7 Days Solo Traveller Midrange Drive in Safari Southern Tanzania

Meet your driver guide in Dar es Salaam at approximately 6:00 AM and begin your solo road adventure toward Nyerere National Park. The journey offers an opportunity to see more of Tanzania beyond the main tourist centres, with stops arranged for refreshments and comfort along the way. After reaching the Nyerere area, enjoy lunch and prepare your camera or binoculars for an afternoon game drive beginning at around 3:00 PM. Your guide will search productive wildlife areas for elephants, buffaloes, giraffes, zebras, antelopes, hippos and predators while explaining what you are seeing and answering questions throughout the drive. At around 6:00 PM, travel to your midrange accommodation for dinner and your first night in the Southern Circuit.

Destination:

Nyerere National Park

Overnight:

Rufiji River Camp

  mid rage 3 star lodge

Meals & Drinks:

Lunch, Dinner

❮ ❯

Leave after an early breakfast at approximately 7:00 AM, carrying a picnic lunch for a full day of exploration. One of the advantages of travelling independently is the freedom to concentrate on the wildlife and subjects that interest you most. If you enjoy photography, more time can be spent waiting for a good position; if animal behaviour interests you, your guide can remain longer at active sightings whenever conditions allow. Explore woodland, plains, lakes and riverine areas throughout the morning before taking lunch around midday. Continue during the afternoon, looking for new species and different landscapes before returning to camp at approximately 5:30 PM.

Destination:

Nyerere National Park

Overnight:

Rufiji River Camp

  mid rage 3 star lodge

Meals & Drinks:

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

❮ ❯

Start today's drive around 6:30 to 7:00 AM, when temperatures are pleasant and the wilderness is beginning another active day. Rather than repeating yesterday's route, your guide will aim for different sectors wherever road and wildlife conditions make that practical. You may spend time watching elephants feeding quietly, observing hippos around water, photographing giraffes or following signs of predator activity. Birdlife also adds constant interest during quieter stretches between larger animal encounters. A picnic lunch will be taken in the middle of the day, followed by another relaxed afternoon session that runs until approximately 5:00 to 5:30 PM.

Destination:

Nyerere National Park

Overnight:

Rufiji River Camp

  mid rage 3 star lodge

Meals & Drinks:

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

❮ ❯

Following breakfast, leave Nyerere at around 7:00 AM and begin the drive toward Mikumi. Take advantage of the journey to enjoy Southern Tanzania's road scenery, local settlements and gradual changes in vegetation. After lunch near Mikumi, enter the national park at approximately 3:00 PM and spend the remainder of the afternoon exploring its open plains. The visibility here is quite different from parts of Nyerere, making it possible to scan large areas for zebra, wildebeest, giraffe, buffalo and elephant. Your guide will continue searching until close to 6:00 PM, after which you will head to a midrange lodge for dinner and overnight.

Destination:

Mikumi Natinal Park

Overnight:

Angalia Tented Camp

  mid rage 3 star lodge

Meals & Drinks:

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

❮ ❯

Begin at around 6:30 AM with breakfast followed by a full day in Mikumi. Move through the park at an unhurried pace, checking water sources, open grazing areas and woodland for both large mammals and smaller wildlife. Because the programme is built around the safari experience rather than simply covering distance, your guide can stop the vehicle whenever tracks, bird calls or unusual animal behaviour suggest something worth watching. Take lunch during the middle of the day and continue exploring through the afternoon. As temperatures decrease, animals may become more active and provide some of the day's best sightings. Return to the lodge in the late afternoon.

Destination:

Mikumi Natinal Park

Overnight:

Angalia Tented Camp

  mid rage 3 star lodge

Meals & Drinks:

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

❮ ❯

Depart Mikumi after breakfast at around 7:00 AM and travel toward Udzungwa, where your safari changes completely from open vehicle based wildlife viewing to exploration on foot. Meet your local guide and begin a forest trail chosen according to your interests and physical ability. Walking through Udzungwa gives you a chance to notice smaller details that can easily be missed from a safari vehicle, including butterflies, forest plants, monkeys, birds and streams hidden beneath thick vegetation. Longer trail options may also include impressive waterfall viewpoints and steeper sections of mountain forest. Rest whenever required, enjoy the surroundings and complete the main activity during the afternoon before checking into your midrange accommodation.

Destination:

Udzungwa Mountains

Overnight:

Hondo Hondo Udzungwa Forest Camp

  mid rage 3 star lodge

Meals & Drinks:

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

❮ ❯

Begin the morning at approximately 7:00 AM with breakfast and a final guided nature activity. Spend a couple of hours exploring an accessible forest area, listening to birds and looking for primates while enjoying the cooler temperature of the early day. By around 9:30 or 10:00 AM, return to prepare for departure. Start the road journey to Dar es Salaam around 10:30 AM, stopping for lunch and refreshments along the way. Arrival will normally be during the late afternoon or evening depending on road and city traffic, when your guide will deliver you to the agreed final location.