Tanzania Experience Itinerary: 5 Days & 4 Nights

Day 1: Dar es salaam to Selous Game Reserve
On this first day of your safari you will be picked from your hotel or Airport in Dar es Salaam and start on your way to the renowned UNESCO World Heritage Site – Selous Game Reserve. It is relatively far and you will have a picnic lunch en route and arriving later in the afternoon. You will proceed with your first game drive as you drive to the lodge/tented camp. Dinner and Overnight will be arranged at Rufiji River Camp.

Day 2 – 3: Selous Safari – Game Drives, Boat safari and Bird watching tour
Enjoy your two memorable days doing game drives and boat in the Selous Game Reserve. Relax and experience the best off the beaten track wildlife safari destination away from the crowds. The Selous Game Reserve is the largest Game Reserve in Africa with is area being more than the size of Switzerland and is full of wild animals and birds’ species.
Apart from the lions, leopards, giraffes, elephants, hippos, impala, hartebeests, pythons, elands, but it is the rare wild dogs that will most amaze
you. With a little bit of luck you will be able to see these rare incredible hunters of the African Wilderness. Unlike the Northern parts of Tanzania where animals and birds are more habituated, animals here are more timid.
Selous Game Reserve has a recorded 350 different species of birds recorded. In the afternoons get prepared to go for a boat safari in the Rufiji River and on another afternoon it will be time to go for a walking safari guided by an armed ranger.  Dinner and Overnight stay at Rufiji River Camp.

Day 4: Selous to Mikumi National Park
After breakfast at the lodge/camp, check out and proceed by crossing the north of Selous and drive to Mikumi National Park. The Mikumi and Selous Game Reserve, the two areas forming a unique ecosystem you can’t dare not to visit. The park contains a subspecies of giraffe, that biologists consider the link between the Masai giraffe and the Somali giraffe.
On arrival at Mikumi National Park start experiencing your first game drive in Mikumi National Park until later in the afternoon when you will be served with picnic lunch.  The landscape of Mikumi is often compared to that of the Serengeti. It consists of savannah dotted with acacia, baobab, tamarinds, and some rare palm.
Mikumi National Park is relatively less developed infrastructure but that makes the park even better because that has helped in preserving the wilderness in its natural state for many years. There is an option of doing a walking safari guided by an armed ranger if you wish. Overnight at Vuma Hills Tented Camp or Kikoboga Lodge. All meals included.

Day 5: Mikumi to Dar es Salaam
On this day after breakfast we continue with game drives around Mikumi National Park with options to do game drives or go for a walking safari until noon when we drive out of the park and head back to Dar es Salaam, or take a flight back to Zanzibar Island.

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Safari Includes
Transport in a 4×4 Safari Jeep
Full board accommodation in Rufiji River Camp and Vuma tented Camp
Park Entrance fees
Activities as it specified on the itinerary
Fee for a professional driver guide

SafariExcludes
Accommodation in Dar es Salaam
Travelers Medical Insurance
Gratuity for the driver guide
Drinks and Laundry services

Selous Safari Itinerary: 4 Days & 3 Nights

Day 1: Derparture from Dar es Salaam to Selous Game Reserve

Depart from your Hotel or Airport in Dar es Salaam city by 4 x 4 open roof safari vehicle to the Selous Game Reserve. It’s an enjoyable safari that will stop at the Rufiji River Camp for lunch. After lunch embark on an afternoon game drive in the reserve, and then return to Rufiji River Camp for dinner and overnight stay.

Day 2: Full Day Game Drive and camera-friendly Tour

After breakfast in the morning start a full day game viewing in the reserve by participating in some classic – style game drives – exploring the bush in open 4x 4 vehicles. Due to the diversity of its wildlife and undisturbed nature day two will enable you to view waterbuck, southern reed buck, bushback, sable antelopes, lion, and greater kudu. Lunch, dinner and overnight at Rufiji River Camp

Day 3: Walking and Boat Safaris and Photographic tour

After breakfast, start your walking safari guided by an armed ranger in the reserve. Enjoy the sights and sounds (and smells) of a walking safari that will live long in your memory. The thrill of creeping up to animals to “shoot” them with your camera is a great experience. In the afternoon after lunch, enjoy an amazing boat safari where you will explore the different channels and lakes of the Rufiji River System, surrounded by hippos and crocodiles.  The day will be concluded by having your delicious meals and overnight stay at Rufiji River Camp.

Day 4: Selous to Dar es Salaam

Enjoy a morning game drive in the Selous Game Reserve. Early lunch at the camp then depart for Dar es Salaam. Drop off in the city center in your Hotel or at the Airport.

End of Safari

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Includes

• Transport in a 4×4 Safari Jeep
• Full board accommodation at Rufiji River Camp
• Park Entrance fees
• Activities as it specified on the itinerary
• Fee for a professional driver guide

Excludes

• Accommodation in Dar es Salaam
• Travelers Medical Insurance
• Gratuity for the driver guide
• Drinks and Laundry services