Dar es Salaam to Nyerere NP - Boat Safari
Morning depart for Nyerere NP, you will have a short break for hot lunch in Kibiti. The journey to Selous will take about 5 to 6 hours. Arrive for afternoon boat safari along the mighty Great Rufiji River.
Boat safari brings you into close contact with hippo, crocodile and fantastic birdlife. Animals make their way to the river to drink and boat may approach elephant, waterbuck and other on the river banks to within a few meters. Crocodile glide into the water as your boat approaches and hippo appear in frightening proximity, grunting and blowing steam.
- Main Destination:
- Nyerere National Park
- Accommodation:
- Mloka Safari Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Full day game drive in Nyerere NP
You will have full day game drive In Nyerere NP exploration of the park by 4wd vehicle; will permit you to have good photographic opportunities and the chance to explore different sections of vast park.
The Nyerere NP is now the largest National Park in Africa, is a newly established Park which is part of what is known as Selous Game Reserve. The Park has been established in year 2019 and covers an area of over 30,000 square kilometers. Nyerere NP is famous for its Elephants, commonly seen are lions, wild dogs, buffalo, bushbuck, impalas, elands, baboons, zebra, wildebeest and greater kudu.
- Main Destination:
- Nyerere National Park
- Accommodation:
- Mloka Safari Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Walking Safari in Nyerere NP then drive to Morogoro Town
Wake-up early in the morning and have a cup of coffee or tea, then go out for wilderness walking safari with guidance of an armed ranger which will take two to two and a half hours.
Walking safari will give you a particularly intimate feel for African wild. You will get the chance to touch the nature, see the different foot print and droppings of different wild animals and small creatures that you can’t see them during the game drive.
After walking safari you will go back to the camp for breakfast then start driving to Morogoro Town, the journey is the most amazing and truly wild and untouched areas of Tanzania. The drive will take you up into the Uluguru Mountains across rivers and pass through small local villages and farms. The drive is tiring but possibly the most rewarding and adventures on the southern circuit.
Morogoro to Ruaha National Park
After breakfast start the journey to Ruaha National Park with stopover in Iringa Town for lunch.
Afternoon game drives in the park look hippo, crocodile, waterbuck, reedbuck and buffalo venture to the river’s edge to drink, attracting the attention of lion, leopard, hyena, wild dog and jackal. There are many birds in the park include Eurasia migrants that comes to visit the park twice a year.
- Main Destination:
- Ruaha National Park
- Accommodation:
- Ruaha Cottage
- Meals & Drinks:
Full day game drive in Ruaha National Park
Morning after breakfast, you will go out with packed lunch for full day game drives in Ruaha National Park.
A fine network of game viewing roads follows the Great Ruaha River and its seasonal tributaries, where during the dry season impala, waterbuck and other antelopes risk their life for a sip of life sustaining water. And the risk is considerable not only from the pride of 20-plus lion that lord over the savannah, but also from the cheetah that stalk the open grassland.
- Main Destination:
- Ruaha National Park
- Accommodation:
- Ruaha Cottage
- Meals & Drinks:
Another full day game drive in Ruaha National Park
Wake up for early morning game drive which will take about two hours then drive back at the cottage for breakfast. After breakfast you will proceed with full day game drive to explore the beautiful of the park, with its full of rocky, kopjes and ancient baobab trees. Lunch time you will drive back to the cottage for hot lunch. After lunch you will continue with game drive until sunset.
- Main Destination:
- Ruaha National Park
- Accommodation:
- Ruaha Cottage
- Meals & Drinks:
Ruaha NP to Udzungwa Mountain NP via Isimila Stone Age Site
After breakfast you will start driving to Isimila Stone Age Site via Iringa town. This tour will take about two hours then drive to Udzungwa Mountain National Park.
The tour of the site begins at the little museum where a guide gives a brief introduction to the formation of the site and explains more about the fossils and tools that are displayed. The tour then continues into the canyon down a steep footpath. Once there the guide shows you some of the beds where the tools were found and explained how the rock towers were formed. The walk is very scenic, the earth has a warm reddish tint and it is also a good spot to see birds.
- Main Destination:
- Udzungwa Mountains National Park
- Accommodation:
- Udzungwa Twiga Hotel
- Meals & Drinks:
Wonderful walking in Udzungwa Rainforest Mountain
Wake up for breakfast then your driver will drive you to the starting point after completes the park formalities.
Start walking in this beautiful Park enjoying and experience the stunning natural beauty of the Park. Picnic lunch in the bush then proceed exploring the area including the wonderful Sanje waterfall which is 170m high. You can get a chance to swim in one of the waterfall plunge pools. You will walk up to 1600m above sea level with beautiful view of Kilombero valley. You will get the chance to see six species of monkeys include endemic species of Sanje Crested Mangabey and Iringa Red Colobus Monkey.
Udzungwa Mountain NP is one of Tanzania’s most outstanding, pristine, paradise and unique exciting wilderness mountains forested with greatest altitudinal range of forest. It is one of the thirty four “World Biodiversity Hotspot” and one of 200 WWF Eco Region of global critical importance.
After mountain trekking you will drive to Mikumi Bastian Camp for dinner and overnight.
- Main Destination:
- Udzungwa Mountains National Park
- Accommodation:
- Camp Bastian Mikumi
- Meals & Drinks:
Full day game drive in Mikumi National Park
After breakfast check out and launches the journey to Mikumi National Park this will take about two hours. Arrive for game drive in Mikumi NP.
Animals commonly found Include lion, eland, hartebeest, buffalo, wildebeest, giraffe, zebra, elephants and many more. Wild dog can come and go in this park. The open horizons and abundant wildlife of the Mkata Floodplain. Over 300 species of birds have been observed in this park.
- Main Destination:
- Mikumi National Park
- Accommodation:
- Camp Bastian Mikumi
- Meals & Drinks:
Maasai Tribe Visit then drive back to Dar es Salaam
Wake up for breakfast in the camp and later drive to Maasai tribe. Today you will get the chance to visit Maasai Boma to see how they live and get the history of their tribe. After visiting Maasai Boma you will start driving back to Dar es Salaam with a short stop for hot lunch in Morogoro town.
On arrival in Dar es Salaam you will be dropped off at place of your choice.
- Main Destination:
- Dar Es Salaam (City)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks: