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DAR / RUAHA / MIKUMI / DAR
- 5 days / 4 nights
This safari takes you to two of Tanzania's
largest wildlife areas, the Selous Game Reserve
and Ruaha National Park and Mikumi these two
parks have very different ecosystems, but both
offer a real experience of wilderness – you can
often safari for days without seeing another
vehicle.
Your Itinerary
Day 1: Dar es Salaam
8:00 - depart from Dar es Salaam to Iringa town,
where you arrive for lunch during the day later
stay at your destined lodge for dinner and
overnight.
Day 2: Ruaha
After breakfast, proceed to Ruaha National Park.
You arrive in time for lunch in the park. At
15:00 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.
Day 3: 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. (B/L/D).
Day 4: Mikumi
8:00 - check out from Ruaha River Lodge. Enjoy a
short game drive before proceeding to Kitonga
Inn at Iringa for lunch. 1400 hrs- drive on to
Mikumi National Park. 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.
(B/L/D).
Day 5: Mikumi/Dar es Salaam
8:00 - enjoy a morning game drive in Mikumi
National Park. You return for lunch and
thereafter depart for Dar es Salaam at 14:00.
(B/L/D).
Dar / Selous / Mikumi /
Dar
Day 1:
Arrival at Dar es Salaam Airport, transfer to
the hotel for dinner and overnight at Holiday
Inn.
Day 2:
Depart by 4-wheel drive to Selous Game Reserve.
Arrive late afternoon at Rufiji River Camp,
which is located on the river just inside the
reserve on the Eastern approach. The tented Camp
is situated in North Eastern part of the Selous
Game Reserve on a high bank overlooking the
mighty Rufiji River and plain beyond.
Picnic lunch on the way.
Afternoon boat safari, along the mighty Rufiji
River; those who experience this safari can
verify the fact that this mighty river boasts
Africa’s highest concentration of hippopotamus.
Dinner and overnight at Rufiji River Camp.
Day 3:
After breakfast, full day game view drive of
Selous Game Reserve. Selous, Africa’s largest
wildlife sanctuary with an area of 54,600 sq. km
is bigger than Denmark and 4 times the size of
Serengeti. It has the world’s largest number of
big game – elephant, buffalo, rhino, and sable
antelope. Selous also contains wildebeest,
eland, giraffe, waterbuck, zebra, impala, hippo,
leopard and lion. There are about 350 species of
bird life. Picnic lunch on the way.
Dinner and overnight at Rufiji River Camp.
Day 4:
After breakfast, boat safari along the mighty
Rufiji River. Bird life can be seen along the
banks of the river.
Lunch at the camp.
Day 5:
Early morning depart to Mikumi National Park.
Morning game drive in Mikumi National Park.
Lunch at Mikumi Wildlife
Afternoon departure to Dar es Salaam for dinner
and overnight.
Day 6:
Transfer to departure.
RUAHA NATIONAL PARK.
Location : Central Tanzania , 128km (80 miles)
west of Iringa.
Getting there : June to October is the
best season to visit ruaha, Animals becomes
visible easily as the grasses are shorter, it is
also good time for bird watchers, and the
animals come to the great Ruaha river to drink.
November and December are hot, and the short
rains make the climate more humid, though these
certainly do not preclude a visit. January and
February are predominantly hot and dry but again
a good time to visit. March and April are wet
due to rain, movement around the park can be a
little more difficult and May is usually very
wet and is the time when most camps are closed.
Where to Stay : There are quality lodges
in Ruaha offering all inclusive packages ranging
from budget to luxury accommodation. The park
authority has allocated special areas for
camping. There are also rest houses and hostels
in the park for organized groups with their own
transport. Other lodges are found outside the
park.
What to do : Game drive, camping, bird
watching, walking excursions, hiking and
photography.
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