5-Day Selous Game Reserve, Mikumi NP & Udzungwa Mountain

• You'll be collected from the airport.
• Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Drive from Dar-Es-Salaam to Selous Game Reserve - An Evening Boat Safari along Rufuji River

Pick you up at the hotel or airport early in the morning in Dar-es-salaam and drive 5 - 6 hours to Selous Game Reserve (Currently known as Nyerere National Park) arriving at lunch. After lunch, go for an evening boat safari through the Rufiji River. Here you can experience the aquatic life mostly crocodiles and hippos, also you can see some animals come for drinking, also you can see uncountable number of bird species since the reserve has over 440 known species of birds while enjoying an amazing reserve's sunset. Back in the late evening for dinner and an overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Nyerere National Park

Best Time To Visit June to October (Easiest wildlife viewing)

High Season June to October (The main tourist area gets crowded)

Best Weather June to October (Little to no rainfall)

Wildlife in Nyerere NP

ElephantCommon

GiraffeAbundant

BuffaloCommon

ZebraCommon

WildebeestCommon

HippoAbundant

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HyenaCommon

LionOccasional

Wild DogOccasional

LeopardRare

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

CheetahNone

Accommodation:

Selous Kinga Lodge

• Mid-range lodge located just outside Nyerere NP

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Meals & Drinks:

• Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Early morning full day game drive at Selous Game Reserve

Early breakfast at 06.00 and then a 20 - 30 minutes drive to the Selous Game Reserve. All day game drive in a specially modified safari vehicle with a professional guide, in which you should see and learn much about a large number of animals, including all the great favorites – lion, elephant, giraffe, buffalo, zebra – and all the other major species including the now rare African hunting dog. Great variety of bird species. Wonderful scenery, with varied topography: wetlands, dry grassland, light acacia forest and higher ground with long views to far-off mountains. Packed lunch and time to rest. Your guide will select a location with shade and water nearby to watch animals coming to drink – a place with a clear view all round so that no predator can creep up unseen! Back to the camp by 6.30 for sunset and dinner.

Main Destination:

Nyerere National Park

Accommodation:

Selous Kinga Lodge

• Mid-range lodge located just outside Nyerere NP

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Early morning Walking Safari - later drive for your overnight stay at Mikumi National Park

An early morning walking safari with a Bushman across the reserve's environment to learn various histories (including traditional trees used as medicines for traditional healing, various animals’ footprints and other small animals which you cannot see during the game drive). You may also be able to spot some animals heading to the river for drinking and hippos returning to their dwelling after their forage, after a walking safari we drive to Mikumi National Park for your overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Mikumi National Park

Best Time To Visit Late June to October (Animals are attracted to the waterholes)

High Season June to October

Best Weather June to October (Little to no rainfall)

Wildlife in Mikumi NP

ElephantCommon

GiraffeCommon

BuffaloCommon

ZebraCommon

WildebeestCommon

LionOccasional

Show more

HippoOccasional

LeopardRare

HyenaRare

Wild DogRare

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

CheetahNone

Accommodation:

Camp Bastian Mikumi

• Mid-range lodge located just outside Mikumi NP

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Morning game drive at Mikumi NP - Later drive to Udzungwa Mountains (Overnight Stay)

Morning game drive across the enormous beautiful Mikumi National Park, explore the Mkata flood plain is an attractive point of the explore the park where you can easily spot a large number of animals including elephants, buffalos, zebras, giraffes, wild dogs, and impala and spot a rich number of bird species. The vegetation of this area consists of Savannah dotted with acacia, baobab, tamarinds, and some rare palm, at the furthest from the road, there are spectacular rock formations of the mountains Rubeho and Uluguru. After a game drive, you will be transferred to Udzungwa Mountains for your overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Mikumi National Park

Accommodation:

Udzungwa Forest Lodge

• Mid-range tented camp bordering Udzungwa Mountains without fences

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Early morning go for a hike at popular Sanje Waterfall - Udzungwa, later drive back to Dar-Es-Salaam

After an early breakfast, collect your packed lunch boxes and depart to Sanje Waterfalls. On arrival, your driver guide will transfer you to the starting point of the hike. This is a hike through the beautiful forests and landscape scenery up to an amazing waterfall. During hiking with a professional guide, you will learn about various trees used for traditional healing and others poisonous, and the view of the largest Tanzania sugarcane plantation (Kilombero Sugarcane Valley) from the waterfall is just incredible. Back from the mountain in the late afternoon, then picked-up by your driver then drive back to Dar-Es-Salaam.

Main Destination:

Udzungwa Mountains National Park

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• You'll be dropped off at the airport.