8-Day Tanzania Wildlife Safari through Selous, Mikumi and Ruaha

• Get picked up from the airport or hotel in Dar es Salaam and begin the drive south to Selous Game Reserve. The journey takes about 4 to 5 hours.

• Arrive in time for lunch, at around 4 pm in the evening.

• Later, depart for an adventurous and romantic evening sunset boat safari along the Great Rufiji River to spot hippos, crocodiles, and birds, and enjoy the spectacular sundown.

Dinner and overnight at the lodge or tented camp.

• After an early breakfast, depart for a full-day game drive in a 4x4 modified safari vehicle with a professional guide in the Selous Game Reserve, exploring the surrounding areas from your seat in an open-roofed vehicle for a comfortable and privileged journey through the wild African bush.

• See some of Africa's most sought-after mammals, including elephants, giraffes, lions, buffalo, zebra, and even the rare African wild dog.

• A picnic lunch will be provided at mid-day, and your guide will select a location with shade and water nearby to watch animals coming to drink - a place with a clear view all around so that no predator can creep up unseen.

• Before the end of the day, return to the lodge, and spend the rest of the evening at your own leisure.

Dinner and overnight at the safari lodge or tented camp.

• Have an early breakfast and depart for a full-day game drive in a 4x4 modified safari vehicle with a professional guide in the Selous Game Reserve.

• Spot major African mammals, including elephants, giraffes, lions, buffalo, zebra, and even the rare African wild dog.

• Enjoy your picnic lunch at mid-day in a location with shade and water nearby, where you can watch animals coming to drink.

• Before the end of the day, return to the lodge and spend the rest of the evening at leisure.

Dinner and overnight at the safari lodge or tented camp.

• After an early morning breakfast, leave Selous with a picnic lunch to enjoy during your game drive.

• Proceed to Mikumi National Park, nestled between the Uluguru Mountains to the northeast and the Rubeho Mountains, Udzungwa Mountains, and Rift Valley escarpment to the southwest. The landscape here is beautiful, and the wildlife is prolific.

• See animals such as elephants, giraffes, zebra, eland, kudu, wildebeest, antelope, lions, leopards, and an amazing range of colourful birds.

Overnight at the safari lodge or tented camp.

• Go on a full-day game drive around Mikumi National Park. The park is very rich in bird species as well as large numbers of giraffes, buffaloes, elephants, lions, leopards, and hippos.

• Also spot other interesting animals such as zebras, wild dogs, pythons, hartebeest, wildebeest, impala, warthog, eland, and antelopes.

• After an early morning breakfast, leave Mikumi with a picnic lunch and continue to Ruaha National Park.

• From Mikumi, the road ascends along the Great Ruaha River to the high plateau where the city of Iringa is situated.

• Stop in Iringa for lunch and visit the local market.

In the late afternoon, arrive at the safari lodge or tented camp for dinner and overnight.

• Embark on a full-day game drive with picnic lunch at Ruaha, the largest park and the second-largest elephant sanctuary in Tanzania.

• Spot a number of hippos and crocodiles along the Great Ruaha River. The wide variety of animals that inhabit the park includes both Greater and Lesser Kudu, as well as roan and sable antelope. Birdlife is also rich, with over 370 species recorded.

Dinner and overnight at your lodge or tented camp.

• After enjoying breakfast in the morning, drive back to Dar es Salaam for drop-off at your hotel or the airport.