10-Day Southern Tanzania Safari through Nyerere, Mikumi and Ruaha

• Drive towards Nyerere National Park, formerly known as Selous Game Reserve, the largest national park covering over 31,000 sq km.
• Enjoy lunch en route.
• Come in contact with hippos, crocodiles, and fantastic bird life on a two to three-hour evening boat safari.

Dinner and overnight stay at Rufiji River Camp.

Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner.

• Enjoy a full-day game drive in Nyerere National Park in a 4WD vehicle, which gives you a good photographic opportunity and the chance to explore different sections of the vast park.
• Spot elephants, lions, wild dogs, buffalo, bushbuck, impalas, elands, baboons, zebra, wildebeest, and greater kudu.

Dinner and overnight stay at Rufiji River Camp.

Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner.

• Be rewarded with hot, delicious African coffee in the morning.
• Depart for a game drive with lunch boxes.
• Enjoy bush lunch at the picnic sites in the park, followed by a short game drive.
• Return to camp and prepare for a 2-3 hour boat safari on the Rufiji River.
• End the day with the sunset glowing over you while passing crocodiles and hippopotamuses as they leisurely roam around the river.

Dinner and overnight stay at Rufiji River Camp.

Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner.

• Collect your belongings and get ready for your safari to Mikumi National Park.
• Enjoy a game drive out of Nyerere National Park.
• Continue with the game drive on your way to the camp. Mikumi is unique for its African wild dog population, and it is the park with the largest population of antelopes. Apart from that, Mikumi is also blessed with animals like giraffes, lions, kudu, reedbuck, buffalo, warthog, waterbuck, zebras, and over 400 species of birds.

Dinner and overnight stay at Vuma Hills Camp.

Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner.

• Depart for a full-day game drive in Mikumi National Park.
• Enjoy a hot lunch in the park around midday and a little rest.
• Continue with the game drive until sunset before driving back.

Dinner and overnight at Vuma Hills Lodge.

Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner.

• Collect your belongings and depart for Ruaha National Park.
• Enjoy the beautiful landscape along the way and stop for lunch at Iringa.
• Take a 2-hour drive to Ruaha, depending on the road condition.
• Check in at the hotel on arrival.
• Continue with the evening game drive.

Dinner and overnight at Jongomero Camp.

Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner.

• Depart for a full-day game drive at Ruaha National Park after breakfast.
• Ruaha holds one of the greatest populations of elephants in any African park.
• Buffalo gather in large herds, as well as giraffes, zebras, impalas, eland, hippos, crocodiles, lions, and leopards.
• The rarer, lesser-seen creatures can also be found, including sable and roan antelope, dik-dik, greater and lesser kudu, Grant's gazelle, and honey badgers.
• Ruaha is the second park after Nyerere National Park to have the largest population of wild dogs.
• Enjoy lunch at picnic sites in the park.
• Proceed with the game drive until evening and then drive back.

Dinner and overnight stay at Jongomero Camp.

• Commence with an early morning game drive and then return to camp for breakfast.
• Collect your belongings and depart for Mwagusi Camp with a game drive on your way.
• Check in at the camp upon arrival and enjoy a delicious lunch.
• Depart for a game drive until sunset.
• Return to camp for dinner and an overnight stay.

Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner.

• Enjoy a 2-hour walking safari along the Great Ruaha River with two armed rangers at sunrise.
• View hippos, crocodiles, lions, and many other animals that come to drink at the river.
• Return to camp for breakfast.
• Collect your belongings and drive towards Mikumi.
• Stop at Iringa for lunch.

Dinner and overnight stay at Tanswiss Hotel.

Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner.

• Collect your belongings and start your journey back to Dar es Salaam.
• Drop-off at the airport or hotel, depending on your schedule.