Most tourists when think of doing Tanzania safari think of Serengeti, Ngorongoro and in general Northern circuit of Tanzania because its popular and also much advertised. But Southern circuit of Tanzania has much to offer and can be also cheaper compare to Northern circuit of Tanzania which is way expensive and lots of tourists. In this circuit you have a chance to visit the biggest national park in Tanzania and second in Africa or you can do Selous game reserve which is the biggest game reserve in Africa. There is also Mikumi national park which can be visited all year also this is the closet national park from Dar es salaam (7hrs drive) and has enough to see. If you like hiking then combine Mikumi National Park and Udzungwa mountain national park and this can be the best Tanzania safari with affordable budget. The good this is you can also combine all southern circuit safari for only 8 days or you can do a safari to Selous game reserve for 3 days or Mikumi national park 2 days. We tend to recommend that you consider between 2 and 5 nights in each park as a good number. Please have a look at the itineraries below for more in depth information

5 DAYS MIKUMI, RUAHA AND UDZUNGWA FROM MOROGORO

DAY 1 MOROGORO TO MIKUMI NATIONAL PARK

Morning pick up and drive to Mikumi National Park which is approximately 1:30 hours’ drive from Morogoro On arrival you go for a full day game drive in Mikumi National Park till sunset with overnight at Morio hotel just outside the park

Mikumi National Park is Tanzania’s fourth – largest National Park and the most accessible from Morogoro/Dar es salaam. Within its 3230 sq. km its set between the Uluguru Mountains to the north and the Lumango Mountains to the south-east. Mikumi hosts buffaloes, giraffes, elephants, lions, pythons zebras, leopards crocodiles and many more just to mention a few

MIKUMI IS HOME OF GIRAFFES

DAY 2 MIKUMI TOWN TO RUAHA NATIONAL PARK

After breakfast drive to Ruaha National Park with stop in Iringa for lunch after lunch proceed to Ruaha national park, This drive can take up to 7 hours ride from Mikumi town to Ruaha National Park ,it gives you the chance to see the beautiful Tanzania landscape, mountains, village, small town and village.

On arrival you start with game drive on route to Ruaha Tanapa Cottage Ruaha National Park covers an area of 20,000 sq. km and a vast and magnificent wilderness area and is Tanzania’s largest park Ruaha National Park is the home of largest population of Elephants, it 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

IT BELIEVED 10% OF LIONS IN AFRICA ARE FOUND IN RUAHA NATIONAL PARK

GREAT KUDU ARE ALSO FOUND IN RUAHA NATIONAL PARK AND EASY TO SEE THEM

DAY 3 FULL DAY GAME DRIVE IN RUAHA WITH PACKED LUNCH

Morning and afternoon game drives in the Park. On any given day, Ruaha National Park has the potential to showcase a good number of bio-diversities in just one-third of the park size. From our experience within the Msembe and Jongomeru area you might see the Silver Back Jackal, Elephants that walked into the camp, Hippos that foraged around the camp at night, African hunting dogs that trotted past our vehicle, a pride of 18 lions that were hunting, and the superb Lesser and Greater Kudus seen at every southern section of the park. The vegetation of park also boasts Palm, Fig,

Tamarind and Baobab trees that are not commonly seen in other parks. There are over 1600 plant species and over 370 bird species confirmed in the Park

SAMPLE OF CAR WILL BE USED FOR THIS TRIP, POP UP ROOF PERFECT FOR ANIMALS VIEW

HIPPO IN RUAHA RIVER

DAY 4 RUAHA NATIONAL PARK TO UDZUNDWA MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK

Early morning game drive and back to the camp for late breakfast, After breakfast you drive to Udzungwa mountain national park for overnight and ready for hike next day This drive will take up to 8 hours and we can stop to small maasai village in Mikumi if we have chance and time

DAY 5 HIKE TO UDZUNDWA MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK

Udzungwa mountains national park is one of Tanzania’s most outstanding and exciting wilderness area, with unique wildlife species in habiting this altitudinal range of forests. Udzungwa is known as the primate park, and currently there are 12 species of primate. Udzungwa Mountains with wilderness forest offer a superb venue for hiking, climbing and viewing of rare endangered and endemic species