This trip take you from Dar es Salaam to Mikumi National Park. A 5 – 6 hours’ drive on good but busy tarmac road through the busy town of Dar es Salaam, passing small villages on the way and the large farming town called Morogoro. Here you will enjoy a couple of days with the wild animals before going to Udzungwa Mountain National Park where you will go for a guided walk in the rain forest up the Sanje Waterfalls. Thereafter you do the long trip over to Selous Game Reserve where you get closer to the wild animals and add an addition to the exciting safari experience by going on a boat safari on the mighty Rufiji River or one of the parks many small lakes.
Recommendation:
If you are continuing your trip to Zanzibar we advise to fly over to Zanzibar.
We pick you at your house/hotel in Dar es Salaam and head out of time by daybreak. A five hours’ drive will take you to Mikumi National Park. The park which always share its abundant wildlife with the visitors. The savannah inside the park allow your eyes to spot wildlife from a great distance, giving you wonderful pictures either for your camera, or forever embedded in your memory. Many of Mikumi’s animals are used to visitors on two legs or four tires, so here you’ll have the opportunity to meet species like elephant, giraffe, wildebeest, and antelopes and if lucky, predators like lion and leopard.
As you arrive you go straight to the lodge for lunch before you go out in the park for an afternoon game drive and some nice early sunset pictures before returning to the lodge in time before the dark sets in.
Destination: Mikumi National Park
Accommodation: Mikumi Wildlife Camp
This day you start early in the morning with some fruits, biscuits and some coffee or tea before you head back into the wild before even the birds wake up. This is the best chance to find the nocturnal animals, and some people may be lucky enough to find them “in action” hunting or eating at these hours. Around eight or nine you go back to the lodge for breakfast (if you did not bring it with you). After breakfast, you go back into the wild for a couple of hours before lunch and an afternoon relaxation in the camp. At 15:00 you go back out to explore the wildlife in the afternoon. The program may vary per the weather, heat and what you want to experience.
Destination: Mikumi National Park
Accommodation: Mikumi Wildlife Camp
You are starting your day with a solid breakfast before you drive an hour and a half to Udzungwa Mountain National Park where you are set to go for a 6 hour walk up Sanje Waterfalls. You have a packed lunch which you can enjoy on the peak or in the bottom of one of the waterfalls. Please feel free to bring your swimming costume in case you want to take a dip in the fresh and cool mountain water. After the trip, you will be taken to a camp by the foot of the mountain.
Destination: Udzungwa Forest National Park
Accommodation: HondoHondo
Starting after a tasty breakfast heading over the Uluguru Mountains, through the villages and the farmers land, through the rain forest and dry sandy areas. After a few hours, you reach the boarder of Selous Game Reserve and you will drive another couple of hours to your lodge but surely with exciting game drive on the way. In the afternoon, we take you for a boat safari, up the river or in the lake to find the hippopotamus, crocodiles, birds and nests. You may also see the local fishermen swimming in the river, or the ladies doing laundry while the children are taking a bath. The boat safari has been called; romantic, exciting, relaxing and even amazing as the hippopotamus is very photogenic and the sunset is painting the skies in the brightest romantic colors.
Destination: Selous Game Reserve
Accommodation: Selous Wilderness Camp
Today you enjoy a full day of safari in Selous Game Reserve, the land of the elephants, buffaloes, giraffes, zebras, antelopes as well as lions and other predators. This area is more than 50 km2, that is larger than Belgium. A UNESCO world heritage site, Selous gives you extraordinary possibilities for wildlife experiences. Since Selous is a game reserve (not a national park), we have the options of following the herds of animals outside the roads, into their natural habitats which give you the best chance for getting you the “million dollars” picture. You will return to the lodge before the sun sets. At the lodge, you can enjoy some snack around the fire as you watch the sun setting over the mighty Rufiji River. You will be served a delicious dinner before you go back to your tent/bungalow.
You start in the morning after a delicious breakfast and head out in the bush with your packed lunch. In the evening, you can cool down in the pool, or just enjoy the sun setting on the other side of the river while enjoying the safari stories around the fire, or you can just relax in the cozy sitting area before you enjoy a tasty dinner.
Destination: Selous Game Reserve
Accommodation: Selous Wilderness Camp
Before breakfast you take some tea or coffee and some fruits before heading in to the woods by foot. Together with a guide and an armed ranger you will explore the nature and the smaller habitants in the bush of Selous. This exciting morning, you will be working up an appetite and as you return to the lodge they will have prepared a solid breakfast for you to enjoy. Today you will enjoy a full day game drive in Selous Game Reserve.
Destination: Selous Game Reserve
Accommodation: Selous Wilderness Camp
You wake up in the morning your last morning in the bush. After a nice breakfast, you go to pack your things to be transferred to the airstrip for your flight onwards to Zanzibar/Dar es Salaam or for starting your drive back to Dar es Salaam.
Price per person sharing:
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1 person |
2 people |
3 people |
4 people |
5 people |
6 people |
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$3 600 |
$2 725 |
$2 355 |
$2 170 |
$2 129 |
$2 055 |
