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Safari to ruaha, Mikumi, selous game reserve denotes southern tourism circuit safari in Tanzania. special promotion for safari to Selous game reserve, ruaha, mikumi, saadani, udzungwa mountains national parks:- Southern circuit safaris Tanzania.

Southern Circuit Tanzania tourist destinations details and natural attractions

Mikumi National Park

Mikumi, to the north of the Selous, is only 283 km away from Dar-es-salaam. The Park was established to protect the environment and resident animals and is also an important educational centre for students of ecology and conservation. The Mikumi flood plain is the main feature of the Park along with the bordering mountain ranges. Animals commonly found here include lion, eland, hartebeest, buffalo, wildebeest, giraffe, zebra, hippo and elephant. The Mikumi elephants are mainly grazers and do not cause tree damage. Lions roam the Mikumi plains and will take refuge in the branches of trees. Wild dogs can be seen in packs here.

Mikumi's vegetation includes woodland, swamp and grassland with two water holes, Mkata and Chamgore. Apart from the saddle-bill stork, hammerkop and malachite kingfisher, you will also find monitor lizard and a deadly python inhabiting the pools. 

Ruaha National Park

The Kisigio and Rungwa River Game Reserves and Ruaha National Park total a protected area of 25,600 sq. kilometers. Ruaha is Tanzania's second largest national park and one of the wildest. Crocodiles, hippos and clawless otters soak and play in the water and on the banks of the great Ruaha River. Reedbuck, waterbuck and buffalo drink, ever watchful for lion, leopard, jackal, spotted hyena and hunting dog. The grassland borders of the River are home to greater and lesser kudu, a large elephant population,

eland, impala, Grant's gazelle, dik-dik, zebra, warthog, mongoose, wild cat, porcupine and the shy civet.
There are plenty of Eurasian migrant birds on their outward and return journeys as well as resident kingfishers, plovers, hornbills, green wood hoopoes, bee-eaters, sunbirds and egrets. The best months to go are between July and November when the animals are concentrated around shrinking water holes.

Selous Game Reserve

Selous Tanzania is home to one of the single largest remaining elephant populations in the world. Most of these elephants are found in the remote and wildly beautiful Selous Game Reserve, a World Heritage Site. The name derives from hunter-explorer Frederick Courtenay Selous, a keen naturalist and conservationist as well as a hunter. He was killed in the First World War in the Beho Beho region of the Reserve. Larger than Switzerland in size, the Reserve is the largest in Africa and is second only to the Serengeti in its concentration of wildlife. The Reserve has a varied terrain of rolling savannah woodland, grassland plains and rocky outcrops. Buffalo, crocodile, hippo and wild dog can also be seen here.
The Reserve can be reached from Dar-Es-Salam by road, air charter, and rail (Tazara) and the best time to go is in the cool season between the end of June and the end of October. Walking safaris can be taken from the camps in the Reserve, in the company of an armed guard.

SAADANI NATIONAL PARK. 

The only wildlife sanctuary in East Africa to boast an Indian Ocean beachfront, it possesses all the attributes that make Tanzania’s tropical coastline and islands so popular with European sun-worshippers. Yet it is also the one place where those idle hours of sunbathing might be interrupted by an elephant strolling past, or a lion coming to drink at the nearby waterhole!

Under the Sun shine, palm trees sway in a cooling oceanic breeze. White sand and blue water sparkle alluringly beneath the tropical sun. Traditional dhows sail slowly past, propelled by billowing white sails, while Swahili fishermen cast their nets below a brilliant red sunrise.

Protected as a game reserve since the 1960s, in 2002 it was expanded to cover twice its former area. The reserve suffered greatly from poaching prior to the late 1990s, but recent years have seen a marked turnaround, due to a concerted clampdown on poachers, based on integrating adjacent villages into the conservation drive.

Today, a surprisingly wide range of grazers and primates is seen on game drives and walks, among them giraffe, buffalo, warthog, common waterbuck, reedbuck, hartebeest, wildebeest, red duiker, greater kudu, eland, sable antelope, yellow baboon and vervet monkey.

Herds of up to 30 elephants are encountered with increasing frequency, and several lion prides are resident, together with leopard, spotted hyena and black-backed jackal. Boat trips on the mangrove-lined Wami River come with a high chance of sighting hippos, crocodiles and a selection of marine and riverine birds, including the mangrove kingfisher and lesser flamingo, while the beaches form one of the last major green turtle breeding sites on mainland Tanzania.

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Below is a custom tanzania safari itinerary for 10 days southern circuit.

SELOUS, MIKUMI, RUAHA and UDZUNGWA 10DAYS/ 9 NIGHTS.

Selous, Udzungwa, Ruaha and Mikumi safari features game drives,unlimited wildlife vieiwng tours,walking safaris,bird watching,boat safaris and cultural tourism.

Day 1: Depart 08:00hrs to Selous Game Reserve with picnic lunch, for after noon game drive return to the Sable Mountain Lodge / Hippo Camp for dinner and overnight. 

Day 2: After break fast proceed for game drive with picnic lunch, afternoon Boat Safari dinner and overnight at Sable Lodge/Hippo Camp. 

Day 3: Early in the morning walking safari back to the Lodge/Camp for break fast and proceed to Morogoro for over night stay. 

Day 4: After break fast drive to Mikumi National Park with picnic lunch, for the afternoon game drive, return to the Kikoboga Lodge/ Bush route Camp for dinner and overnight. 

Day 5: Early game drive and return to the lodge / camp for break fast .Then continue to Udzungwa for trekking with ranger guide with picnic lunch .Return for Dinner and overnight stay at Lodge/Camp. 

Day 6: After break fast drive to Ruaha National Park with picnic lunch arriving in the evening for dinner and over night stay at Ruaha River Lodge/ Sunset Mountain Camp. 

Day 7: Full day game drive with picnic lunch and return to Lodge /Camp for dinner and over night stay. 

Day 8: After break fast proceed for full day game drive, evening back to the Lodge/Camp for dinner and over night stay. 

Day 9: After break fast full day village tour, snake park and mountain hiking with picnic lunch, return to the Lodge / Camp for dinner and over night stay. 

Day 10: After break fast drive to Dar es Salaam.

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 Natural and Historical attraction towns details are below described. 

BAGAMOYO

Some 75km to the north of Dar es Salaam, on the coast opposite Zanzibar, is the former capital of German East Africa, Bagamoyo. Possessing a good, natural harbour ideal for sailing vessels and dhows; it was once the centre of the notorious slave trade.

Its name is derived from the word Bwagamoyo, which means,Here I throw my down my heart reflecting the desperation and despair of the Å“broken hearted captives whose voyage into the unknown began here. The present police station, near the beach front was the first stone building in Bagamoyo. Originally an Arab residence it was one time the old prison where slaves were herded through underground tunnels to waiting dhows. The city was also the starting point for the first Europeans explorers on their to search for the source of the Nile.

Livingstone, Stanley, Burton, and Speke all passed through here.

Livingstones body was laid to rest here before being taken first to Zanzibar and then England. The Mission has a Museum with a wonderful collection of photographs and mementoes relating to Livingstone and to German colonial times. A house where Henry Morton Stanley lived a century ago can be seen in solitary splendour near beach.

 MAFIA ISLAND.

A 40 minutes flight south of Dar es Salaam is one of the most exciting big game fishing and diving areas in the world, Mafia Island. Sports fishermen flock here for the superb catches, many of the fish are great fighters. They include marlin, sailfish, shark, tuna, kingfish, barracuda, snapper, horse mackerel, Wahoo and huge rock cod.

KILWA.

Kilwa originally established as a centre for the gold trade, is now home to some of the most spectacular ruins on the East African Coast. Kilwa Kisiwani, an Island just off the mainland and the nearby Songomonanara Islands contains numerous ruins many dating back to the 13^th Century.  

Custom tour to learn and experience the historical and cultural towns.  

 DAY 1: Pick up at Dar International airport and transfer to Holiday Inn hotel for overnight BB.

DAY 2: After breakfast drive to Bagamoyo 65 km north of Dar City for lunch, after lunch drive to the town center for a tour to historical places which are The first stone building which’s main function was to hold slaves before being shipped to Zanzibar, The Boma which was the German Government colonial administration headquarters from 1897, The German cemetery with 20 graves dating from 1889, The Living stone memorial church, The holy Ghost mission, The mission museum and the first church. Evening drive back to Paradise Holiday resort for dinner and overnight.

DAY 3: After breakfast drive to Nyumba ya Sanaa the college of Arts where music, drama, dance and paintings are taught. Then depart to Kaole ruins 5km south of Bagamoyo, a village full of historical attractions of tombs and mosques set among palm trees. After lunch depart to Saadani Game reserve via Ruvu delta. Dinner and overnight at Saadani Safari lodge.

DAY 4: After breakfast departs for a boat safari where you will experience a flock of Flamingos and colubus monkeys over the trees. Afternoon returns for lunch then after lunch depart for game drive. Dinner and overnight at Saadani Safari lodge.

DAY 5: After breakfast drive back to Dar es Salaam for a short tour in the National museum then city tour to Makonde crafts and fruit markets. Overnight at Holiday Inn hotel BB.

DAY 6: Transfer to Dar International Airport for return flight.

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