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7 Days Southern Tanzania Ultimate Wilderness Safari

From $3,340 /person

Duration 7 Days

Private Tour

Tour Overview

This 7-day Southern Tanzania safari circuit is designed for travelers seeking a deep, immersive exploration of Tanzania’s most remote and less-crowded safari destinations. The journey connects Nyerere National Park, known for its river safaris and vast elephant populations, with Mikumi National Park’s open plains filled with predators and herbivores. For those seeking an even more remote extension, the itinerary can include Ruaha National Park, Tanzania’s largest national park and one of Africa’s most untouched wilderness areas. This safari combines game drives, boat safaris, and breathtaking landscapes, offering one of the most complete Southern Tanzania safari experiences available.

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Includes

  • Park entry fees (Mikumi, Nyerere, optional Ruaha)
  • Professional safari guide
  • 4×4 safari vehicle with pop-up roof
  • 6 nights accommodation
  • All meals during safari
  • Boat safari on Rufiji River
  • Bottled drinking water
  • Game drives in all parks
  • International flights
  • Tanzania visa fees
  • Travel insurance
  • Optional Ruaha flights/transfers
  • Alcoholic drinks
  • Personal expenses and tips

Full Tour Details

Day 1: Dar es Salaam – Mikumi National Park

Your safari begins with an early morning departure from Dar es Salaam, traveling through scenic countryside landscapes, local villages, and rolling hills toward Mikumi National Park. Upon arrival, you check in at your lodge and enjoy lunch before heading out for your first afternoon game drive. Mikumi introduces you to classic safari wildlife such as giraffes, elephants, zebras, and buffalo roaming freely across the open Mkata Floodplain, while lions may be spotted resting in the shade as the sun sets over the savannah, marking your first true wilderness experience.

Day 2: Full-Day Safari in Mikumi National Park

After breakfast, you spend a full day exploring Mikumi’s diverse ecosystems, focusing on the vast open plains that make wildlife viewing easy and rewarding. The park offers excellent chances to see large herds of herbivores including wildebeest, zebras, and antelopes, while predators such as lions and hyenas move through the grasslands in search of prey. A picnic lunch inside the park allows you to stay immersed in nature throughout the day, with birdlife adding color and sound to the experience before you return to your lodge in the evening.

Day 3: Mikumi – Transfer to Nyerere National Park

After breakfast, you depart Mikumi and journey toward Nyerere National Park, passing through changing landscapes that gradually become more remote and wild. Upon arrival, you settle into your lodge and enjoy lunch before heading out for an afternoon introductory game drive. Nyerere immediately feels different due to its vast size and untouched wilderness, where elephants roam in large numbers, hippos gather in waterholes, and antelope herds move across endless plains, creating a powerful sense of entering one of Africa’s last great wild frontiers.

Day 4: Full-Day Game Drive in Nyerere National Park

This day is dedicated to exploring the immense wilderness of Nyerere National Park, where early morning game drives take you deep into remote areas rarely visited by tourists. The park is famous for its healthy predator population, including lions, leopards, and endangered African wild dogs, alongside massive elephant herds and buffalo groups moving across open terrain. With its varied habitats of rivers, woodlands, and savannah, each drive offers new surprises, and a picnic lunch in the wild enhances the feeling of complete immersion in nature.

Day 5: Rufiji River Boat Safari Experience

After breakfast, you embark on a unique boat safari along the Rufiji River, one of the most scenic and wildlife-rich river systems in Africa. From the water, you observe large pods of hippos, sunbathing crocodiles, and elephants coming to drink at the riverbanks, while bird species such as kingfishers, fish eagles, and herons fill the skies. In the afternoon, you may relax at the lodge or enjoy a short game drive depending on wildlife activity, ending the day with another peaceful evening in the heart of the wilderness.

Day 6: Optional Ruaha Extension or Leisure Safari in Nyerere

Today offers flexibility depending on your chosen experience, with an optional extension to Ruaha National Park for those seeking an even more remote and rugged safari environment known for its dramatic landscapes and high predator density. Alternatively, you may spend the day in Nyerere enjoying relaxed game drives or lodge leisure time surrounded by natural sounds, giving you the chance to fully absorb the beauty of the wilderness at a slower pace before your final day.

Day 7: Morning Safari – Return to Dar es Salaam

Your final day begins with an early morning game drive, offering one last opportunity to witness wildlife in the golden sunrise light when animals are most active. After breakfast, you begin your journey back to Dar es Salaam, passing through rural landscapes and reflecting on the diverse experiences of the past week, from Mikumi’s open plains to Nyerere’s vast river systems and optional Ruaha wilderness, concluding your unforgettable Southern Tanzania safari adventure.

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