Arrival in Dar es Salaam and Safari Briefing
Day 0:
- Arrive in Dar es Salaam.
- You'll be collected from the airport by our representative or professional driver-guide and dropped off at your accommodation before the tour starts. This can be arranged for an extra cost.
Day 1: Dar es Salaam
- A representative will pick you up at the airport and drive you to Slipway Hotel to rest and prepare for the coming days. You will receive the full tour briefing once you are at Slipway Hotel. You will be picked up the next day, ready to start the tour. Dinner and your overnight stay will be at Slipway Hotel.
Main Destination: Dar Es Salaam (City)
Accommodation: Hotel Slipway
Mid-range hotel located in or near Dar es Salaam
Swimming pool
Meals & Drinks: All meals included
Drinking water (other drinks not included)
Day 2: Mikumi National Park
- After breakfast, you will drive to Mikumi National Park with a packed lunch. Upon arrival at the park, you will enjoy a game drive. Mikumi is home to many animals, including elephants, lions, zebras, buffaloes, giraffes, hippos, and wildebeests. It also has an incredible landscape similar to the Serengeti. After the game drive, you will drive to Camp Bastian Mikumi for dinner and an overnight stay.
Main Destination: Mikumi National Park
Accommodation: Camp Bastian Mikumi
Mid-range lodge located just outside Mikumi NP
Standard chalets
Swimming pool
Meals & Drinks: All meals included
Drinking water (other drinks not included)
Day 3: Mikumi National Park
- After breakfast, you will enjoy a full-day game drive with a packed lunch in Mikumi National Park. The park has more than 400 species of birds, both resident and migratory. Covering 3,230 sq km, it is home to big African mammals such as elephants, giraffes, elands, and buffaloes, which roam freely across its superbly scenic plains.
- Your dinner and overnight stay will be at Camp Bastian Mikumi.
Main Destination: Mikumi National Park
Accommodation: Camp Bastian Mikumi
Mid-range lodge located just outside Mikumi NP
Meals & Drinks: All meals included
Drinking water (other drinks not included)
Day 4: Ruaha National Park
- After breakfast, you will drive to Ruaha National Park, stopping in Iringa town for lunch before continuing onward. If there is one national park that reveals the true hidden gems of Tanzania, it is Ruaha National Park. The park covers 20,226 km² (7,809 sq mi) and is famous for its unique wildlife, including kudu, roan antelopes, and large herds of elephants. Due to its remote location, Ruaha receives fewer tourists than other parks. It offers the true meaning of safari, with big and small animals living in an undisturbed natural environment.
- You will have dinner and an overnight stay at Ruaha Cottage.
Main Destination: Ruaha National Park
Accommodation: Ruaha Hilton Motel or Ruaha Cottages
Budget cottage located inside Ruaha NP
Meals & Drinks: All meals included
Drinking water (other drinks not included)
Day 5: Ruaha National Park
- In the morning, you will have breakfast while enjoying the view of the Great Ruaha River. Then you will leave for a game drive along the river, where you may see rare animals such as kudu. After the morning game drive, you will return to Ruaha Cottage for a hot lunch. After lunch, you will have a short break and then continue the game drive until sunset.
- Your dinner and overnight stay will be at Ruaha Cottage.
Main Destination: Ruaha National Park
Accommodation: Ruaha Cottage
Budget cottage located inside Ruaha NP
Meals & Drinks: All meals included
Drinking water (other drinks not included)
Day 6: Ruaha National Park
- Today, you will have an early breakfast followed by a walking safari. The walking safari will take approximately 2 to 3 hours along the Great Ruaha River. For safety reasons, you will be accompanied by an armed ranger as you walk close to wild animals such as giraffes, buffaloes, hippos, crocodiles, and zebras.
- Once the walking safari is over, you will drive back to the cottage for a hot lunch, and afterward, you will head out for a game drive.
- Your dinner and overnight stay will be at Ruaha Cottage.
Main Destination: Ruaha National Park
Accommodation: Ruaha Cottage
Budget cottage located inside Ruaha NP
Meals & Drinks: All meals included
Drinking water (other drinks not included)
Day 7: Ruaha National Park
- You will start your day with a full-day game drive after breakfast and enjoy beautiful Ruaha National Park, where you may see buffaloes, hippos, giraffes, elephants, kudus, roan antelopes, lions, leopards, cheetahs, as well as more than 300 different species of birds.
- Your dinner and overnight stay will be at Ruaha Cottage.
Main Destination: Ruaha National Park
Accommodation: Ruaha Cottage
Budget cottage located inside Ruaha NP
Meals & Drinks: All meals included
Drinking water (other drinks not included)
Day 8: Ruaha to Mbeya Town
- After breakfast in Ruaha, you will drive to Mbeya town, the biggest town in the southern part of Tanzania. Tonight, you will stay at a coffee plantation lodge. Utengule Coffee Lodge is a small lodge set within a coffee plantation, and you will arrive there in the evening.
- Your dinner and overnight stay will be at Utengule Coffee Lodge.
Main Destination: Mbeya (City)
Accommodation: Utengule Coffee Lodge
Mid-range lodge located in or near Mbeya
Meals & Drinks: All meals included
Drinking water (other drinks not included)
Day 9: Katavi National Park
- After breakfast, you will drive to Katavi National Park, passing through small villages before reaching the park.
- Katavi National Park covers 4,471 sq km and is the least visited park in the area, creating a genuinely untouched wilderness in western Tanzania.
- Massive herds of buffaloes, elephants, and hippos are common in this truly wild park. You may also see lions, leopards, wild dogs, and hyenas.
- You will have dinner and an overnight stay at Katavi Rest House.
Main Destination: Katavi National Park
Accommodation: Katavi Rest House
Budget cottage located inside Katavi NP
Meals & Drinks: All meals included
Drinking water (other drinks not included)
Day 10: Katavi National Park
- After breakfast, you will enjoy a full-day game drive and take a packed lunch with you. You will drive to the Katuma River to explore the thousands of hippos living there. Apart from hippos, this part of the park is also home to other animals and different species of birds.
- You will have dinner and an overnight stay at Katavi Rest House.
Main Destination: Katavi National Park
Accommodation: Katavi Rest House
Budget cottage located inside Katavi NP
Meals & Drinks: All meals included
Drinking water (other drinks not included)
Day 11: Katavi National Park
- After breakfast, you will enjoy another full-day game drive with a packed lunch. During the drive, you will experience Katavi's untouched nature, the big herds of buffaloes, zebras, and elephants, and the scenic landscapes of this beautiful park.
- Your dinner and overnight stay will be at Katavi Rest House.
Main Destination: Katavi National Park
Accommodation: Katavi Rest House, Budget cottage located inside Katavi NP
Meals & Drinks: All meals included
Drinking water (other drinks not included)
Day 12: Katavi to Mbeya
- After breakfast, you will drive to Utengule Coffee Lodge. You will have a hot lunch somewhere along the way. Utengule Coffee Lodge is an excellent place to relax, as it is a farm lodge far away from the population. Utengule Farm Lodge belongs to Utengule Farm Coffee, one of the giant coffee farms in the Mbeya region.
- You will have dinner and an overnight stay at Utengule Coffee Lodge.
Main Destination: Mbeya (City)
Accommodation: Utengule Coffee Lodge
Mid-range lodge located in or near Mbeya
Meals & Drinks: All meals included
Drinking water (other drinks not included)
Day 13: Mikumi National Park
- After breakfast, you'll drive to Mikumi town, stopping in Iringa town for a hot lunch and a rest before continuing onward. Once in Mikumi, you will check in at Camp Bastian, relax, and prepare for the journey to Dar es Salaam the following day.
- You will have dinner and an overnight stay at Camp Bastian.
Main Destination: Mikumi National Park
Accommodation: Camp Bastian Mikumi
Mid-range lodge located just outside Mikumi NP
Meals & Drinks: All meals included
Drinking water (other drinks not included)
Day 14: Dar es Salaam
- After breakfast, you will drive to Dar es Salaam. You will be dropped off at the airport, ready to take your flight back home.
Main Destination: Dar Es Salaam (City)
Accommodation: No accommodation (End of tour)
Meals & Drinks: Meals at your own expense
Drinks not included
End of tour. Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost. You'll be dropped off at the airport.
