ARRIVAL & TRANSFER TO A HOTEL
On your arrival at Dar es Salaam International Airport, pick you up and transfer to your hotel of reservation in Dar es Salaam (Mediterraneo Hotel). In the same evening, meet and greet with Nyasi Adventure staff – especially your ‘Tour Guide’ to brief you in details and give you some insights regarding your safari.
Then leave you to rest to prepare yourselves for the safari on the following day (breakfast included)
DAY 1: DEPART TO SELOUS & AN EVENING BOAT SAFARI
Pick you up at the hotel in the morning around 7:00 am and drive 5 – 6 hours to Selous, arriving at lunch.
On arrival check-in at Selous Mbega Camp/Selous Hippo Camp and have lunch.
After your hot 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 stay the night at Selous Mbega Camp/Selous Hippo Camp (breakfast, lunch & dinner included)
DAY 2: FULL DAY GAME DRIVE AT SELOUS GAME RESERVE
Early breakfast at 07.00 and then drive to the Selous Game Reserve. Enjoy an 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, impala – 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 pm for sunset and hot dinner when you’re ready at Selous Mbega Camp/Selous Hippo Camp (breakfast, lunch & dinner included)
DAY 3: AN EARLY MORNING WALKING SAFARI AT SELOUS & DEPART TO MOROGORO (with On-Route Game Drive)
An early morning walking safari with a Bushman across the reserve’s environment to learn various histories (including
traditional trees used for medical treatments, various animals footprints and other small animals which you cannot see during the game drive). Back to the camp for breakfast.
After breakfast, drive 5 -6 hours to Morogoro with packed lunch boxes while crossing in the middle of the Selous Game Reserve – this once again provides you a chance to enjoy and experience the wildlife; arriving Morogoro in the early evening.
On arrival check in and later have a hot dinner and stay the night at Arc Hotel (breakfast, lunch & dinner included)
DAY 4: DEPART TO RUAHA NATIONAL PARK (with On-Route Short Local Tours/Visits)
After breakfast, depart with packed lunch boxes to Ruaha National Park. Drive for 4 – 5 hours to Iringa and stop for lunch.
Then, after lunch pay a local and a social visit of about 15 – 20 minutes to “Neema Crafts Centre” – The Centre was founded in 2003 by the Diocese of Ruaha, to provide training and employment opportunities for people with disabilities through handicrafts in the Iringa region of Tanzania. It also aims to change negative attitudes towards people with disabilities in the local society.
You’ll then pay a little visit of about 15 minutes to ‘Iringa Local Market’ – a market built by the Germans during their colonial rule era.
After a local visit tour, drive for 2 -3 hours to Ruaha National Park, arriving in the late evening.
On arrival – check in and having a hot dinner and spend the overnight at Ruaha Hill Top Lodge (breakfast, lunch & dinner included)
DAY 5 – DAY 6: FULL DAY GAME DRIVES AT RUAHA NATIONAL PARK
After breakfast, go for a full day game drives across the park with packed lunch boxes. Back in the late evening for dinner and stay the overnight at Ruaha Hill Top Lodge (breakfast, luch & dinner included)
Ruaha National Park: This is the largest national park in the country, currently bigger than The Serengeti; magnificent mammals such as both greater and lesser kudu can be spotted here. The park has high diversity of plants and animals including elephants, buffalos, antelopes and some of rare and endangered species like wild dogs with a great number of birdlife of about 570 species.
DAY 7: DEPART TO MIKUMI NATIONAL PARK & OVERNIGHT AT VAMOS HOTEL
After breakfast, drive for 5 – 6 hours to Mikumi National Park with packed lunch boxes. On arrival check-in and rest, and later have hot dinner and stay the overnight at Vamos Hotel (breakfast, lunch & dinner included)
DAY 8: FULL DAY GAME DRIVE AT MIKUMI NATIONAL PARK
After breakfast, go for a full day game drive across the beautiful plains of Mikumi National Park with packed lunch boxes until sunset. The Mkata river floodplain is an attractive point of the park where you can easily spot a large number of animals.
Back in the late evening and spend the overnight at Vamos Hotel (breakfast, lunch & dinner included)
Mikumi National Park: During game drive at the park, you can see a rich variety of bird species, as well as large numbers of giraffe, buffalo and elephants. You may also be able to spot lions, leopards and African wild dogs. Likely to be seen animals include zebras, hippos, hartebeest, wildebeest, impala, warthog, eland and antelope.
DAY 9: DEPART TO DAR ES SALAAM & OVERNIGHT AT THE LIGHTHOUSE BEACH RESORT
After breakfast, drive for about 5 – 6 hours back to Dar es Salaam, a lunch break at Morogoro arriving at Dar in the early evening and take you to the southside beaches of Dar es Salaam to spend the night at The LightHouse Beach Resort (breakfast, lunch & dinner included)
DAY 10 – DAY 11: BEACH RELAXATION AT THE LIGHTHOUSE BEACH RESORT
Right after your breakfast, enjoy and relax at the beautiful Kipepeo Beach while swimming and practising various water sports; stay the nights at The LightHouse Beach Resort (breakfast, lunch & dinner included)
TRANSFER TO AIRPORT & DEPARTURE
Depending on the time of your flight departure, pick you up at Lighthouse Beach Resort and transfer you to Dar es Salaam International Airport for your flight back home (breakfast & lunch included)