9 Days Mid-Range Southern Circuit Safari Itinerary
DAY 1: ARRIVAL
Arrive anytime at Julius Kambarage Nyerere International Airport (JNIA). meet and greet with our representative, followed by a transfer to your hotel.
Dinner and lodging will be at the GIRAFFE OCEAN VIEW HOTEL.
Day 2: Mikumi National Park and an Afternoon Game Drive
I will pick you up at the hotel and then drive to Mikumi National Park. On arrival, get a hot lunch in one of the restaurants inside the park.
After lunch, go for an afternoon game drive until sunset.
Dinner and overnight at Vuma Hills Tented Camp (FB)
Mikumi National Park: During a game drive at the park, you can see a wide variety of bird species, as well as large numbers of giraffes, buffalo, and elephants. You may also be able to spot lions, leopards, and African wild dogs. Animals likely to be seen include zebras, hippos, hartebeests, wildebeests, impalas, warthogs, eland, and antelope.
Day 3: A FULL-DAY GAME DRIVE AT MIKUMI NATIONAL PARK
After an early breakfast, go for a full-day game drive across Mikumi National Park with packed lunch boxes to enjoy and experience the abundant wildlife of the enormous Mikumi National Park.
The Mkata River floodplain is an attractive point of the park where you can easily spot a large number of animals, including elephants, buffalos, zebras, giraffes, wild dogs, and impalas, as well as a rich number of bird species.
Dinner and overnight at Vuma Hills Tented Camp (FB).
DAY 4: SELOUS GAME RESERVE
After breakfast, depart for Selous Game Reserve. It’s an on-route game drive with packed lunch boxes, crossing in the middle of the enormous Selous Game Reserve to experience its abundant wildlife. Arrive at the camp in the late evening.
Dinner and overnight at Rufiji River Camp (FB)
Day 5: FULL-DAY GAME DRIVE AT SELOUS GAME RESERVE
Have an early breakfast, and then drive to the Selous Game Reserve. All-day game drives in a safari Jeep with our professional guide, in which you should see and learn much about a large number of animals, including all the great favorites—lion, elephant, giraffe, buffalo, zebra—and all the other major species, including the now rare African hunting dog. There is a great variety of bird species and wonderful scenery with varied topography: wetlands, dry grassland, light acacia forests, and higher ground with long views of far-off mountains.
packed lunch and time to rest. Your guide will select a location with shade and water nearby to watch animals coming to drink—a place with a clear view so that no predator can creep up unseen!
Dinner and overnight at Rufiji River Camp (FB)
DAY 6: EARLY MORNING WALKING SAFARI & AN EVENING BOAT SAFARI AT SELOUS GAME RESERVE
An early morning walking safari with a bushman across the reserve’s environment to learn various histories (including traditional trees for medicines, various animals’ footprints, and other small animals that you cannot see during the game drive). You may also be able to spot some animals heading to the river for drinking and hippos returning to their dwelling after their forage. Then, back to the camp for breakfast.
Rest at the camp while enjoying the view of the great Rufiji River and animals coming to drink while waiting for your hot lunch in the afternoon.
Go for an evening boat safari through the Rufiji River. Here, you can experience the aquatic life, mostly crocodiles and hippos; you can also see some animals come for drinking; and you can see an uncountable number of bird species since the reserve has over 440 known species of birds while enjoying an amazing reserve sunset.
dinner and overnight at Rufiji River Camp (FB).
DAY 7: KILWA TOWN
After breakfast, depart for Kilwa with packed lunch boxes, arriving in the early evening. On arrival, relax and unwind at the beautiful beaches of the Indian Ocean while waiting for your hot dinner to be served.
Dinner and overnight at Kimbilio Lodge (FB)
Day 8: A FULL DAY AT KILWA TOWN
After breakfast, catch a boat and depart for Kilwa Kisiwani, the center of the Kilwa Sultanate, a medieval sultanate whose authority, at its height in the 13th–15th centuries AD, stretched the entire length of the Swahili Coast. Kilwa Kisiwani, along with the nearby stone town of Songo Mnara, has been designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
Kilwa first rose to power in the 11th century as part of the Swahili civilization, which flourished in the context of the Indian Ocean trade. Kilwa is a relaxed and accommodating coastal town, boasting brilliant beaches and historical cultural ruins. There is an attractive historical feel about the town; the town has many old colonial buildings and crumbling remains of ancient Oman buildings, including ‘The Great Mosque of Kilwa,’ which serves as a congregational mosque on the island of Kilwa Kisiwani, Marking the end of the 8th day of your 9 Days Mid-Range Southern Circuit Safari.
Dinner and overnight at Kimbilio Lodge (FB)
DAY 9: DEPARTURE
After breakfast, return to Dar es Salaam, with lunch on the way. Upon arriving late afternoon, we will take you back to the hotel and catch your flight home (breakfast and lunch), Marking the End of Your 9 Days Mid-Range Southern Circuit Safari