5-Day Selous and Mikumi Safari from Dar es Salaam with Rufiji Boat Ride

You will be picked up at the airport or in Dar es Salaam and then driven to Selous Game Reserve. The journey takes approximately five to six hours.

Arrive in time for lunch and check in at African Safari Camp. In the evening, go on a boat safari along the Rufiji River. This safari allows you to experience aquatic life, especially crocodiles and hippos. You may also see many animals coming to the river to drink. The reserve is home to over 440 bird species, so there is excellent birdwatching as well, all set against an amazing sunset backdrop.

Return in the late evening for dinner and an overnight stay at African Safari Camp. Lunch and dinner are included.

You will enjoy a full-day game drive in a specially modified safari vehicle with a professional guide. During the drive, you will see and learn about a large number of animals, including favourites such as lions, elephants, giraffes, buffaloes, zebras, and other major species, including the rare African hunting dog. You will also see a variety of bird species amid wonderful scenery and varied topography, including 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 choose a location with shade and water nearby so you can watch animals coming to drink, while enjoying clear views all around so that no predator can approach unseen.

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

After breakfast, you will head out on 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 different animal footprints, and other small animals seen along the way - things you do not usually experience during a game drive.

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

Upon arrival in Mikumi, you will set off on an exciting half-day game drive.

Later, head to camp for dinner and an overnight stay at Mikumi African Safari Camp.

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 may also 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 for the night.

After an early morning breakfast, you will check out and begin your journey back to Dar es Salaam. You will enjoy your final game drive during the drive back. The journey takes approximately 5 hours.

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