8-Day Safari and Zanzibar Beach Tour from Dar es Salaam

• Upon arrival, you will be picked up from the airport and driven to the hotel for rest.
• Dinner and overnight stay at Mediterraneo Hotel.

• After an early morning breakfast, you must collect your belongings and be ready to start your memorable safari. The safari will begin with the drive to Nyerere National Park, formerly known as Selous Game Reserve. Although Nyerere emerged from the division of parks from Selous Game Reserve, it is currently the largest national park, covering over 31,000 sq km. What may also surprise you is that, despite its large size, Nyerere National Park receives relatively few visitors, meaning you will not come across many other vehicles on your daily game drives. Lunch will be served en route. Upon arrival, you will go on a two- to three-hour evening boat safari, bringing you into close contact with hippos, crocodiles, and fantastic birdlife. Crocodiles glide into the water as your boat approaches, and hippos appear in frightening proximity, grunting and blowing steam.

Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Dinner and overnight stay will be at Selous Mapumzino Camp.

• You will have a full-day game drive in Nyerere National Park, formerly Selous Game Reserve. Exploration of the reserve will be by 4WD vehicle, which allows you excellent photographic opportunities and the chance to explore different sections of the vast park. The park is famous for its elephants, but commonly seen animals also include lions, wild dogs, buffalo, bushbuck, impalas, elands, baboons, zebra, wildebeest, and greater kudu. Later, you may return to the camp for dinner and an overnight stay.

Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Dinner and overnight stay will be at Selous Mapumzino Camp.

• Early risers are rewarded with hot but delicious African coffee, and then you depart with lunch boxes for a game drive. You will have a bush lunch at one of the picnic sites in the park, followed by a short game drive before returning to the camp, where you will prepare yourself for a 2-3 hour boat safari on the Rufiji River. What a way to end the day, with the sunset glowing over you while passing crocodiles and hippopotamuses as they leisurely roam around the river.

Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Dinner and overnight stay will be at Selous Mapumzino Camp.

• After a hot African breakfast, you pack your things and leave for Dar es Salaam with a picnic lunch. Upon arrival, the driver will take you to the airport for your flight to Zanzibar.
• After arrival in Zanzibar, you will be picked up from the airport and then driven to the hotel for dinner and an overnight stay.

Dinner and overnight stay at Amaani Beach bungalow.

• During these days, you will get a chance to enjoy the beach, relax, and relieve all your safari fatigue at the hotel. It is your individual space and free time at the beach hotel, where you can plan to do anything independently. There are different activities, such as water sports, that you can enjoy.

Dinner and overnight stay at Aamani Beach bungalow.

• After morning breakfast, you will collect all your belongings and then drive to the airport to fly back to Dar es Salaam and catch your flight back home.

End of safari.