Safari Details
12-Day Private Excellent Safari South Circuit
The 12-Day Private Excellent Safari – South Circuit offers an exclusive journey through Tanzania’s untouched southern parks, including Selous (Nyerere), Ruaha, Mikumi, and Udzungwa Mountains. With private guides and tailored experiences, enjoy game drives, walking safaris, boat trips, and cultural encounters awa...
Route At A Glance
A polished route framework, refined around your dates.
The 12-Day Private Excellent Safari – South Circuit offers an exclusive journey through Tanzania’s untouched southern parks, including Selous (Nyerere), Ruaha, Mikumi, and Udzungwa Mountains. With private guides and tailored experiences, enjoy game drives, walking safaris, boat trips, and cultural encounters awa... The final version can shift lodge level, flight timing, activity rhythm, and beach or city connections.
Trip Overview
Best suited to private tour, mid-range.
The 12-Day Private Excellent Safari – South Circuit offers an exclusive journey through Tanzania’s untouched southern parks, including Selous (Nyerere), Ruaha, Mikumi, and Udzungwa Mountains. With private guides and tailored experiences, enjoy game drives, walking safaris, boat trips, and cultural encounters awa... Uwanda can adjust accommodation, activity rhythm, and transfer style around your dates and budget.
Human planning note
This route is best treated as a starting design, not a fixed bus tour. Tell Uwanda your arrival point, travel month, and comfort level so the team can tune the route before quoting.
Included And Excluded
Know what is usually included before you request a quote.
Included In Planning
- Private safari vehicle and professional driver-guide as agreed in the final quote.
- Park entry planning, route coordination, and activity timing support.
- Accommodation matching based on selected budget, mid-range, or luxury comfort level.
- Meals and drinking water during safari days according to the confirmed itinerary.
- Airport, hotel, or ferry pickup coordination where included in the agreed route.
Usually Excluded
- International flights, visas, travel insurance, and personal medical expenses.
- Tips, premium drinks, laundry, personal purchases, and optional upgrades.
- Domestic flights unless clearly included in the confirmed package quote.
- Extra hotel nights before or after safari unless requested and added to the quote.
Itinerary Flow
A day-by-day flow that can still be customized.
Each day shows the route focus, main destination, meal plan, and suggested accommodation from the imported Uwanda database.
DAY 1
Day 1
Dar es Salaam to Mikumi National Park & Maasai Culture
Description
The journey will start early in the morning from Dar es Salaam when our professional driver will pick you up and drive to Mikumi National Park. On arrival at Mikumi NP, you will learn how to make fire with sticks and learn more about the Maasai culture. You'll also experience the places where most of them live, as well as their traditions and customs. After the safari, head back to your camp to prepare for your next scheduled activities.
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DAY 2
Day 2
Full-day Game Drive in Mikumi National Park
Description
After breakfast, head out to Mikumi National Park. You'll have a full-day game drive and will see wonderful animals like lion, eland, and buffalo found in the park. The Mikumi floodplain is the main feature of the park and borders the mountain ranges. In the afternoon, you will have lunch and rest before proceeding on a game drive until the evening when you will return to the camp to prepare for your next day's schedule.
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DAY 3
Day 3
Transfer From Mikumi to Ruaha National Park
Description
You will have an early breakfast and prepare for your transfer at around 7:30 am from Mikumi National Park to Ruaha National Park. Here, you will get to view other tourist attractions and animals. Your accommodation is at Ruaha Hilltop Lodge located outside the park.
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DAY 4
Day 4
Game Drive in Ruaha National Park
Description
After breakfast, our driver will pick you up and take you to Ruaha National Park for a full-day game drive. In the afternoon, you will get a packed lunch and time to rest. Later, continue with the game drive until sunset when you will return to Ruaha Hilltop Lodge for dinner, sleep, and prepare for the next day's schedule.
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DAY 5
Day 5
Second Game Drive in Ruaha National Park
Description
After breakfast, our driver will pick you up and go to Ruaha National Park for a second full-day game drive on different routes from the previous day. In the afternoon you will get a packed lunch and time to rest. Later, continue with the game drive until sunset when you will return to Ruaha Hilltop Lodge for dinner, sleep, and prepare for the next day's schedule.
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DAY 6
Day 6
Transfer From Ruaha National Park to Morogoro
Description
After breakfast, our professional driver will pick you up and take you to Morogoro from Ruaha National Park. You will have lunch on the way and dinner at Camp Bastian. Morogoro is one of the largest cities in Tanzania, located about 200 kilometers west of Dar es Salaam, the capital of the Morogoro region.
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DAY 7
Day 7
Udzungwa Waterfall for mountain hiking
Description
After an early breakfast, you go to Udzungwa Mountains National Park to hike at the waterfalls. On arrival, you will receive instructions before starting your hike in the forest mountains. From the top of the waterfall, you have a great view of the enormous Kilombero Sugarcane Valley, one of the biggest sugarcane plantations in Tanzania. You will have a packed lunch in the afternoon.
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DAY 8
Day 8
Transfer From Morogoro to Nyerere National Park
Description
Early in the morning, our driver will pick you up from your hotel in Morogoro and take you to Nyerere National Park (Selous Game Reserve). On the way, you will get to see various villages. After arriving at Nyerere National Park, you will get to rest and prepare for the next day's schedule.
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DAY 9
Day 9
Game Drive in Nyerere National Park (Selous Game Reserve)
Description
After breakfast, you will do a full-day game drive from 7:30 am until the evening in Nyerere National Park (formerly known as Selous Game Reserve). The journey will start from Africa Safari Selous with our professional drivers and guides. On this day, you will get to enjoy various tourist attractions like seeing animals including elephant, zebra, giraffe, antelope, and more. You will also see birds and other landscape scenery with varied topography including wetlands, dry grassland, light acacia forest, and higher ground with vast views of far-off mountains. In the afternoon, you will get a packed lunch and some time to rest. You will then continue with the game drive until the evening when you will return to Africa Safari Selous for dinner and sleep and prepare for the next day.
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DAY 10
Day 10
Full-day Game Drive on Different Routes in Nyerere National Park (Selous GR) & Visit Hot Spring
Description
After breakfast, you will do another full-day game drive until the evening. Go on different routes from the previous day, starting from the Africa Safari Camp where you will be picked up by our professional drivers and guides. Today, you will get to see various animals including elephant, zebra, giraffe, antelope and more. You will also see birds, and landscape scenery with varied topography including wetlands, dry grassland, light acacia forest, and higher ground with vast views of far-off mountains. You will also get a chance to visit a hot spring and can even go swimming, but it depends on the accessibility of the road, since during the rainy season, there will be mud on the road. In the afternoon you will get a packed lunch and some time to rest, then continue with the game drive. In the evening, you will return to Africa Safari Selous for dinner and sleep and to prepare for tomorrow.
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DAY 11
Day 11
Bushman Walking, Village Tour and Boat Safari
Description
On this day, before breakfast, you will do a walking tour with our Bushman in the forest, accompanied by an armed ranger. Return to the camp for breakfast and then do a village tour at Mloka village. In the afternoon, you will have lunch at the camp. Later, at around 4:00 pm, you will go to the Rufiji River for a boat safari until sunset. Return to the camp for dinner, sleep, and to prepare for the next day's schedule.
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DAY 12
Day 12
Fly To Zanzibar or Drive Back Dar Es Salaam
Description
After breakfast on your last day of the tour, our driver will pick you up and take you to the Mtemere Airstrip for flying by 07am flight or drive back Dar Es Salaam
Safari Gallery
The landscapes and lodge mood behind this journey.
Experience Notes
What Uwanda can coordinate behind the scenes.
Park Fees
Drinks And Meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)
Park fees (For non-residents)
All activities (Unless labeled as optional)
All accommodation (Unless listed as upgrade)
A professional driver/guide
All transportation (Unless labeled as optional)
All flights during the tour
All Taxes/VAT
Hotel Transfer
Activities
Experiences that can enrich this route.
Private Game Drives
Flexible wildlife viewing with a guide who can adjust pacing around sightings, photography light, and guest comfort.
Scenic Route Planning
Uwanda helps shape road, flight, and park sequencing so the journey feels practical rather than rushed.
Optional Add-Ons
Depending on the route, ask about boat safaris, walking safaris, hot springs, culture visits, Zanzibar extensions, or lodge upgrades.
Prices
Starting price guide before your custom quote.
Travelers
Adult pp
Child pp
1
$6,000
$4,080
2
$3,400
$2,312
3
$3,400
$2,312
4
$3,350
$2,278
5
$3,400
$2,312
6+
$3,300
$2,244
Children are priced using this safari age policy: 5-12 years. Younger infants can be confirmed by Uwanda during final quoting.
- Rates shown on this website are starting points and may change by season, lodge availability, routing, and flight cost.
- Final quotes should confirm accommodation names, room type, inclusions, park fees, transfers, and payment timing.
- Luxury, honeymoon, family, and private fly-in versions can be priced separately on request.
Booking Confidence
What to confirm before you secure the safari.
Before You Book
Uwanda can confirm the best travel sequence, realistic transfer time, and whether road or flight routing suits your dates better.
Upgrade Possibilities
Ask about luxury lodges, private fly-in links, honeymoon touches, photography pacing, or extra nights in Zanzibar or Arusha.
Quote Clarity
Share your budget direction early so the team can recommend the right accommodation level instead of overselling the route.
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