How many days is the 11 Days Best of Southern Tanzania Safari?

The 11 Days Best of Southern Tanzania Safari is 11 days and 10 nights, operating year-round from Tanzania.

How much does the 11 Days Best of Southern Tanzania Safari cost?

The 11 Days Best of Southern Tanzania Safari is priced on request depending on your group size, dates, and accommodation preferences. Contact Orika Africa Tours for a free tailor-made quote: hi@orikaafrica.com or +256 707 916 185.

What is included in the 11 Days Best of Southern Tanzania Safari?

The 11 Days Best of Southern Tanzania Safari in Tanzania includes all accommodation, meals, park fees, private safari vehicle with an experienced guide-driver, and 24/7 support from Orika Africa Tours. Uganda's UTB-licensed Tour Operator & DMC. We welcome solo travellers, couples, families, and larger groups.

Is the 11 Days Best of Southern Tanzania Safari suitable for first-time safari visitors?

Yes. Orika Africa Tours designs every itinerary from scratch around your group's fitness, interests, and budget. The 11 Days Best of Southern Tanzania Safari is available as a private safari, no shared vehicles, no fixed groups, ever.

What is the best time to go on the 11 Days Best of Southern Tanzania Safari in Tanzania?

The 11 Days Best of Southern Tanzania Safari in Tanzania runs year-round. The dry seasons (June to August and December to February) offer the best conditions for game drives and trekking. Contact Orika Africa Tours for month-by-month advice.

11 Days Best of Southern Tanzania Safari

11 days into the wild, uncrowded heart of southern Tanzania, where intimate expedition-style camps and exceptional guiding replace the crowds of the north. From the predator-rich woodlands and rivers of Ruaha to the vast waterways of Nyerere, Africa's largest protected reserve, the days mix game drives with walking safaris, night drives and boating.

It is southern Tanzania at its most exclusive and wild. Read more in the Tanzania destination guide, or browse all our Tanzania safaris.

Trip Highlights

Ruaha National Park, famed for lion, leopard, cheetah and wild dog
Intimate, expedition-style camps with just a handful of tents
Walking safaris and night drives in remote wilderness
Nyerere National Park, the largest protected reserve in Africa
Boating safaris on the Rufiji waterways
Over 400 bird species and superb predator viewing

Day-by-Day Itinerary

Your East African adventure begins in Dar es Salaam, where you are warmly welcomed on arrival at Julius Nyerere International Airport. You spend the night at a comfortable and centrally located hotel, the perfect place to unwind before your journey into the wild begins.

Today you fly into Ruaha National Park, where your safari starts with a game-drive transfer to the remote and wild Usangu Wetlands. Tucked into the woodlands, your camp offers a rare and uncrowded experience, with just six guest tents ensuring exclusivity and a genuine connection with nature and your fellow travellers.

A full day to experience the hidden gems of this wonderful park's southern reaches, with game drives and the freedom of an exclusive, unhurried safari among Ruaha's woodlands, rivers and remarkable concentrations of game.

More time to explore this wild corner of Ruaha, where the seasonal wetlands draw plentiful game and birdlife, and the emphasis throughout is on intimacy, exclusivity and connection with the wilderness around you.

A scenic road transfer carries you deeper into the wild heart of Ruaha, one of Africa's most remote and untouched landscapes, famed for its incredible predator sightings including lion, leopard, cheetah, wild dog and hyena. Nestled on the banks of the dry Mwagusi River, your private, expedition-style camp for just six guests offers an exceptionally intimate and uncrowded experience.

Here you enjoy the freedom of walking safaris, night drives and time to simply sit back and absorb the vastness around you. The camp's custom-designed rooms feature retractable roofs, perfect for stargazing, while dinners are served in the dry riverbed, surrounded by lanterns and the sounds of the African night.

The Southern Tanzania Elephant Program offers a powerful opportunity to connect with conservation efforts, gain insight into local traditions and deepen your understanding of this remarkable region, alongside further game drives and walks at your own pace.

You fly into the heart of Nyerere National Park, where your guide meets you at the airstrip and transfers you to a beautifully positioned camp on a small peninsula overlooking Lake Nzerakera. As the largest protected reserve in Africa, Nyerere is a vast, wild landscape teeming with life, including wild dog, elephant, hippo, buffalo, giraffe, hyena and over 400 species of birds.

Days are spent exploring the waterways with boating safaris, the surrounding plains on walking excursions, or even trying your hand at fishing. After a day of discovery you cool off in the pool or unwind in the open-sided lounge, enjoying the breeze and the sounds of the bush, before retiring to spacious tents with indoor and outdoor showers.

A final full day among the channels and plains of Nyerere, with boating safaris, walking excursions and unhurried time to take in one of Africa's last great wild places, ending with the breeze and birdsong of an evening in camp.

After a final delicious breakfast in camp and heartfelt goodbyes to your guide and fellow travellers, you transfer to the airstrip for your flight to Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam, where you connect with your onward travel, taking with you lasting memories and a deep sense of wonder.