Southern Circuit by Road - 7 day safari

DAY 1: Today you travel by road from Dar-es-Salaam to the Old Farmhouse in Iringa.
The farmhouse is a working farm offering superb accommodation. (8-9- hrs. drive)

Day 2 – 4: Today you travel to Tandala Tented Camp on the boundary of Ruaha National Park. Ruaha National Park has recently been combined with the Usanga Game Reserve making the largest National Park in Africa covering over 15,000 sq km. This new park itself is at the heart of a much larger ecosystem covering over 40,000 sq km.

The lodge offers good standard tented accommodation. The biggest attraction at Tandala is without a doubt the abundance of elephants that come and go regularly attracted by the water holes.

Day 5: You travel through the highlands of Tanzania to Mikumi National Park. Mikumi National Park is composed primarily of the Mkata River flood plain, this is surrounded by gently rolling hills covered in miombo woodland. In Mikumi you stay at Mikumi Wildlife Camp a good lodge in a prime game viewing area.

Although less spectacular than some of the more illustrious Tanzanian National Parks, Mikumi still offers a good safari experience with typical flora and fauna of East Africa. There is a rich variety of bird species as well as large numbers of giraffes, buffaloes and elephants and close to the waterholes lions, leopards and hippos. Furthermore, you can see zebras, wild dogs, pythons, hartebeest, wildebeest, elephants, impala, warthog, eland and other antelope. Several observation towers enable you to view the park in its entirety.

Day 7: Today you return by vehicle to Dar-es-Salaam (8-9- hrs. drive).