Tanzania
Iringa & Southern Highlands
Highland town & Ruaha gateway
About Iringa & Southern Highlands
Highland gateway to Ruaha
The Southern Highlands, gateway to Ruaha
Iringa and the Southern Highlands are Tanzania’s cool, upland heart — a handsome old town on a rocky plateau, gateway to Ruaha and the Isimila Stone Age site, wrapped in farmland and big views.
It is the natural base from which to continue into the southern parks, and a welcome change of pace from the plains.
Safaris that visit Iringa & Southern Highlands
Journeys through Iringa
Cards marked “Nearby” pass close by and can be tailored to include Iringa.

Ruaha & Mufindi Tea Highlands
Lions by day, log fires by night.
Big cats and elephants in Ruaha, then tea estates, forest walks and waterfalls in the Mufindi highlands.
NearbySouthern Wilderness
Vast, wild and wonderfully quiet.
Boat safaris on the Rufiji River in Nyerere, Ruaha’s lion prides, then whale sharks and reefs off Mafia Island.
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