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Tanzania Safari Supremcy
Why we reign supreme in the African wilderness.
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The Southern Tanzania Safari circuit comprises some famous wildlife safari parks and reserves as well as the less famous and less travelled parks that offer the most authentic safari experiences in the whole of Tanzania.
Serengeti National Park
The most famous of the southern Tanzania safari destinations has to be the Selous Game Reserve that whose largest area has been recently gazetted to form Nyerere National Park. Before the gazettement Selous has always been the largest game reserve in Africa with an area larger than the size of Switzerland.
Nyerere National Park as it is known now, offers pristine wilderness; a combination of wide plains, forests and woodlands that is home to thousands of large and small animals as well as over 4400 birds species.
Lakes like Tagalala, Mzizima, Siwandu, Manze, and Nzelekela and other small lakes are perfect spots to do sport fishing, as well as boat safaris.
Tarangire National Park
Not the largest of parks, but Mikumi National Park is the most visited park in the Southern Tanzania Safari Circuit, by tourists that start their safari from Dar es Salaam but also from Zanzibar Island. Mikumi National Park is located 280 Km southwest of Dar es Salaam city; a 6 hours drive from the commercial city.
The park is located in the middle of the Uluguru Mountains and the Lumango range that gives the park some beautiful sights of the scenery around, as you comb the wilderness in search of the thousands of wild animals that call this park home.
In Mikumi you expect to see most of the big and small game including, elephants, lions, buffaloes, zebras, impalas, gazelles, warthogs and many more.
Ngorongoro Crater
The largest national park in surface area, the Ruaha National Park is located some 320 Km (approx. 200 Miles) away from Dar es Salaam; the commercial capital of Tanzania. Most safari tours from Dar es Salaam to Ruaha National Parks have stops at Mikumi National Park or Udzungwa National Park; a park that is also located in the Southern Tanzania Safari Circuit.
Ruaha National Park can still be toured individually but that is best done as a fly in / fly out Tanzania safari. The park is probably the most remote park and with the long distances from Dar es Salaam and few flights that operate from Arusha; Ruaha is the one of the least visited among Tanzania’s wildlife parks.
Best time to visit South Tanzania for safari
The Southern Tanzania Safari circuit is best visited during the dry season; starting from July to end of September. January through Mid-march is another great time to visit Southern Tanzania. All other months are Okay to do safari in Southern Tanzania except for April & May which is the long rains season in Tanzania and East Africa at large. During the rainy seasons some roads are usually rendered impassable. Mikumi National Park is however one park in Southern Tanzania that can be toured at any time of the year including April & May.
Southern Tanzania Safari Cost
Tanzania safari in Southern Tanzania Circuit costs a slow as 200 USD per person / per day depending on; which park you want to visit, which accommodations you want to use, as well as and the number of persons joining you on your safari in Tanzania. The more people are sharing a safari group, the cheaper the price of safari it becomes. Safari price in Southern Tanzania also depends on which parks you visit. Different parks and reserves in Tanzania charges different conservation fee rates (park entrance fees). We at Safari Desire offer the best affordable prices for Southern Tanzania Safaris.