4 Days Tanzania Southern Circuit Walking Midrange Safari Tour

Overland Journey to Mikumi

Your walking and wildlife safari begins with an early-morning pickup from your hotel, residence, airport or another agreed location in Dar es Salaam. You will travel towards Mikumi National Park through towns, farming communities and the landscapes surrounding the Uluguru Mountains. Your guide will explain the route and introduce the differences between vehicle-based wildlife viewing in Mikumi and guided rainforest walking in Udzungwa. Suitable stops will be arranged for stretching and refreshments during the journey.

Introductory Mikumi Game Drive

After reaching Mikumi, you will enter the national park for an afternoon game drive, depending on your arrival time. The activity explores the Mkata Floodplain while searching for elephants, buffaloes, giraffes, zebras, wildebeests, impalas and warthogs. Lions may be encountered resting under trees or watching animals across the open grasslands. This first game drive provides an important introduction to the large mammals of Southern Tanzania before the walking-based forest experiences later in the itinerary.

Attractions: Uluguru Mountains, Mkata Floodplain, lions, elephants, giraffes, buffaloes and zebras
Distance: Approximately 300 kilometres
Driving time: Approximately 5–6 hours
Game-drive duration: Approximately 2–3 hours, depending on arrival time

Destination:

Mikumi Natinal Park

Overnight:

Angalia Tented Camp

  mid rage 3 star lodge

Meals & Drinks:

Lunch, Dinner

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Morning Savannah Exploration

Your full day in Mikumi begins with an early game drive across the Mkata Floodplain and surrounding woodland. Cooler morning temperatures often make wildlife more active, creating opportunities to see elephants feeding, giraffes moving between trees and grazing herds spreading across the plains. Your guide will search for lions and other predators while explaining animal tracks, territorial behaviour and the ecological relationships connecting predators, herbivores and vegetation.

Hippo Pool and Afternoon Wildlife Viewing

The activity continues towards the Hippo Pool, where hippos, crocodiles and waterbirds may be observed from an appropriate location. During the afternoon, your guide will explore different sections of the park based on recent wildlife reports and road conditions. This combination of open floodplains, woodland and wetland habitats provides opportunities to observe buffaloes, zebras, wildebeests, antelopes and numerous birds before completing the day’s game drive.

Attractions: Mkata Floodplain, Hippo Pool, lions, elephants, hippos, crocodiles and birdlife
Morning game drive: Approximately 3–4 hours
Afternoon game drive: Approximately 3–4 hours
Total safari duration: Approximately 7–8 hours, including breaks

Destination:

Mikumi Natinal Park

Overnight:

Angalia Tented Camp

  mid rage 3 star lodge

Meals & Drinks:

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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Final Mikumi Wildlife Drive

After an early breakfast, you will enter Mikumi for a final morning game drive. Your guide may visit areas not explored during the previous day or return to productive locations where predators, elephants or large herbivore herds were observed. The activity provides another opportunity to learn how professional guides interpret tracks, alarm calls and animal movements while searching for wildlife across the savannah.

Udzungwa Forest-Edge Walk

After leaving Mikumi, you will travel through the Kilombero Valley towards Udzungwa Mountains National Park. Following arrival, you may participate in a short guided forest-edge walk or community nature experience, depending on the available time. The walk introduces you to Udzungwa’s plants, butterflies, birds and rural surroundings while preparing you for the main forest activity on Day 4. Udzungwa’s wildlife experiences are conducted on foot because the park’s mountainous rainforest does not support traditional vehicle game drives.

Attractions: Mikumi wildlife, Kilombero Valley, Udzungwa Mountains, butterflies, forest birds and local landscapes
Morning game drive: Approximately 2–3 hours
Transfer distance: Approximately 70–90 kilometres
Transfer time: Approximately 1½–2 hours
Guided walk: Approximately 1–2 hours, depending on arrival time

Destination:

Udzungwa Mountains

Overnight:

Asante Luxury lodge

  mid rage 3 star lodge

Meals & Drinks:

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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Guided Rainforest and Waterfall Hike

Your main walking safari begins early with an authorised Udzungwa forest guide who will select a suitable trail according to your fitness, interests and the available return-travel time. As you walk beneath the rainforest canopy, the guide will explain indigenous plants, medicinal trees, insects and the conservation importance of the Eastern Arc Mountains. The hike may provide opportunities to observe the endemic Iringa red colobus, Sanje crested mangabey, forest birds and colourful butterflies before continuing towards a waterfall or scenic forest viewpoint.

Udzungwa to Dar es Salaam

After completing the guided walk, you will begin the road journey back to Dar es Salaam through the Kilombero Valley, Mikumi and Morogoro. Stops will be arranged at suitable locations while your driver-guide manages the schedule according to road conditions and city traffic. Arrival in Dar es Salaam is expected during the evening, and you will receive a drop-off at your hotel, residence, airport or another agreed destination.

Attractions: Udzungwa rainforest, waterfalls, endemic primates, butterflies, indigenous plants and forest birds
Walking duration: Approximately 2–4 hours, depending on the selected trail
Distance to Dar es Salaam: Approximately 350–380 kilometres
Driving time: Approximately 7–8 hours
Drop-off: Hotel, residence, airport or agreed location in Dar es Salaam