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Tanzania · Safari
The journey
Embark on a 4-day safari to Ruaha National Park via Iringa, with scenic overland travel from Dar es Salaam and extended game drives in one of Tanzania's most exciting wildlife reserves. Explore the Great Ruaha River area, where wildlife gathers and predators such as lions, leopards, jackals, hyenas, and African wild dogs can often be found. Along the way, look out for buffalos, giraffes, wildebeest, zebras, impalas, warthogs, elephants, hippos, reptiles, plants, and a wide variety of birdlife. The journey also includes lodge stays in Ruaha and a return drive to Dar es Salaam via Iringa and Morogoro.
Explore the Great Ruaha River area, where wildlife gathers and predators such as lions, leopards, jackals, hyenas, and African wild dogs can often be found.
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Day by day
Get picked up from Dar es Salaam and begin your trip to Ruaha National Park via Iringa town. This journey is expected to take up to 8 hours of driving. You will have two stops for refreshments and lunch on the way to Ruaha. This day is dedicated to travel and ensuring you reach Ruaha National Park comfortably.
Upon arrival, check in at Ruaha Hilltop Lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.
Leave at 06:30 for morning game drives with a packed breakfast and lunch boxes.
Continue the game drive, searching for wild animals across different park locations until the lunch break.
After lunch, rest within the park and continue with the game drive until around 18:30, when you will return to your accommodation. Other animals and attractions you should expect to see include, but are not limited to, buffalos, giraffes, wildebeest, zebras, impalas, warthogs, elephants, hippos, different birds, plants, and reptile species.
After breakfast, embark on a full-day game drive in Ruaha National Park. With its untouched nature, it remains one of the most exciting game reserves and is almost as large as the Serengeti. It is a birdwatchers' paradise with 350 different species of birds. Wildlife is concentrated along the Great Ruaha River, which is the heart of the wildlife in the park, including waterbucks, impalas, and Grant gazelles. The shores of the Great Ruaha River are the permanent hunting ground for lions, leopards, jackals, hyenas, and African wild dogs.
Enjoy the fascinating beauty of Ruaha National Park with a picnic lunch in the park.
Dinner and overnight at Hilltop Lodge.
Meet your driver-guide, who will drive you to Dar es Salaam via Iringa and Morogoro, with a lunch stop at Msolwa cafe before reaching Dar es Salaam for departure.
Where this trip takes you
Great Ruaha River shores, Ruaha National Park plains, Ruaha Hilltop Lodge
The route
The fine print
Transport
Game drives
Accommodation
Meals
Entrances
Mineral water
Visas
Health insurance
International flights and tipping
Ruaha National Park: Ruaha is believed to have a higher concentration of elephants than any national park in East Africa. It is also where magnificent mammals like kudu (Greater and Lesser), sable antelopes, and roan antelopes can easily be spotted in Miombo woodland. The male kudu have beautiful spiralled horns, while the male sable antelope have impressive curved horns.
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Your 4 days finish where they began, in Dar es Salaam.
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