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Day 1
DAR ES SALAAM TO SELOUS GAME RESERVE
In the morning we will pick you from your accommodation in Dar es salaam and depart to Selous Game Reserve with picnic lunch. The journey will take about five hours. In the late afternoon, you will have a boat safari along the mighty Rufiji River, which will bring you into close contact with hippos, crocodiles, and fantastic birdlife. Crocodiles glide into the water as your boat approaches and hippos appear in frightening proximity, grunting and blowing steam. Dinner and overnight will be at Selou Ngalawa Camp.
Day 2
FULL GAME DRIVE IN SELOUS
Following the breakfast, you will go for Game Drive with a lunch box. There are huge numbers of elephant within the park. Roughly, seventy percent which is 60,000 of the total elephant population live within this reserve. Other popular animals are the hippos about 40,000 around the river systems, decreased numbers of black rhinos, numerous buffalos – more than 160,000, wild dogs in addition to 5,000 lions. Also, the animals living here are cheetahs, Nyasaland gnu, leopards, brindled gnu, wildebeest, hartebeest, giraffe, greater kudu, zebras, sable antelope, warthog, eland, waterbuck, reed buck, and the bushbuck. You will find more than 350 types of birds such as the southern ground hornbill, African snipe, geese, eagle, kingfishers, crested lark, herons, green-headed oriole, and knob-billed duck. Reptiles like crocodiles as well as other snakes plus lizards can also be seen. During evening you will go back to your Camp for dinner and spend night.
Day 3
WALKING SAFARI & GAME DRIVE IN SELOUS
Early in the morning you will go for Walking safari with box breakfast. The Selous Game Reserve is named after Frederick Courtney Selous, one of Africa's great safari adventurers and hunters. You can experience discovering this beautiful landscape the way he did - on foot. In those days Selous may have had several porters to carry all the supplies he needed. The walking safari will proceed until 11:00 am and after that you will go for game drive until evening where you will go back to the Hotel for dinner and cover night.
Day 4
GAME ON ROUTE TO MIKUMI NATIONAL PARK
Morning after breakfast you will go for game drive which will be on route to Mikumi national park. The journey is the most amazing and truly wild and untouched areas of Tanzania. The drive will take you up into the Uluguru Mountains across rivers and past small local villages and farms. The drive is tiring but possibly the most rewarding and adventurous on the southern circuit. Dinner and overnight will be at Camp Bastian.
Day 5
HIKING AT UDZUNGWA MOUNTAINS
Udzungwa Mountains is well known for excellent hiking, trekking, mountain climbing and forest walks. With no road access and the only way in being on foot along one of the many trails, the mountains keep their secrets from all but the most adventurous. Once you’ve gained a little altitude, the forest canopy shields you from the heat of the sun and you can enjoy the forest along with the monkeys, elephant, birds and elephant shrews. There are several trails ranging from short 20min strolls, to 5 day expeditions. The most popular hike is up to Sanje Waterfalls, looking for monkeys, swimming in plunge pools, and enjoying the spectacular view. This is the prime attraction for this area and if you are a keen walker then taking at least one of these hiking opportunities is strongly recommended. Bear in mind, however, that it is very hot, particularly at midday, and this can have a considerable effect on even the fittest of walkers. During evening you will go back to your accommodation.
Day 6
FULL GAME DRIVE IN MIKUMI NATIONAL PARK
On this day, you will have a full-day of game viewing drives around Mikumi. There is a rich variety bird species as well as large numbers of giraffes, buffaloes, and elephants close to the water holes, also lions, leopards, and hippos. Furthermore, you can see zebras, lions, wild dogs, pythons, hartebeest, wildebeest, elephants, impala, warthog, eland, and other antelopes. There are several observation towers that enable you to overview the park in its entirety. Lunch at Mikumi Wild Life Kikoboga. After lunch you will proceed with game drive until evening where you will go back to your camp for dinner and cover night.
Day 7
MIKUMI TO RUAHA NATIONAL PARK
Morning after breakfast you will start a long journey to Ruaha National Park. When arrive in Iringa town you will stop for Lunch at Isimila Iringa. Then you will be heading to Ruaha National Park staying at Hill Top Hotel. Evening is the best time to enjoy sunset at Ruaha.
Day 8
FULL GAME DRIVE IN RUAHA NATIONAL PARK
After breakfast, you will have a full-day game viewing drive in the park. A fine network of game-viewing roads follows the Great Ruaha and its seasonal tributaries. During the dry season, impala, waterbuck, and other antelopes risk their life for a sip of life-sustaining water and the risk is considerable, not only from the prides of 20-plus lions that lord over the savannah, but also from the cheetahs that stalk the open grassland and the leopards that lurk in tangled riverine thickets. This impressive array of large predators is boosted by both striped and spotted hyena, as well as several conspicuous packs of the highly endangered African wild dog, Lunch at Ruaha River Lodge inside the park. After lunch you will proceed with evening game drive until evening where you will go back to the Hotel for cover night.
Day 9
END OF TOUR
Morning after breakfast you will start a journey to Dar es salaam. It will be 8 hours driving passing through Tangamalenga road. You will enjoy explore culture of local people in our journey.
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