{"id":716,"date":"2024-09-12T11:47:45","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T11:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ndonyatravel.com\/?page_id=716"},"modified":"2024-09-12T11:50:37","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T11:50:37","slug":"12-days-11-night","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ndonyatravel.com\/index.php\/12-days-11-night\/","title":{"rendered":"12 Days\/11 Night"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"716\" class=\"elementor elementor-716\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-67d9d507 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"67d9d507\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7943c3f2\" data-id=\"7943c3f2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ce445af elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1ce445af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">12 Days\/11 Night \nSouthern Circuit Safari\nSelous-Mikumi-Ruaha & Udzungwa Mountains<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e2fa0be elementor-icon-list--layout-inline elementor-align-center elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"5e2fa0be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items elementor-inline-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Home<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Destinations<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-580a1982 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"580a1982\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-836968\" data-id=\"836968\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e78f8ac elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-heading\" data-id=\"6e78f8ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" ><div class=\"ekit-heading elementskit-section-title-wraper text_left   ekit_heading_tablet-   ekit_heading_mobile-\"><h2 class=\"ekit-heading--title elementskit-section-title \">12 Days\/11 Night  Southern Circuit Safari Selous-Mikumi-Ruaha &amp; Udzungwa Mountains<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ad8291a elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ad8291a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Southern Tanzania Safaris is vast and wild and has two large parks: Selous Game Reserve and Ruaha National Park. It has two smaller parks as well, the Udzungwa Mountains and Mikumi National Park, but all of these parks receive a fraction of the visitors that their counterparts in the north do and offer untouched wilderness and an exciting safari experience<br \/><br \/><strong>Day 1: Arrive in Dar Es Salaam and transfer to hotel<\/strong><br \/>Pick up on arrival and transfer to hotel and Overnight at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cbdhotel.co.tz\/\"><strong><u>CBD Hotel<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p><p><strong>Day 2: Drive from Dar Es Salaam &#8211; Selous Game Reserve<\/strong><br \/>Pick up 08:00 am at the airport, and drive to the Selous (4-5 hrs).<br \/>You will take part in an afternoon boat safari along the mighty Rufiji River. Where you can see plenty of hippos, crocodiles and bird life. Overnight at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/chase-nature.com\/\"><strong><u>Nyerere Tented Camp<\/u><\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0All meals\u00a0included.<br \/><br \/><strong>Day 3:\u00a0Selous Game Reserve<\/strong><br \/>You will participate in walking safaris, game drives private in Selous Game Reserve\u00a0 and boating safaris, Africa\u2019s largest wildlife sanctuary, with an area of 54.600kms \u2013 bigger than Denmark and 4 times the size of Serengeti!.<br \/><br \/>Selous has the world\u2019s largest number of large game animals \u2013 elephant, buffalo, and rhino. It also contains wildebeest, eland, giraffe, waterbuck, zebra, impala, hippo, leopard and lion, not to mention over 350 species of birds. Dinner and overnight at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/chase-nature.com\/\"><strong><u>Nyerere Tented \u00a0Camp<\/u><\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0All meals included.<br \/><br \/><strong>Day 4:\u00a0Selous Game Reserve<\/strong><br \/>Early morning foot safari looking for close encounters with visiting near village return to the camp for breakfast, after breakfast set off by 4&#215;4 on game drive across the Selous Game Reserve with picnic lunch then dinner and overnight at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tentwithaview.com\/sable-mountain-lodge\"><strong><u>Sable Mountain Lodge<\/u><\/strong><\/a>. All meals included.<br \/><br \/><strong>Day 5: Drive from Selous Game Reserve &#8211; Mikumi National Park (5-6 hours)<\/strong><br \/>In the morning you will depart to Mikumi National Park while crossing through Northern Selous. Depends arrival time &#8211; afternoon game drive. Overnight in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stanleyskopje.com\/\"><strong><u>Stanley\u2019s Kopje Camp<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p><p><strong>Day 6:\u00a0Full day in Mikumi National Park<\/strong><br \/>Full day of game drives in Mikumi National Park Overnight in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stanleyskopje.com\/\"><strong><u>Stanley\u2019s Kopje Camp<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p><p>Whilst on safari, you can see a rich variety of bird species, as well as large numbers of giraffe, buffalo and elephants. If you are lucky you may also be able to spot lions, leopards and African wild dogs. Likely to be seen animals include zebras, hippos, hartebeest, wildebeest, impala, warthog, eland and antelope<\/p><p><strong>Day 7:\u00a0Drive to Ruaha National Park (5-6 hours)<\/strong><br \/>After breakfast, depart for Ruaha National Park, having lunch en-route.<br \/>By afternoon you will have reached the Tandala Tented Camp. There are many types of different birds, wild flowers, butterflies and trees that can be seen nearby.Dinner and overnight at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ruahariverlodge.com\/\"><strong><u>Ruaha River Lodge<\/u><\/strong><\/a>. All meals included.<br \/><br \/><strong>Day 8,9:\u00a0Ruaha National Park<\/strong><br \/>Three full days of game driving at Ruaha National Park, with picnic lunches. Ruaha has an area of 10,300 sq km, and is the second largest park, and second largest elephant sanctuary in Tanzania. The great Ruaha River that flows along its entire eastern border creates spectacular gorges and scenery, and features a large number of hippos and crocodiles. The wide variety of animals that inhabit the park include both Greater and Lesser Kudu, roan and sable antelope. Bird life is also rich, with over 370 species recorded. Dinner and overnight \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ruahariverlodge.com\/\"><strong><u>Ruaha River Lodge<\/u><\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong>\u00a0All meals included.<\/p><p><strong>Day 10:\u00a0Drive to Udzungwa Mountains National Park (5-6 hours) &#8211; <\/strong>after breakfast another game drive in Mikumi National Park then later transfer to <strong>Hondo Hondo Tented Camp<\/strong>, lunch on the way (provided by the camp from Mikumi). \u00a0\u00a0Afternoon walking tour around Mang\u2019ula village and get a feeling of a typical Tanzanian day to day life. Back at camp before dinner, enjoy watching the baboons from the spectacular bar while having a sundowner. \u00a0Dinner and overnight at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.udzungwaforestcamp.com\/\"><strong><u>Udzungwa Forest Camp (Hondo Hondo)<\/u><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p><p><strong>Day 11: Hiking in Udzungwa &#8211; Sanje Waterfalls &#8211; <\/strong>after breakfast, drive to the park gate and start hiking into the superb primary forest to the base and then the top of the spectacular 180m Sanje Waterfall looking for primates on the way (Iringa Red Colobus and Sanje Mangabey). Swim in plunge pools, see endemic African Violets growing in the spray zones and have lunch in the forest on the top of the falls. Descend after enjoying superb views.<\/p><p>Drive back to the camp in the late evening for your hot dinner and spend the night at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.udzungwaforestcamp.com\/\"><strong><u>Udzungwa Forest Camp (Hondo Hondo)<\/u><\/strong><\/a>. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are included.<\/p><p><strong>Day 12:\u00a0Transfer to Dar Es Salaam<\/strong><br \/>End of your southern circuit safari, departure to Dar Es Salaam by vehicle for onward travel. Breakfast and lunch box provided.<\/p><p><strong>Inclusive<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Accommodation<\/li><li>Safari Vehicle (4 x 4 Land Cruiser) with a pop up roof<\/li><li>Professional English-speaking driver guide<\/li><li>Full board meal plan during the safari<\/li><li>Mineral drinking water (unlimited supply)<\/li><li>All mentioned activities<\/li><li>All national park fees and government taxes<\/li><li>All Transfers<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Exclusive<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Visa<\/li><li>Laundry<\/li><li>Tips and gratitude<\/li><li>Any other meal, drink or activity not mentioned in inclusive<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-109b97eb elementor-align-left elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"109b97eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-grow\" href=\"#\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">BOOK NOW<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>12 Days\/11 Night Southern Circuit Safari Selous-Mikumi-Ruaha &#038; Udzungwa Mountains Home Destinations 12 Days\/11 Night Southern Circuit Safari Selous-Mikumi-Ruaha &amp; Udzungwa Mountains Southern Tanzania Safaris is vast and wild and has two large parks: Selous Game Reserve and Ruaha National Park. 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