$990 to $1,000 pp (USD)
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Arrival
Day 1
Dar es Salaam to Mikumi National Park
Dar es Salaam to Mikumi National Park
We'll pick you up from your hotel in Dar es Salaam at 06:00 to Mikumi National Park, a 5-6-hour drive, arriving for game-viewing drives around Mikumi. There is a rich variety of bird species and large numbers of giraffes, buffaloes, and elephants close to the waterholes, as well as lions, leopards, and hippos. Furthermore, you can also see zebras, lions, wild dogs, pythons, hartebeests, wildebeests, elephants, impalas, warthogs, eland, and other antelopes. Several observation towers enable you to look at the park in its entirety. Mikumi National Park is mostly miombo woodland with gently rolling hills. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at Mikumi Bandas.
- Main Destination:
- Mikumi National Park
- Accommodation:
-
TANAPA Mikumi Cottages
Wildlife in Mikumi NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Mikumi National Park to Udzungwa Mt National Park
Mikumi National Park to Udzungwa Mt National Park
Early morning at 6:00 am, you'll enjoy sunrise game view around Mikumi National Park, then back for breakfast. The morning is the best time to see animals hunting and killing. At 8:30 am, you will start a safari of 1 hour to Udzungwa Mountain. Upon arrival, you will meet our guide who will accompany you on the hiking tour, and enjoy the spectacular view of Sanje waterfall while enjoying a picnic lunch at 1:30 PM. Sanje waterfall, which is the highest waterfall in Tanzania. You can swim in the natural pool (remember your swimsuit).
After your hiking tour, you will descend the mountains and return to Mikumi to have dinner and stay overnight at the lodge/camp.
- Main Destination:
- Udzungwa Mountains National Park
- Accommodation:
- Camp Bastian Mikumi
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Mikumi to Nyerere National Park
Mikumi to Nyerere National Park
After a morning breakfast at 7:00 AM, you'll drive to Nyerere National Park, which takes 8 to 9 hours. You will have a picnic lunch on the way. Your arrival and check-in at Mloka Safari Lodge/Camp at 4:30 pm will include a boat safari on the Rufiji River, where you can see hippos, crocodiles, sunsets, birds, etc. The evening safari starts from 4:00 pm to 6:30 pm at sunset. Your dinner and overnight stay are at Mloka Safari Lodge or Camp.
- Main Destination:
- Nyerere National Park
- Accommodation:
- Mloka Safari Lodge
Wildlife in Nyerere NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Enjoy Game Drives in Nyerere National Park
Enjoy Game Drives in Nyerere National Park
After breakfast at your lodge, you will enjoy another full-day wildlife viewing along the Rufiji River. Rufiji River is hippo-filled, and the lakes are fringed with palm trees. The park covers an area of over 30,000 square kilometres. Nyerere is, after all, home to one of the biggest lion populations in Africa. Lion, elephant, zebra, giraffe, hippo, crocodile, buffalo, wildebeest—you’re almost guaranteed to see plenty of these. It’s also a good place to see African wild dogs and leopards, but these are harder to find. Wherever you look, the backdrop to all these animals is always beautiful. The rocky hills rise over parts of the reserve, the Rufiji. Dinner and your overnight stay are at Mloka Safari Lodge or Camp.
- Main Destination:
- Nyerere National Park
- Accommodation:
- Mloka Safari Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Bush Men Walking back to Dar es Salaam
Bush Men Walking back to Dar es Salaam
An early morning tea or coffee at the Lodge/Camp. Then, you'll start bushman walking safaris at 6:00 am. The most exciting experience. It is unique in Tanzania, and you will walk for 3 hours, then get back to the lodge/camp for breakfast. After breakfast, you'll collect your things and drive back to Dar es Salaam via Maasai Village, and be dropped off at the ferry or airport.
- Main Destination:
- Nyerere National Park
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
