3 Days Private Midrange Drive-in and out Safari from Dar Es Salaam

Your private Southern Tanzania safari begins with an early pickup from your hotel, residence, airport or another agreed location in Dar es Salaam. After meeting your dedicated driver-guide, you will leave the city in a private 4×4 safari vehicle and travel south towards Nyerere National Park. The route passes through a variety of landscapes, including growing towns, rural villages, cultivated farmland, coconut plantations and extensive woodland.

Because this is a private drive-in safari, you will not need to follow the preferences of travellers outside your booking. Suitable rest, refreshment and photographic stops can be arranged with your guide while maintaining the necessary travel schedule. Your guide will share information about Southern Tanzania’s communities, ecosystems and wildlife conservation along the way.

As the journey approaches Nyerere, urban activity gradually disappears and the landscape becomes more remote. This transition provides an authentic sense of travelling into one of Tanzania’s most extensive wilderness regions. Upon arrival, your guide will explain the programme for the following morning and answer any questions about the wildlife you may encounter.

Attractions: Rural communities, Southern Tanzania countryside, coconut plantations, miombo woodland and Nyerere wilderness
Distance: Approximately 230–250 kilometres
Driving time: Approximately 5–6 hours

Destination:

Nyerere National Park

Overnight:

Rufiji River Camp

  mid rage 3 star lodge

Meals & Drinks:

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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After an early breakfast, you will enter Nyerere National Park for a private morning game drive. Your guide will select the most productive routes according to current wildlife movements, road accessibility and your individual interests. Nyerere’s enormous wilderness includes open plains, riverine forests, lakes, seasonal channels and miombo woodland, creating habitats for an impressive range of animals.

Elephants and buffaloes may be observed moving through woodland or gathering close to water. Giraffes, zebras, impalas, wildebeests and greater kudus can also be encountered in suitable areas. Around the Rufiji River ecosystem, you may see hippos, crocodiles and numerous waterbirds. The park is also internationally recognised for its African wild dogs, while lions and leopards remain among its most exciting potential sightings.

Having a private vehicle allows you to concentrate on specific interests such as predators, elephants, birds, landscapes or wildlife photography. Your guide can spend additional time at important sightings whenever the transfer schedule permits. After the game drive, you will leave Nyerere and travel by road to Mikumi National Park, passing through remote woodland, villages and farming communities before arriving in the evening.

Attractions: Elephants, buffaloes, giraffes, African wild dogs, lions, hippos, crocodiles and waterbirds
Game-drive duration: Approximately 3–4 hours
Transfer distance: Approximately 280–320 kilometres, depending on the road used
Transfer time: Approximately 6–7 hours

Destination:

Nyerere National Park

Overnight:

Tan-Swiss Lodge

  mid rage 3 star lodge

Meals & Drinks:

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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Your private safari continues with a morning game drive across Mikumi National Park’s Mkata Floodplain. This broad area of open grassland attracts large concentrations of herbivores and provides clear views of the surrounding wildlife. Your guide will search for elephants, buffaloes, giraffes, zebras, wildebeests, elands, impalas and warthogs while explaining their behaviour and ecological importance.

Lions may be found resting beneath acacia trees, walking beside the safari tracks or watching prey across the plains. The Hippo Pool is another important location, offering opportunities to observe hippos, crocodiles, herons, egrets and other waterbirds. With your private guide and vehicle, you can ask questions freely and dedicate more attention to the sightings that interest you most.

After completing the Mikumi game drive, you will drive out of the park and begin the return journey to Dar es Salaam. Rest stops will be arranged at suitable locations before you arrive in the city during the late afternoon or evening. Your driver-guide will drop you off at your hotel, residence, airport or another agreed location, completing your private drive-in and drive-out safari.

Attractions: Mkata Floodplain, Hippo Pool, lions, elephants, giraffes, buffaloes, zebras and wildebeests
Game-drive duration: Approximately 4–5 hours
Distance: Approximately 300 kilometres
Driving time: Approximately 5–6 hours
Drop-off: Hotel, residence, airport or agreed location in Dar es Salaam