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5-Day Safari At Selous And Mikumi National Park From Dar Es Salaam
  • Tour Category

    Private Tour

  • Tour Types

    Boating, Safari, Wildlife

  • Duration

    5 Days

  • Activity Level

    Easy

  • Language

    English, Italian, Swahili

Description

Discover the abundant wildlife at Selous Game Reserve and Mikumi National Park, including hippos, crocodiles, lions, zebras & elephants in a specially modified safari vehicle. Do walking safaris for animal footprints and rich birdlife, all set against a spectacular sunset backdrop, admiring the beauty of the wildlife and African wilderness in this 5-day safari!

Highlights
  • Admire a large number of wild animals at the Game reserve
  • Enjoy some picnic lunch and dinner at the camp
  • Go on a boat safari along the Rufiji River
  • Look out for 400+ exotic bird species
  • Day 1: Dar es Salaam to Selous Game Reserve expand_more
    • You will be picked up at the airport or at Dar es Salaam and then driven to Selous Game Reserve. This will take approximately five to six hours.

    • Arrive here in time for lunch and check-in at the African safari camp.  In the evening, go for an evening boat safari through the Rufiji River. This safari allows you to experience aquatic life, mostly crocodiles and hippos. You can see many animals coming here for drinking. Also, see an uncountable number of bird species here -  the reserve has over 440 species of birds. Enjoy all of this amidst an amazing sunset in the background.

    • Return in the late evening for dinner and stay the night at African Safari Camp. Lunch and dinner are included.
  • Day 2: Full Day Game Drive in Selous expand_more
    • You will have a full day game drive in a special modified safari vehicle with a professional guide in which you will see and learn much about a large number of animals, including all-time favourites: lions, elephants, giraffes, buffaloes, zebras and other major species including the rare African hunting dog. See variety of bird species here amidst wonderful scenery and varied topography: wetlands, dry grassland, light acacia forest, and higher ground with long views of far-off mountains.

    • Enjoy your packed lunch and take some time to rest. Your guide will select a location with shade and water nearby so as to watch the animals coming to drink. Enjoy clear views all round so that no predator can creep up unseen.

    • In the evening, you will return to your accommodation for sunset views and dinner.

  • Day 3: Selous Game Reserve to Mikumi National Park expand_more
    • After breakfast, you will have an early morning walking safari with a bushman across the reserve’s environment. Learn about various histories, including the use of traditional trees for medicines, the meaning of various animal footprints and other small animals seen - something that you don't see during a game drive. 

    • After walking safari, at around 10:00, you will be driven to Mikumi National Park.

    • Upon arrival at Mikumi, you will take off for an exciting half-day game drive.

    • Later, head to camp for dinner and overnight stay at Mikumi African Safari Camp.
  • Day 4: Full Day Game Drive in Mikumi National Park expand_more
    • You will have an early morning game drive at around 6:00 am with a breakfast box prepared at your hotel. Mikumi’s vegetation includes woodlands, swamps and grasslands with two water holes; Mkata and Chamgore. Apart from the saddle-bill stork, hammer kop, and malachite kingfisher, you will see monitor lizards and a deadly python inhabiting the pools here. 

    • Lunch will be at Stanley Kopje Foxes inside the park. 

    • In the evening,  go back to your hotel to spend the night. 
  • Day 5: Depart to Dar es Salaam expand_more
    • After an early morning breakfast, you will check out and start your way back to Dar es Salaam. You will experience your final game drive during this journey. The drive will take approximately 5 hours.

    • Upon arrival, you will be dropped off at the airport, hotel or other specified location. This is where your safari will end.

What's Included
  • Park fees

  • All accommodation & Meals

  • All Transfers

  • Knowledgeable English-speaking Tanzanian safari guide

  • Open roof Land cruiser 4x4

  • Fuels

What's Excluded
  • Tips & gratuities
  • Personal expenses
Meeting Point

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Cancellation Policy

For cancellations upto 2 days before the tour -

Refund of 80% of the tour price.
Price Details
Adult
1 To 6 USD 850 Per Person

This is a private tour

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USD 850 / person