7-Day Private Budget Safari Southern Circuit

• A transfer from the airport can be arranged for an extra cost.
• Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Dar es Salaam and Mikumi National Park

You'll be met and greeted with a driver guide for your safari briefing and then drive to Mikumi National Park. On arrival, you will start with an afternoon game drive. Dinner and your overnight stay are at Camp Bastian on full board basis.

Mikumi National Park is Tanzania's fourth largest park and covers an area of 3200sq km. The park is flanked between the Udzungwa and Uluguru Mountains. Mikumi National Park is home to buffaloes, elephants, lions, leopards, zebras and pythons.

Meal Plan – Lunch and dinner.

Main Destination:

Mikumi National Park

Best Time To Visit Late June to October (Animals are attracted to the waterholes)

High Season June to October

Best Weather June to October (Little to no rainfall)

Wildlife in Mikumi NP

ElephantCommon

GiraffeCommon

BuffaloCommon

ZebraCommon

WildebeestCommon

LionOccasional

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HippoOccasional

LeopardRare

HyenaRare

Wild DogRare

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

CheetahNone

Accommodation:

Camp Bastian Mikumi

• Mid-range lodge located just outside Mikumi NP

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Mikumi National Park and Ruaha National Park

After breakfast, drive to Ruaha National Park with a stopover in Iringa for lunch. After lunch, proceed to Ruaha National Park and on arrival, start with a game drive en-route to Ruaha Cottage.
Dinner and your overnight stay are at Ruaha Cottage on full board basis.

Meal Plan – Breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Main Destination:

Ruaha National Park

Best Time To Visit June to October (Best wildlife viewing)

High Season June to October (Ruaha is rarely crowded)

Best Weather June to October (Rains are very rare)

Wildlife in Ruaha NP

ElephantAbundant

GiraffeCommon

BuffaloCommon

ZebraCommon

HippoCommon

LionOccasional

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LeopardOccasional

HyenaOccasional

Wild DogOccasional

CheetahRare

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

WildebeestNone

Accommodation:

TANAPA Ruaha Cottages

• Budget cottage located inside Ruaha NP

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Ruaha National Park

After breakfast, you will go for a full day game drive in Ruaha National Park with packed lunch. Enjoy your lunch at one of picnic sites where your guide will choose.

Ruaha National Park covers an area of 20,000sq km and a vast and magnificent wilderness area and is also Tanzania’s largest park. It is home to the largest population of elephants and also hosts larger herds of buffaloes, pride of lions, leopards, giraffes, kudus, Grant’s gazelles, wild dogs, ostriches, Roan and Sable antelopes and more than 400 different bird species. The great Ruaha River flows through the eastern side of the park and is home of hippos, crocodiles and water birds.
Meal Plan – Breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Main Destination:

Ruaha National Park

Accommodation:

TANAPA Ruaha Cottages

• Budget cottage located inside Ruaha NP

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Ruaha National Park and Morogoro

Have an early morning game drive and then get back to the cottage for late breakfast. After breakfast, drive to Morogoro town and on arrival, you will check in at Arc Hotel for your overnight stay on full board basis.
The drive to Morogoro passes through farms and villages with very good landscapes and the Great Rift Valley.
Meal Plan – Breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Main Destination:

Morogoro (City)

Accommodation:

Arc Hotel

• Mid-range hotel located in Morogoro (City)

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Morogoro Town and Selous Game Reserve

After breakfast, drive to Selous Game Reserve with packed lunch which is approximately 6 hours drive. On arrival you will check in at selous river view lodge.
After check in and relax you will do afternoon boat safari on mighty rufiji river until sun set.
Dinner and your overnight stay are at Selous River View Lodge on full board basis.

Meal Plan-Breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Main Destination:

Selous Game Reserve

Best Time To Visit June to October (Easiest wildlife viewing)

High Season June to October (The main tourist area gets crowded)

Best Weather June to October (Little to no rainfall)

Wildlife in Nyerere NP

ElephantCommon

GiraffeAbundant

BuffaloCommon

ZebraCommon

WildebeestCommon

HippoAbundant

Show more

HyenaCommon

LionOccasional

Wild DogOccasional

LeopardRare

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

CheetahNone

Accommodation:

Selous River View Lodge

• Budget lodge located less than 1hr drive from Nyerere NP

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Selous Game Reserve

After breakfast, you will go full day game drive in Selous Game Reserve with packed lunch boxes enjoy your picnic lunch one of picnic site which your driver guide will choose.
Dinner and overnight at selous river view lodge.

Selous Game Reserve covers 5% of Tanzania's total land area and is approximately 55,000sq km. Selous Game Reserve is Africa’s largest wildlife reserve and Tanzania’s most extensive protected area.
Selous provides shelter for the large numbers of elephants, big population of buffaloes, wild dogs, lions, crocodiles and hippo in the mighty Rufiji River. It also has a rich variety of birdlife and some of Tanzania’s last remaining black rhinos.
The reserve is named after the one famous British Frederick Courtney Selous who was killed in the reserve during WWI.

Main Destination:

Nyerere National Park

Accommodation:

Selous River View Lodge

• Budget lodge located less than 1hr drive from Nyerere NP

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Selous Game Reserve and Dar es Salaam

Have an early morning walking safari and then get back to the camp for a late breakfast. After breakfast, drive to Dar es Salaam. On arrival in Dar es Salaam, you will be dropped at the Ferry Terminal for the last ferry to Zanzibar, your hotel or at the airport for your flight back home.

Main Destination:

Dar Es Salaam (City)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• A transfer back to the airport can be arranged for an extra cost.