18-Day Tanzania Western & Southern Safari

Overview

Special safari features unspoiled wildlife, beaches, and spectacular numbers of animals, beautiful landscapes and best for Chimpanzee. The parks are exotic, peaceful, and lush, with colorful butterflies and speckled birds. This is the ideal tour if you want to see the untouched side of Tanzania. Unforgettable trip will start from Dar es Salaam with domestic flight to Kigoma, Gombe chimps' paradise, Katavi home to cat families, Lake Tanganyika freshwater beach, Kitulo to Ruaha and Mikumi Park.

Places To Visit

  • Gombe National Park
  • Katavi National Park
  • Lake Tanganyika
  • Ruaha National Park
  • Mikumi National Park
  • Nyerere National Park

Duration

18 Days 17 Nights
Price From $7,500
/ Person

Tour Itinerary

Every day of your trip has been thoughtfully designed to ensure an unforgettable experience. From discovering iconic landmarks to savoring authentic local dishes, each moment is filled with excitement and discovery. Come along as we guide you through some of the world’s most captivating destinations.
Day 1: Domestic flight from Dar es Salaam to Kigoma

You will be picked up from the hotel and transferred to Dar es Salaam Airport for a flight to Kigoma with Air Tanzania. You will be met by your driver-guide upon arrival at Kigoma airport, at which point you may go into the city for lunch and a historical tour. You can also visit Ujiji Town and the Livingstone Memorial for Slaver trade routes and history, late continue with local life experiences. Dinner and your overnight stay will be at Lake Tanganyika Hotel

Day 2: Boat transfer from Kigoma to Gombe National Park

After an early breakfast you will be transferred to Kiberizi for a dhow boat departing at 0600hrs. Your journey to Gombe Stream National Park will take about two to three hours depending on the type of boat. Gombe offers chimpanzee trekking, snorkeling, hiking, swimming, and plenty of leisure activities. While overnight at TANAPA Gombe Rest House

Day 3: Later transfer back from Gombe to Kigoma

After eating a sunrise breakfast on the beautiful shores of Lake Tanganyika, you will go on a half-day guided chimpanzee expedition in Gombe. Later you’ll eat lunch and spend some leisure time on the beach before transferring by dhow boat back to Kigoma city via Kibirizi and overnight at Lake Tanganyika hotel.

Day 4: Road transfers to Katavi National Park

After an early breakfast you’ll drive four-to-five hours to Katavi National Park via Uvinza. This park is home to a huge population of hippos and varied birdlife. Lonely, untrammeled, and infrequently visited, Katavi is a true wilderness. It provides the few intrepid souls who make it here with a thrilling taste of Africa as it must have been a century ago while overnight at Katavi National Park Bandas.

Day 5: Katavi National Park game drive

After breakfast, you will depart on full-day game drive in Katavi, which is one of Tanzania’s best dryseason parks. It features big prides of lions plundering spectacular buffalo herds and is one of the most pristine and rugged nature reserves in Tanzania while dinner and overnight at Katavi National Park Bandas.

Day 6: Katavi game drive

This will be another stunning day in Katavi. You’ll have the option to go on an early morning game drive before breakfast before returning to the Bandas for some leisure time. You’ll then go on another game drive until the evening. You can also opt to spend the full day on a game drive.

Day 7: Road Transfer from Katavi to Lake Tanganyika

On your last day in Katavi you go on a game drive en route to Lake Tanganyika beach. You’ll arrive here as a guest but leave as a friend. The beautiful Lake Shore Lodge features beautiful chalets built right at the water’s edge. Magic, adventure, and relaxation can all be found here, while overnight at Lake Shore Lodge

Day 8: Lake Tanganyika Beach

Lake Tanganyika feels like the biggest freshwater aquarium on earth, where there are hundreds of cichlid fish and unique small birds all around you. Activities on offer here include scuba diving, snorkeling, kayaking, culture walking, mountain biking, and bird watching while overnight at Lake Shore Lodge

Day 9: Driven from Lake Tanganyika to Mbeya

Today you will enjoy one last breakfast on the shores of Lake Tanganyika before driving to Mbeya. You’ll make some short stops for several village tours and landscape viewing at the Tunduma border before continuing to the Mbozi meteorite site. Dinner and your overnight stay will be at Mgwasi hotel

Day 10: Kitulo visit

After an early breakfast in Mbeya, you will drive to Kitulo National Park. Known locally as “God’s Garden, “Kitlo provide one of the world’s great floral spectacles in the spring. It is a popular destination for walking, hiking, birdwatching, and game drives. Later you will continue to the Mafinga highlands, where you’ll spend the evening at your leisure while overnight at The Old farm house.

Day 11: Driven from Highlands to Ruaha National Park

After the breakfast, you will drive to Ruaha via Iringa town. You’ll eat lunch at a local restaurant and go on a game drive en route to your lodge. You’ll have the chance to see elephants, giraffes, kudu, lions, leopard, jackal, hyenas, African wild dog and many more while overnight at Ruaha hilltop Lodge

Day 12: Ruaha National Park

You’ll spend the full day in Ruaha National Park on a game drive. Ruaha features an untouched and mostly unexplored ecosystem, which makes for a unique safari. It is the second largest park in Tanzania and of the few wilderness areas in the country where one can experience rare wildness sightings alongside a truly fascinating landscape. It is the home of the greater kudu, which cannot be found in any other park while overnight at Ruaha hilltop Lodge

Day 13: Ruaha to Mikumi.

After an early breakfast you will depart to Mikumi. Along the way you’ll pass through farms, valleys, and villages featuring excellent views of the landscape and the Great Rift Valley. While dinner and overnight at Camp Bastian.

Day 14: Mikumi game drive

After breakfast at enjoy your morning game drive the common time that you may spot killings  When you are in Mikumi you will be able to see wide variety of bird species, zebras, hippos, hartebeest, wildebeest, impala, warthog, eland antelope, giraffe, buffalo and elephants while overnight at Mikumi wildlife camp

Day 15: Mikumi to Nyerere

After breakfast have a morning game drive in Mikumi before heading to Nyerere via Morogoro with overnight stay at Sable Mountain Lodge.

Day 16: Nyerere game drive

After breakfast and drive inside the park with picnic lunches. You will enjoy full-day game drives inside the game reserve, and great animal sightings including all the favorite lions, elephants, giraffes, buffalos, zebras, and all the other major species like hunting dogs and birds. In the afternoon after lunch, you will proceed with the game drive until evening and an overnight stay at Nyerere tented camp

Day 17: Nyerere game drive and boat.

After breakfast with picnic lunch have a day tour in Nyerere NP, after lunch return to rest and evening boat at Rufiji River while overnight at Nyerere tented camp

Day 18: Nyerere to Dar es Salaam

After breakfast from the camp with your packed lunches drive to Dar es Salaam 5 hours drive.

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Price Includes

  • Park fees
  • Cottages accommodations
  • Lunch boxes
  • Mineral bottled drinking water
  • 4×4 land cruiser pop roofs open during game drive
  • English-speaking professional guide
  • Government taxes
  • Hotel pickup and drop off.

Price Excludes

  • Air ticket
  • Tips
  • Meals and drinks not specified
  • Items of personal nature
  • Visas

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