Day 1: Dar es salaam – Selous Game Reserve / Nyerere National Park
Afrter early morning breakfast transfer to Dar es laam airport or drive from Dar es salaam to Selous Game drive.Selous is estimated to have one third of all Tanzania’s African Hunting Dog.  The landscape is predominantly flat and covered with miombo trees.  Lions and leopards join the Hunting dogs as prevalent predators in the reserve and there is a good variety of prey animals from wildebeest and buffalo to smaller animals like warthog and impala.  The river supports a rich and varied bird life, the banks providing a nesting bank for the bee eaters and fishing grounds for Kingfishers. Dinner and overnight at Rufiji River Camp. 

 

Day 2-3: Selous Game Reserve / Nyerere National Park – Full Day Game Drive
Full day game drives with picnic lunches. Alternatively you may decide to take a walking safari which is possible and offers a totally different experience to game drives, to approach animals on foot is a completely different experience than doing it in a vehicle.
It is also a chance to get close and personal with some of the finer details of the African bush, things like birds, trees and plants. You can also extend your walking safari into a multi-day walking safari and walk from point to point, camping along the way – the ultimate in a Safari adventure. Return to Rufiji River Camp.
On your third day after early morning pre-breakfast walking safari returning to camp for late breakfast. The rest of the morning is at leisure. Afternoon boat safari on the mighty Rufiji River. Boating Safaris along one of the rivers of the Selous is a great way to see hippo and crocodile, but also a common to see elephant, waterbuck and buffalo along the river banks.

 

Day 4: Selous Game Reserve / Nyerere National Park – Ruaha National Park
An early walk or game drive brings you back in time for breakfast and the departure back to the airstrip or drive Ruaha National Park. Ruaha National Park is the largest Park in Tanzania and lies in the centre of the country.  This beautiful park has an abundance of wildlife in an array of sceneries which gives it a character all of its own.  The Great Ruaha River is the lifeline of the park as it is the only permanent water source in the park.  A full day game drive along the river takes you over rocky kopjes, home to the Greater kudu, Roan antelope and elephant, and winds down along the river bank through open plains, perfect for cheetah and lion, herds of buffalo, warthogs, jackals, bateared Foxes – the list is endless.  The river banks are rich with birdlife, hippos and crocs.  For the more adventurous, above the escarpment lives the more elusive Sable Antelope.

Ruaha is not only the largest park but can also boast a well-developed road network, so there are plenty of different drives to explore for morning game drives returning the lodge for lunch.  An afternoon spent on your veranda at the water’s edge, or sitting in one of the 2 bar areas will be an equally enjoyable part of your safari here where the animals wander in front of your room to come down to drink.   An afternoon drive to the hippo pool to catch the sunset makes a perfect end to a day.

 

Day 5 – 6: Ruaha National Park  - Full Day Game Drive
Days 5 and 6 During your time staying at Ruaha River Lodge you can choose between half day shared game drives or full day with picnic lunch enabling you to explore further afield in this enormous wilderness.  Game drives are on a shared basis with either 4 or 6/7 in a vehicle.  Private activities are available for a supplement.
Accommodation at Ruaha River Lodge is along the river bank in stone and thatch ‘bandas’ with veranda and en suite bathroom.

Day 7: Ruaha National Park – Dar es salaam
Day 7 After a last morning’s game drive in Ruaha you will be dropped at the airstrip for the flight back to Dar es salaam or drive for flight back home or safari extension to Zanzibar or Mafia Island.