Discover Southern Tanzania on a wildlife safari

Prepare to be captivated by Southern Tanzania, where Foxes Safari Camps invites you to experience Africa’s raw wilderness as you undertake a fly-in safari journey that stirs the soul.

Awaken to the sound of the African bush – a chorus of birdsong interspersed with the crescendo of a lion roar or the trumpet of a distant elephant. Your secluded banda is located within remote corners of Tanzania’s most renowned national parks – Nyerere (formerly Selous Game Reserve), Ruaha, Katavi and Mikumi. Here you will witness a canvas of miombo woodland interspersed with golden grasslands, and the winding banks of the Ruaha and Rufiji rivers unfold before you.

Days are spent traversing this untamed terrain on foot, by open safari vehicle or boat, alongside our expert guides, for intimate wildlife encounters. Track African Wild Dog through dense bush, watch a leopard dissolve into dappled shade, and marvel as hippo jostle for space in a shrinking waterhole. As the sun dips below the horizon, casting long shadows across the savannah, gather around a crackling campfire to share stories about sightings beneath a canopy of a million stars.

Foxes Safari Camps, with its commitment to responsible tourism, showcases a portfolio of seven properties sprinkled across the western and southern safari circuit all the way to Tanzania’s Swahili Coast.

Foxes Safari Camps allows you to explore Tanzania’s wilderness just as nature intended.

Our destinations, Lodges and Camps

Lazy Lagoon Island
lazy lagoon island lodge, in between zanzibar and mainland tanzania

Lazy Lagoon Island is a 9km sandspit, set along Tanzania's Swahili Coastline.

Ruaha National Park
ruaha river lodge, ruaha national park, tanzania

Ruaha National Park is Tanzania's second-largest park and a global biodiversity hotspot.

Katavi National Park
katavi national park, tanzania

Katavi National Park's appeal is its raw African wilderness along the isolated western safari circuit.

Mikumi National Park
vuma hills camp, mikumi national park, tanzania

Mikumi National Park promises front-row seats to a spectacle of wildlife sightings along safari plains

Southern Highlands
mufinidi highlands

The Southern Highlands offers a welcome reprieve from the heat of your Tanzanian safari.

Nyerere National Park
Nyerere National Park

Nyerere National Park is a mosaic of habitats and ecosystems with year-round game viewing.

 

Your safari to Tanzania with Foxes Safari Camps

Curating safari holidays for over 40 years

Our family has lived in Tanzania since the 1950s. It’s our home, where we grew up, cultivated our deep passion for East Africa, and started out as a Tanzanian safari company more than 40 years ago.

Family-owned Tanzanian safari company

Three generations of the Fox family collaborate to create each seamless Foxes Safari Camps experience – from your Safari Air Link flights to the running of our seven tented camps and safari lodges, our conservation efforts, and everything else behind the scenes.

Born from a love of travel and safaris

Everything we do at Foxes Safari Camps is born from our deep-seated love of Tanzania, being on safari, and our passion to protect this African wilderness we call home. We protect it through our Trust to share it with you, so that you can love it as much as we do.

Servicing remote areas of Tanzania

We specialise in safari tours across Southern Tanzania, far away from the crowds of the northern safari circuit. Safari Air Link, our partner airline, flies from Serengeti National Park to the southern and western safari circuit, Zanzibar, Mafia Island, and hard-to-reach areas of the country. 

Rooted in responsible tourism

We are guided by responsible tourism practices and sustainable development in everything we do. Foxes Safari Camps runs on a circular economy principle, uses renewable resources, protects Africa’s landscapes through conservation, while supporting local communities.

7 safari lodges across Southern Tanzania

Our portfolio of seven safari camps are scattered around Southern Tanzania. Each provides a unique experience of the region, while offering intimate safari excursions that escape the crowds and venture deep into Africa’s wilderness.

Southern Tanzania: Tours and safaris

Whether you long to explore Africa’s oldest protected area (formerly Selous Game Reserve, now Nyerere National Park); want to see puku antelope in Mikumi National Park; witness tree-climbing lion in Katavi National Park; or experience East Africa’s largest biodiversity of species in Ruaha National Park, allow Foxes Safari Camps to show you Southern Tanzania.

10-day safari trip: beach and bush in Southern Tanzania

10-day safari trip: beach and bush in Southern Tanzania

After overnighting in Dar es Salaam, spend three days at each of Southern Tanzania’s most prominent national parks. From game drives, boat cruises and walking safaris in Nyerere National Park (formerly Selous Game Reserve) to game-spotting and birding along the river at Ruaha National Park. End your Tanzanian safari with a relaxing beach holiday along the Swahili Coast at Lazy Lagoon Island Lodge.

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Tanzanian safari in Mikumi and Ruaha national parks

Tanzanian safari in Mikumi and Ruaha national parks

Undertake a fly-in photographic safari in Tanzania during a visit to two of East Africa’s most renowned national parks. Mikumi National Park – nestled between the Uluguru Mountains, Mikumi Hills and protected land – boasts dense wildlife populations including lion, leopard and African Wild Dog. Ruaha National Park (the second-largest national park in Tanzania) showcases one of the largest elephant populations in Tanzania, offering an unforgettable African safari along the Ruaha River.

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What Foxes fans are saying

  • Great retreat, really in the middle of wildlife - Katavi Wildlife Camp

    We were spoiled on this camp, being the only guests. Very confortable tents, excellent food, very friendly staff, all was really nice. Wildlife coming close to our terrasse. View on the huge plain of the park.

    Marlyse G

    Switzerland

  • Comfortable camp with great views and a team which did everything to make our stay successful - Vuma Hills Tented Camp

    This is a great camp in Mikumi - comfortable and spacious bandas, great views from out terrace and the restaurant area and even a pool. The staff were friendly, welcoming and flexible. Food was good and plentiful. Our guide, Fraida, was enthusiastic, fun and knowledgable. Manager, Abdul, went the extra mile to ensure our stay was successful. Mikumi exceeded our expectations, with a fantastic concentration of game (partially due... Read this review

    Angela D

  • Would visit again in a heartbeat - Ruaha River Lodge

    The camp is placed on the Great Ruaha River and is in an idyllic spot. We saw a variety of birdlife and game all from our banda - a particular highlight being a group of banded mongooses digging for insects right outside, just after we commented that on game drives these creatures always seem to be running in the opposite direction! All the staff at the lodge were very... Read this review

    Georgiab71

  • Wonderful immersive bush experience and a home from home - Ruaha River Lodge

    Our family (incl 3 adult 'children') had a super stay at Ruaha River Lodge. The staff were professional and created a relaxing environment, so it felt like a 'home from home'. Our guide and driver (Enok and Onesy) were excellent. The bandas are spacious and comfortable, and we loved sitting on the terrace soaking up the passing wildlife and the bush experience. One of our party was not very... Read this review

    Angela D

Community and conservation is at our heart

We established the Foxes Community and Wildlife Conservation Trust in 2005 to support the local community in Mufindi District. Over the decades, the Trust continues to educate and teach life skills to youth, create long-term employment opportunities, prioritise sustainable development, and protect Tanzania’s flora and fauna.

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