14-Day South to North Parks Tanzania Safari Adventure

Embark on a 14-day Tanzania safari from south to north. Experience wildlife, Maasai culture, and iconic parks like Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater.

Duration: 14 days
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights

Dar es Salaam to Selous GR (Nyerere NP) for Game

Selous Game Reserve - Early in the morning at 05hr00 start your 4 hours safari to Nyerere national park formerly (formerly Selous Game Reserve). You will take a breakfast at Selous and start our game drive inside a park.

Today you will see various animals, including elephant, zebra, giraffe, and antelope. You will also see birds and landscape scenery with varied topography, including wetlands, dry grassland, light acacia forest, and higher ground with vast views of far-off mountains.

In the afternoon, you will enjoy a packed lunch and take some time to rest, then continue with the game drive. Finally, in the evening at 16hr30 start another activity as advised, you will return to Impala tented camp in 1830 for dinner, sleep, and preparation for the next day.

Guided Game Drive in Selous GR (Nyerere Tented Camp)

Selous Game Reserve - After breakfast, from 06hr30 you will start with bush breakfast then go on a full-day game drive in Nyerere National Park. The journey will start from Impala luxury tented camp, where our professional drivers and guides will pick you up. Today, you will see various animals, including elephant, zebra, giraffe, and antelope. You will also see birds and landscape scenery with varied topography, including wetlands, dry grassland, light acacia forest, and higher ground with vast views of far-off mountains.
Finally, in the evening, you will drive out of a park and have an accommodation at Jimbiza tented camp.

Walking Tour then Drive to Mikumi NP

Mikumi National Park - After breakfast at 06hr30, you will have a 1-hour walking safari with a bushman then safari to Mikumi national park. We will provide you with a hot lunch in the way to Mikumi. On the way there, you will enjoy various activities conducted by people within their local villages. Finally, you will arrive in the late afternoon around 16hrs at Bastian camp in Mikumi, on arrival you’ll have to take a rest for the next day’s schedule.

Guided Game Drive in Mikumi and Maasai Tour

Mikumi National Park - After breakfast at 07hr00, you will head to Mikumi National Park. You will have a full-day game drive and experience wonderful animals like lion, eland, and buffalo. In a nutshell, the Mikumi floodplain is the park’s main feature and borders the mountain ranges. You will get lunch and rest in the afternoon before a game drive that will last until the late afternoon. Go for Maasai culture at 16hr00 to 17hr00 then you will be back at the Bastian camp to prepare for the next day’s schedule.

Hiking at Udzungwa Mountain National Park

Udzungwa Mountains National Park - After breakfast at 07hr00, you will drive one hour to Udzungwa Mountains National Park then hike and see the waterfalls. You will receive a briefing on arrival and start your hike in the forest mountains. From the top of the waterfall, you can see the enormous Kilombero Sugarcane Valley, one of the biggest sugarcane plantations, rubber plantation used to make tires and balls. In the afternoon at 13hr00, you will have a packed lunch and eat it at Sanje waterfalls. In the waterfalls you will be free to test a swimming with cold water. After hiking you will drive to Udzungwa Falls Lodge for dinner and overnight.

Udzungwa Mountain NP to Ruaha National Park

Ruaha National Park - After breakfast in the morning at 06hr00 with packed lunches drive to the Ruaha National Park from Udzungwa Mountains NP to Ruaha national park.
In Ruaha National Park you will enjoy a nice view of Ruaha river valley, great animals sighting like Kudu, wildebeests, elephants, zebra, lions, hippos, hartebeest, impala, antelope, giraffe, buffalo.

Guided Game Drive at Ruaha National Park

Ruaha National Park - After breakfast at 07hr00, our driver will pick you up for a full day’s game drive at Ruaha National Park. You will get a packed lunch and time to rest in the afternoon. From here, you will go on a game drive until sunset. Then, you will be transferred back to Ruaha Hilltop Lodge for dinner, sleep, and preparation for the next day’s game drive

Another Guided Game Drive in Ruaha NP

Ruaha National Park - After breakfast at 07hr00, our driver will pick you up for a second, full day’s game drive at Ruaha National Park. The routes taken on the game drive will be different from the previous day. You will get a packed lunch and time to rest in the afternoon. From here, you will go on a game drive until sunset. Then, you will be transferred back to Ruaha Hilltop Lodge for dinner, sleep, and preparation for the next day’s schedule.

Ruaha Hilltop Lodge to Dodoma Region

Isimila Stone Age Site - Early in the morning at 06hr30, our driver will pick you and drive to Isimila stone age, you will be at Isimila at 8hr00. After this cultural tour start your safari to Dodoma region the capital city of Tanzania.
Isimila is a home to the Middle Pleistocene archaeological site. Large surface assemblages of later Acheulean lithics, including hand axes, cleavers, scrapers, and cores, have been found at the site. Although no human bones have been found at the location, Isimila provides a special view into Middle Pleistocene Hominid behavior. The site is a registered National Historic Site. Similar You will get lunch on the way to Dodoma. Upon arrival at Dodoma you will drive to Morena Hotel for overnight.

Morena Hotel to Tarangire National park

Tarangire National Park - After the breakfast at 06hr00 you will drive to Tarangire National Park for a full-day game drive with your lunch boxes. You will be in Tarangire at 08hrs and start a game drive. Tarangire is very famous for its large groups of elephants and other animals. The Tarangire River guarantees the presence of animals. After the game drive, you will depart for your accommodation at Simba lodge in Karatu.

Guided Game Drive in Lake Manyara

Lake Manyara National Park - You’ll be picked up from your hotel at Karatu at 08hr00 and start a beautiful journey across the Great Rift Valley for a full-day game drive. Although small in dimension (205 sq miles), the park has breathtaking scenery and is well famous for its lush acacia forest, giant figs and mahogany trees, and a growing population of baboons and blue monkeys. Permanent residents of this park also include giraffes, elephants, impalas and a huge amount of buffaloes. The lake is also home to a large number of hippos. The landscapes of Lake Manyara are something that can not be described in words. The game drives along the lake provide stunning photo opportunities of giraffes and buffaloes in the foreground and the lake in the background. In the afternoon, you’ll return to the camp for dinner.

Karatu Simba Lodge - Ngorongoro Crater - Serengeti National Park

Ngorongoro Conservation Area - Ngorongoro Crater is considered one of the Wonders of the Natural World. The crater spreads for 102 sq miles and has 2,000 ft high walls, making it virtually Noah’s ark. It inhabits almost every species of wildlife that is indigenous to East Africa. It’s one of the very rare locations in the whole continent where you can witness the black rhino. The crater has a river, several swamps, a soda lake with a great concentration of flamingos, a forest and open plains. It’s also famous for its elephants which are the largest in the world and have huge tusks. Ngorongoro Crater is truly a Wonder of the Natural World.

We will start the day very early with a transfer to Ngorongoro Conservation Area. On arrival, we’ll descend into the crater floor for an incredible morning of wildlife in one of the most stunning places on earth.

Serengeti National Park - After a fantastic afternoon game drive in late afternoon ascend the crater and drive to Serengeti national park at Serengeti heritage.

Guided Game in Serengeti National Park

Serengeti National Park - You’ll have a full day in the Serengeti National Park. We are completely flexible with your preferences and this day will be organized according to your wishes. On every day of the safari, your guide will discuss with you the best timings for you, including the game drives and the wake-up time. For example, on this day, you could do a morning game drive, return to the camp for lunch and relaxation and finish with an afternoon game drive. Alternatively, you could do a full-day game drive with a picnic lunch.

Sunrise Game then Fly Back to Zanzibar

Serengeti National Park - Soon after breakfast from your accommodation at 06hr00; you’ll advance with a morning game drive in Serengeti National Park with our professional guide who will lead you to the best exploration of Serengeti National Park with the last touches in the Park.

Zanzibar Island - Later at 10hr30 you’ll drive to Seronera airstrip to take a flight back to Zanzibar for further schedules. At Zanzibar you will be picked at airport and drive to your hotel in Zanzibar.
This marks the end of our tour!

What's Included
  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
  • Dinner
What's Not Included
  • On-board restrooms
Additional Information
  • With this tour, our client(s) are likely going to get an explicit experience with the open communication adventure.

  • Beyond wildlife, the tour includes interactions with local communities such as the Maasai, providing insights into their traditions, daily life, and cultural heritage.

-Experienced tour guide (s), Good vehicle for the game drives and a genuine taste of the Tanzania’s Beauty. The tour includes experienced guides who are knowledgeable about the wildlife, ecology, and cultural aspects of the regions visited.

  • It covers both the southern and northern circuits of Tanzania, offering a holistic safari experience that includes lesser-known gems like Selous Game Reserve and Ruaha National Park in the south, as well as world-famous destinations like Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Crater, and Tarangire National Park in the north.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Raagvamdatt
Jul 26, 2024
Prompt, reliable, responsive, and great value for money - My family recently (July 2024) completed a private 14 day safari in Tanzania (plus a couple of pre & post days in Arusha and Dar Es Salaam). Of these, 7 days were in the North (covering Tarangire, Lake Manyara, Serengeti and Ngorongoro), and the remaining 7 days were in the South (covering Nyerere, Mikumi and Ruaha). It also included a couple of flights within Tanzania. The entire trip was arranged with the help of ‘Smile With Us Tours In Africa’, and I have nothing but nice things to say about them. All planning, booking, payments, etc. were centrally coordinated by Jacob, who has been absolutely wonderful! I started by requesting an itinerary from Jacob. He was prompt, and the itinerary he shared covered all the parks I wanted to visit. I worked with him closely to fine-tune the number of nights in each park, change specific camps / lodges, and add extra activities like walking safaris and night safaris. This took several iterations, and Jacob was always very prompt in sharing the revised itinerary. I was working with a couple of other providers as well, and Smile’s quote was the best for the itinerary I wanted. Once everything was to my satisfaction, I finally booked the safari with him in July 2023 by paying 30% of the cost in advance (with the remaining due a few days before the start date). Considering the amount involved ran into 1000s of dollars, I was apprehensive about the advance as well as the final payment. After all, I would be paying the whole amount before the safari had even started! What if Smile couldn’t deliver, or if things went wrong? Fortunately, my apprehensions proved to be completely unfounded! From booking till the beginning of the safari, Jacob kept me informed periodically about the progress regarding hotel bookings, flight bookings, etc. He was also very responsive whenever I had any question – he typically responded within a few hours of my email, which was amazing considering the time difference of 7 hours between the US and Tanzania! A few days before the start of the safari, he also shared his local contact numbers as well as the contact number of the guide assigned to me. Once my trip started, the execution by Smile / Jacob was flawless. All airport pickups and drop-offs were on time, and the guides / drivers assigned to me were pleasant, welcoming and knowledgeable. The camps / lodges were excellent, and the 4x4 Land Cruisers assigned to us both in the North & South circuit were in excellent condition with comfortable seating, a built-in fridge and outlets for charging. I firmly believe that the true test of any organizer is when things go wrong, and Smile / Jacob shined there as well. We had 2 nights booked in a lodge in Nyerere (Nyerere Tented Camp). When we reached there, it had a lot of things that ticked us off: the atmosphere was not at all welcoming, it had hygiene issues, and it had geckos – lots of them! Having geckos on the walls is one thing - this place had so many crawling on the floor of the restaurant!! I brought this up with Jacob, and he immediately found an alternate accommodation for the second night – and this was during the high season! Another instance of making things right was when our Land Cruiser broke down on the last day (which is not a reflection on the condition of the vehicle – the best of vehicles break down in the tough conditions of these parks!). Jacob worked with our lodge, and arranged a game drive through them to make sure that our experience didn’t suffer and we ended our trip on a happy note! All in all, I had a very positive experience with Smile / Jacob from the beginning of the planning to the end of the trip. I would not hesitate to utilize their services again, and whole-heartedly recommend them! A special shout-out to our guide Salum Msese (aka Salim) – he was absolutely wonderful, and went above and beyond several times in the 7 days we spent with him on the Southern circuit. Just to give an example: We had a day full of driving (Nyerere to Mikumi that took 9 hours), followed by a night game drive (3.5 hours) - and he did it with a smile, without any hint of tiredness. The next day, he did an early game drive and then another long drive (Mikumi to Ruaha that took 7 hours) - and this was after only 4 hours of sleep! Salum was always eager to show us as many animals as possible, and took every effort to ensure this – he followed lion footprints, spoke with other guides, and made sure we had the best possible experience.
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