Tanzania Southern Circuit & Zanzibar Beach

Meet our safari guide at Julius Nyerere International Airport depending on your flight arrival time, you’ll be picked up and transferred to Dar es Salaam city centre.

Arrive at the lodge for leisure while getting prepared for the next day departure of your safari.

Morning pickup from the hotel in Dar es Salaam at 8:00 am and drive to Nyerere National Park with lunches at restaurant in Kibiti, take a short break then proceed with the drive, arrive in late afternoon and check in at the camp, then leave for evening boat safari at Rufiji river. Return to the camp for dinner and overnight stay.

After breakfast in the morning with your packed lunches enjoy a full day game drive in Nyerere National Park, great animal sightings including all the great favourites; lion, elephant, giraffe, buffalo, zebra and all the other major species like hunting wild dogs. Enjoy a great variety of bird species with wonderful scenery and varied topography: wetlands, dry grassland, light acacia forest, and higher ground with long views of far-off mountains. Enjoy your packed lunch and time to rest.

On evening you’ll be back at your accommodation for sunset, dinner and overnight stay

After breakfast with your packed lunch boxes, depart with en-route game drive to Mikumi National Park, 6 hours driving.  Arrive for afternoon/evening game drive. Great welcoming by the herd of impalas, elephants, giraffes, lions, wildebeests, buffaloes and many more, dinner overnight at Vuma Hill Tented Camp.

Depart after your breakfast at the lodge; enjoy a full day game drive in Mikumi, the common animals which you’ll spot  in the Park includes; lions, eland, hartebeest, buffalo, wildebeest, giraffe, zebra, elephants and many more. Enjoy your lunch at the picnic site before proceed with game drive to the hippos and crocodiles pool.

On late afternoon or early evening you’ll return to the lodge for an evening relation at the lodge followed with dinner and overnight stay.

Began your journey with 4hrs drive from Mikumi to Ruaha National Park via Iringa town, you’ll be passing though country side, have nice scenery and beautiful valleys as well as mountains. When you arrival stop for the picnic lunch before continuing with afternoon and evening game drive. Later in the evening transferred to your booked accommodation for dinner and overnight stay.

Depart on early morning game drive since animals both nocturnal and diurnal are generally found active before the sun sends them off to cover under shades, following with sunrise in Ruaha till 8:00am. Later have your packed bush breakfast, and proceed with en-route game drive through the famous Ruaha River; is the best place to see huge crocodiles especially when the river is full of water.

Later in the late afternoon you’ll be driven back to the lodge for hot lunch and afternoon relaxation ( Optional top go out for evening game drive).

The day began with either early morning game drive and later return back to the lodge for breakfast and later you’ll be transferred to the Airstrip for your scheduled charter flight to Zanzibar.

Upon arrival in Zanzibar, you’ll be met with our representative and being transferred to your booked accommodation to the East coast of Zanzibar .

The next 3-days are spent relaxing on the white sand beaches, swimming in the warm Indian Ocean and enjoying your Zanzibar beach resort at leisure.

The islands of the Zanzibar are famous for their idyllic tropical beaches and are known as the Spice Islands, for the exotic spices grown there. Visit the spice plantations to smell, see and taste the brightly colored and aromatic spices, such as turmeric, ginger, black pepper, nutmeg and cinnamon.

You can take some optional activities like a boat ride to one of the smaller islands to relax and explore, or go for dolphin tour, Prison Island as well as stone town tour.

After breakfast on day 12, you can relax at the resort until the time for you to be transfer to the    airport. You can store your luggage at the resort once you have checked out of your room at 10:30 and continue enjoying the resort facilities.

When it is time for your airport transfer our driver collects you at reception and drives you to the Zanzibar International Airport, where this 12-Days Tanzania Southern Circuit and Zanzibar beach comes to a close.