8
Nights/9 Days
Day 1: Selous
0700 hrs- depart by road for Selous Game Reserve, making it for
lunch at Rufiji River Camp. At 1500 hrs, enjoy an evening game drive
in the Selous Game Reserve.
Selous Game Reserve occupies an area larger than Switzerland and is
the largest protected wildlife sanctuary in the whole of Africa.
This UN World Heritage site is a pristine wilderness of rolling
savanna woodland, grassland plains with a network of lake and
rivers. The lifeblood of the Selous is the Rufiji River and sailing
or rafting down the river is a novel way of seeing game. You will
find an amazing concentration of wildlife including elephant, lion,
buffalo, crocodile, hippo, and wild dog. Other species resident here
are zebra, baboon, giraffe, greater kudu, baboon, bushbuck and
impala.
Dinner and overnight at Rufiji River Camp
Day 2: Selous
0800 hrs- armed with your lunch box, depart for a full day tour of
the Selous.
Dinner and overnight at Rufiji River Camp
Day 3: Selous
0700 hrs- go for an early morning walking safari, returning to the
Camp for lunch.
1500 hrs- take an evening boat safari on the mighty Rufiji River.
This is a superb way of sporting game especially in the dry season
between June and October. Crocodiles, hippo, and various antelope
species can be seen.
Dinner and overnight at Rufiji River Camp
Day 4: Selous
0800 hrs- collect your lunch box and proceed for a full day tour of
the Selous.
Dinner and overnight at Rufiji River Camp
Day 5: Selous/Mikumi
0700 hrs- check out from Rufiji River Camp. Armed with your lunch
box depart for Mikumi National Park, to the north of the Selous Game
Reserve. You will enjoy game viewing enroute with a stop over for
lunch.
Mikumi is located 300 km for Dar es Saalam and is the most
accessible park for those departing from Tanzania’s capital.
Prominent features of the park are the Mikumi flood plain and the
mountain ranges that rise on two sides of the park. You will
encounter elephant, giraffe, zebra, buffalo, hippo, crocodile,
wildebeest, eland and Lichtenstein’s hartebeest. Lion and wild dogs
are among the carnivores common here. Towards the southern end of
the flood plain live families of yellow baboon. Over 300 species of
birds have been recorded in the park. Many are Eurasian migrants who
stay between October and April.
Dinner and overnight at Vuma Hill Camp
Day 6: Mikumi/Ruaha
0600 hrs –depart before sunset for Ruaha National Park. You arrive
in time for lunch at Ruaha River Lodge. At 1500 hrs go for an
evening game drive in the park.
Ruaha National Park is an unspoilt wildlife park in central
Tanzania. It occupies 10,000 sq km and carries 8000 tuskers making
it the biggest elephant sanctuary in the country. The Great Ruaha
River with its spectacular gorges flows along the parks’ eastern
border and is host to hippo and crocodile. The river is the parks
lifeblood and provides drink for waterbuck, reedbuck and buffalo.
This in turn attracts the predators: lion, leopard, hyena, wild dog
and jackal. Plain animals thriving in the grasslands of the Ruaha
include: greater and lesser kudu, impala, sable and roan antelope,
giraffe, zebra, dik-dik and Grants gazelle. Birds are plenty too-
over 370 species have been recorded.
Ruaha River Lodge is the only safari lodge built along the banks of
the Great Ruaha River.
Dinner and overnight at Ruaha River Lodge
Day 7: Ruaha
After breakfast, pack your picnic lunch in readiness for a full day
tour of the Ruaha National Park.
Dinner and overnight at Ruaha River Lodge
Day 8: Mikumi
0600 hrs- check out early from Ruaha River Lodge for your return to
Mikumi National Park. You will have lunch at the Vuma Hill Camp.
Proceed at 1500 hrs for an evening game drive in the park.
Dinner and overnight at Vuma Hill Camp
Day 9: Mikumi/Dar es Salaam
0800 hrs- enjoy a morning game drive in Mikumi National Park. You
return for lunch at 1200 hrs and thereafter depart for Dar es
Salaam.
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