DAY 1: DEPART TO SELOUS GAME RESERVE & AN EVENING BOAT SAFARI
Pick you up at the hotel in Dar es Salaam at 7:30 am and drive 5 – 6 hours to Selous Game Reserve, arriving at lunch. On arrival, check-in and have lunch at Selous Kinga Lodge. After lunch, go for an evening boat safari through the Great Rufiji River. Here, you can experience the aquatic life, mostly crocodiles and hippos. Also, you can see
some animals come for drinking and an 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 stay the night at Selous River Camp (FB).
DAY 2: FULL-DAY GAME DRIVE AT SELOUS GAME RESERVE
Early breakfast is at 07.00 and then depart 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 of 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 and a place with a clear view all around so that no predator can creep up unseen! Back to the lodge by 6.30 for sunset and dinner when you’re ready at Africa Safari Selous River Camp (FB).
DAY 3: EARLY MORNING WALKING SAFARI & A FULL DAY GAME DRIVE AT SELOUS GAME DRIVE
An early morning walking safari with a Bushman to the reserve’s environment to learn various histories (including traditional trees for medicines, animal footprints, and other small animals you cannot see during the game drive). Back to the camp for breakfast. After breakfast, go for a full-day game drive across the enormous Selous Game Reserve with packed lunch boxes until sunset to once again experience the wildlife. Stay overnight at the lodge in the late evening for your hot dinner at Selous River Camp (FB).
DAY 4: DEPART TO UDZUNGWA MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK
After breakfast, depart to Udzungwa Mountains National Park (6 -7 hours drive) with packed lunch boxes. On arrival, check-in and stay overnight at Udzungwa Forest Camp (FB).
DAY 5: A HIKE TO UDZUNGWA MOUNTAINS – THE POPULAR SANJE WATERFALLS & DEPART TO MIKUMI NATIONAL PARK.
After an early breakfast, hike through the beautiful forests and landscape scenery of the Udzungwa Mountains with packed lunch boxes with a professional guide; on the way, you will learn about various trees used for traditional healing a bird life while heading to the top for a great view of the ‘Sanje Waterfalls’ And when on top of the Waterfall, you can have a great view of the enormous Kilombero Sugarcane Valley (one of the biggest Tanzania’s sugarcane plantation). Back from the mountain in the late afternoon, depart for Mikumi National Park (a 2-hour drive), arrive in the early evening, check-in at the lodge, have your hot
dinner, and then spend the overnight at Camp Bastian (FB).
DAY 6: FULL-DAY GAME DRIVE AT MIKUMI NATIONAL PARK
After breakfast, go for a full-day game drive at the beautiful Mikumi National Park with packed lunch boxes to once again experience the wildlife until evening. Back in the late evening, Mikumi National Park: During a game drive at the park, you can see a wide variety of bird species, as well as large numbers of giraffes, buffalo, and elephants. You may also be able to spot lions, leopards, and African wild dogs. Animals that are likely to be seen include zebras, hippos, hartebeest, wildebeest, impala, warthog, eland, and antelope.
Dinner and overnight at Camp Bastian (FB).
DAY 7: HALF-DAY GAME DRIVE AT MIKUMI NATIONAL PARK & DEPART TO DAR ES SALAAM
After breakfast, go for a half-day game drive at Mikumi National Park until noon. Later, drive for 5 – 6 hours back to Dar es Salaam with a stop for lunch on the way, arriving in the evening, transfer you to the hotel/catch your flight back home (breakfast & lunch included)