depart for Udzungwa Mountain National Park, arriving in the afternoon. You'll take part in a half-day of hiking and bird watching in the pristine rainforest. Later, you will trek toward the Sanje Waterfalls for spectacular views of the wide Kilombero Valley. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at Camp Bastian Mikumi.
Day 6 Ruaha National Park
Morning 🏨Ruaha Hilltop Lodge Mid-range lodge located less than 1hr drive from Ruaha NP 🍽All meals included Non-alcoholic drinks
After breakfast, early in the morning, from the camp and drive to Ruaha National Park, which is 274km, with lunch boxes via Iringa town. You will be passing through the countryside and have nice scenery and beautiful valleys, and mountains. After your arrival, you will go directly to the park and enjoy an afternoon game drive. Then, you'll drive to Ruaha Hilltop Lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.
Day 7 Ruaha National Park
Morning 🏨Ruaha Hilltop Lodge Mid-range lodge located less than 1hr drive from Ruaha NP 🍽All meals included Non-alcoholic drinks
After breakfast in the morning with packed lunches, you'll drive to the park for full-day game drives. You'll enjoy a nice view of the Ruaha River Valley and great animal sightings like kudus, wildebeests, elephants, zebras, lions, hippos, hartebeests, impalas, antelopes, giraffes, and buffalo. Your dinner and your overnight stay are at Ruaha Hilltop Lodge.
Day 8 Ruaha National Park
Morning 🏨Ruaha Hilltop Lodge Mid-range lodge located less than 1hr drive from Ruaha NP 🍽All meals included Non-alcoholic drinks
After breakfast, with your lunch boxes, experience extensive game drives in Ruaha National Park to explore its topography and wildlife. Ruaha is the second-largest elephant sanctuary in Tanzania. The great Ruaha River, which flows along its entire eastern border, creates spectacular gorges and scenery and features a large number of hippos and crocodiles. Special animals that inhabit the park include both the greater and lesser kudus and the roan and sable antelopes. Birdlife is also rich, with over 370 species recorded. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at Ruaha Hilltop Lodge.
Day 9 Ruaha National Park
Morning 🏨Camp Bastian Mikumi Mid-range lodge located just outside Mikumi NP 🍽All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
After breakfast, you will depart the lodge and spend another half-day enjoying game drives and walking safaris in Ruaha National Park. You will eat a picnic lunch at midday and take time to visit sites you didn’t get to see the other day. Later, you'll start driving back to Mikumi for dinner and your overnight stay at Camp Bastian Mikumi.
Day 10 Mikumi- Dar es Salaam
Morning 🏨No accommodation 🍽Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included) Non-alcoholic drinks
After an early breakfast, you'll drive from the lodge with the packed lunches. You will drive back to Dar es Salaam. You will get a chance to spot/see animals since you’re passing through Mikumi National Park while departing for Dar es Salaam. You'll arrive in the afternoon.

Rates

From: $4,400 pp (USD)
Final quote depends on date, travelers and lodge level.

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Inclusions

Included
  • Park fees (For non-residents)
  • All activities (Unless labeled as optional)
  • All accommodation (Unless listed as upgrade)
  • A professional driver/guide
  • All transportation (Unless labeled as optional)
  • All Taxes/VAT
  • Roundtrip airport transfer
  • Meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)
  • Drinks (As specified in the day-by-day section)

Exclusions

Not included
  • International flights (From/to home)
  • Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
  • Tips (Tipping guideline US$10.00 pp per day)
  • Personal items
  • z(Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
  • Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees

Note: Some items may vary depending on season and lodge level.

Getting There

Start: Nyerere

End: and Ruaha

We can arrange airport pick-up and drop-off. Ask in your quote request.

Offered By

USD Safaris & Tours
USD Safaris & Tours
4.9/5 • 1600 reviews