3 Days Tanzania Southern Circuit Midrange Drive-in and out Safari

Your Tanzania Southern Circuit midrange safari begins with an early-morning pickup from your hotel, residence or another agreed location in Dar es Salaam. After meeting your professional safari driver-guide, you will travel towards Nyerere National Park in a comfortable 4×4 safari vehicle. The scenic drive takes you through lively towns, traditional villages, farmland and the beautiful countryside of Southern Tanzania. You will stop for refreshments and lunch along the way before arriving at your midrange lodge or tented camp near Nyerere National Park. Depending on your arrival time, you can relax at the lodge or enjoy an optional evening activity before dinner and your overnight stay.

Attractions: Southern Tanzania countryside, traditional villages, Rufiji ecosystem, miombo woodlands and Nyerere wilderness
Distance: Approximately 230–250 kilometres
Driving time: Approximately 5–6 hours
Accommodation: Midrange lodge or tented camp near Nyerere National Park
Meals: Lunch and dinner

Destination:

Nyerere National Park

Overnight:

Lake Manze 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 an exciting morning wildlife game drive. Your guide will take you through open grasslands, riverine forests and miombo woodlands while searching for elephants, buffaloes, giraffes, zebras, impalas, hippos and crocodiles. Nyerere is also an important habitat for African wild dogs, while lions and leopards may be encountered with some luck. After the game drive, you will enjoy lunch and begin the overland transfer to Mikumi National Park. The journey offers beautiful views of Southern Tanzania’s countryside before you arrive at your comfortable midrange accommodation near Mikumi in the evening.

Attractions: Nyerere wildlife, Rufiji River ecosystem, African wild dogs, elephants, giraffes, hippos, crocodiles and birdlife
Game-drive duration: Approximately 3–4 hours
Transfer distance: Approximately 280–320 kilometres, depending on the road used
Transfer time: Approximately 6–7 hours
Accommodation: Midrange lodge or tented camp near Mikumi National Park
Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner

Destination:

Nyerere National Park

Overnight:

Mikumi Wildlife Camp

  mid rage 3 star lodge

Meals & Drinks:

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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After breakfast, you will enter Mikumi National Park for a morning game drive across the famous Mkata Floodplain. This open area offers excellent opportunities to observe elephants, buffaloes, giraffes, zebras, wildebeests, elands, impalas and warthogs. Lions are also regularly seen resting in the grasslands or searching for prey. Your guide may visit the Hippo Pool, where hippos, crocodiles and various waterbirds can often be observed. After the game drive and lunch, you will leave Mikumi and travel back to Dar es Salaam. Upon arrival, we will drop you off at your hotel, residence, airport or another agreed location, marking the end of your Tanzania Southern Circuit midrange drive-in/out safari.

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