Southern Destinations

The seemingly infinite horizon and rich wildlife make you feel like being on the Serengeti Plains – but you are not. Welcome to the Mkata Floodplain, the flagship attraction of Mikumi, safely tucked in between the Rubeho and Uluguru Mountains. 

Picturesque at every time of a day, the ligh at dusk and dawn makes a visit to the plains truly mesmerizing. The only roar you will hear is not of cars, but of the king of the jungle.

Selous Game Reserve is amongst the largest well-watered distinctive wildlife in Africa and the largest protected areas in the World and is relative undisturbed by human impact. 

It is perhaps the most immaculate wilderness still remaining in Africa with a wide variety of wildlife habitats, including open grasslands, acacia and miombo woodlands, swamps and riverine forests in many branches of the mighty Rufiji River which flows through the reserve. Due to its unique ecological importance, it was designated a World Heritage Site by the UNESCO in 1982.

Stretching all the way from Malawi and Mozambique, the Eastern Arc Mountains’ biodiversity is at its most magnificent in Udzungwa. This is where you can track some of Africa’s rarest species, some of them never seen by weastern eyes before 1990. 

Very few visitors ever delve deep into this jungle, leaving one with a special feeling of solitude. With so many creatures endemic to the area, this chain of secluded mountains has rightfully been dubbed tha African Galapagos. Just only nine words; Udzungwa Mountain National Park is a heaven for hikers.

Kitulo is where plant lovers come as close to paradise as they can get. Welcome to Bustani ya Mungu – The Garden of God, also dubbed the Serengeti of Flowers. And rightfully so. More than 350 different vascular plants make this one of the world’s ultimate floral displays. Make sure to witness it in the rainy season, when the spectacle is in full bloom.

Only a handful of adventurous souls ever make it to Katavi. Those who do are treated to mesmerizing experience. It is a legendary wilderness: remote, free and undisturbed. 

The sheer number of animals on show is mindboggling, in quantity and variety.

Ruaha combines the untrammelled wilderness of Katavi with the jaw-dropping vastness and wildlife of Serengeti and Tarangire. 

In the Largest National Park of East Africa your safari begins the moment the airstrip comes into sight, the pilot deftly maneuvering past the giraffe and zebra roaming around.