3 Days Private Midrange Southern Circuit Safari from Dar es Salaam

Our experienced local guide will welcome you at your hotel, residence, airport or another confirmed location in Dar es Salaam between 5:00 and 5:30 a.m. After helping with your luggage and discussing your wildlife interests, the guide will begin the private journey to Mikumi National Park.

Travel through Chalinze and Morogoro while watching the city scenery change into farms, villages and mountain landscapes. Breakfast, refreshment and washroom stops can be arranged according to your needs. Arrive in the Mikumi area at approximately 11:30 a.m., enjoy lunch and prepare for the afternoon game drive.

Enter Mikumi National Park at around 1:30 p.m. and explore the open Mkata Floodplain. Search for elephants, giraffes, buffaloes, zebras, wildebeest, impalas and lions. The private arrangement allows you to dedicate more time to favourite sightings when conditions permit. Leave the park at approximately 6:00 p.m. and transfer to your midrange lodge.

• Time: Approximately 5–6 hours of road travel and 4–4.5 hours of private game viewing.
• Attractions: Chalinze, Morogoro, Uluguru Mountains, Mkata Floodplain, elephants, buffaloes, giraffes, zebras and lions.
• Distance: Approximately 300 kilometres from Dar es Salaam to Mikumi, plus around 25–40 kilometres inside the national park.

Destination:

Mikumi Natinal Park

Overnight:

Asante Afrika Camp Mikumi

  mid rage 3 star lodge

Meals & Drinks:

Lunch, Dinner

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Following an early breakfast, depart from the midrange lodge at approximately 6:30 a.m. Carry drinking water and a packed lunch before entering Mikumi National Park for a full day of wildlife exploration.

Our guide will select the day’s route using recent information about animal movements and road conditions. Explore the Mkata Floodplain, acacia woodland and seasonal watering areas while looking for elephants, giraffes, buffaloes, zebras, wildebeest, greater kudus and elands. Predators may include lions, leopards and spotted hyenas.

Continue to the Hippo Pool, where hippos, crocodiles and waterbirds can be observed from the viewing area. Stop for lunch at an authorised picnic site and discuss the afternoon route with your guide. Complete the game drive at approximately 5:30–6:00 p.m. and return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

• Time: Approximately 10–11 hours, including lunch and extended wildlife stops.
• Attractions: Mkata Floodplain, Hippo Pool, acacia woodland, elephants, lions, giraffes, hippos, crocodiles and waterbirds.
• Distance: Approximately 60–100 kilometres inside Mikumi National Park, depending on wildlife locations and your interests.

Destination:

Mikumi Natinal Park

Overnight:

Asante Afrika Camp Mikumi

  mid rage 3 star lodge

Meals & Drinks:

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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Enjoy breakfast and check out of the lodge at approximately 6:30 a.m. Return to Mikumi National Park for a final private game drive during the cooler morning hours.

Explore a different section of the Mkata Floodplain or revisit a productive area identified during the previous day. Search for elephants, buffaloes, giraffes, zebras, antelopes and predators before leaving the national park at approximately 10:00 a.m.

Begin travelling through Morogoro and Chalinze toward Dar es Salaam. A lunch and refreshment stop will be arranged along the route. Arrival is expected between 4:00 and 6:00 p.m., followed by drop-off at your hotel, residence, airport or another agreed destination.

• Time: Approximately 3–3.5 hours of morning game viewing and 5–6 hours of road travel.
• Attractions: Morning wildlife on the Mkata Floodplain, Uluguru Mountains, Morogoro, Chalinze and rural Tanzania landscapes.
• Distance: Approximately 20–40 kilometres inside Mikumi National Park, followed by around 300 kilometres to Dar es Salaam.