Tanzania Southern Circuit Budget Safari

Meet and greet at the airport and depart to Selous Game Reserve with stop for lunch at Kibiti Restaurant. The journey takes about 7 hours.

In late afternoon we embark on a boat safari on the mighty Rufiji River. This trip brings you into close contact with hippo, crocodile and fantastic birdlife. Animals make their way to the river to drink and boats may approach elephant, lion, buffalo, giraffe, waterbuck and other game on the river banks to within a few meters. Crocodile glide into the water as your boat approaches and hippos appear in frightening proximity, grunting and blowing steam.

Dinner and overnight will be at Hippo Tented Campsite (Located at the park boundary).

Meal Plan: Lunch, Dinner

You will have a full day in Selous Game Reserve exploring the reserve on a 4-wheel drive vehicle. You will get good photographic opportunities and a chance to explore different sections of the vast park.

Selous Game Reserve is the largest in Africa, covering 54,600 square kilometers. Selous is famous for its elephants, lions, wild dogs, buffaloes, bushbuck, impalas, elands, baboons, zebras and greater kudus. It was originally set aside as a hunting area where animals are abundant but more shy than in the Northern Parks.

Dinner and overnight will be at Lake Tagalala campsite (Located inside the park).

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch Dinner

We wake up early in the morning before breakfast for a wilderness walking safari. This walking safari will give you a particularly intimate feel for the African wilds. Walking safaris offer a good chance of seeing giraffe, zebra, elephant, and good birding.

We start in the morning with the guidance of an armed ranger, takes 2 hours before you meet the driver at the reserve gate and drive to Mikumi National Park Morogoro over the Uluguru Mountains across rivers and past small local villages and farms. We will go for sunset game drive in park.

Dinner and overnight will be at Mikumi Camping site (Inside the Park).

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

We go on another early morning sunrise game viewing in the park. Mikumi's vegetation includes woodland, swamp and grassland with two water holes, Mkata and Chamgore. Apart from the saddle-bill stork, hammer kop and malachite kingfisher, you will also find monitor lizard and a deadly python inhabiting the pools.

We head back for brunch at the campsite and continue with game drive until 4pm. We will leave the park and drive 70km to Udzungwa Mountain National Park.

Dinner and overnight at Twiga Campsite.(Park boundary)

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch Dinner.

After breakfast, start walking in this beautiful Park enjoying and experience the stunning natural beauty of the park. Picnic lunch in the bush then proceed exploring the area wonderful Sanje waterfall endemic Red Colobus Monkey and beautiful scenery Lunch to be served at the Sanje View point after that you will descend and meet the car, Start drive back to Dar es salaam where you will arrived late evening. We drop you off at the hotel of your choice or home Meals Plan; Breakfast, Lunch.