5-Day Mikumi and Nyerere Safari with Boat and Walking Safari

• Have breakfast, then depart from Dar es Salaam to Mikumi National Park at 7:00 am with a packed lunch for a game drive. Expect to see a large population of elephants, giraffes, buffaloes, impalas, zebras, velvet monkeys, kudus, and many more attractions. Mikumi National Park is the third-largest park in Tanzania, covering 3,230 sq. km. Its main feature is the floodplain of the Mkata River, together with the Uluguru mountain ranges, which border the park on two sides.

Overnight at a lodge, tented camp, or campsite on an FB basis.

• After breakfast, leave for Nyerere at 7:30 am by 4x4 vehicle with a packed lunch. After 5-6 hours of driving, enter Africa's largest protected area, uninhabited by man, where Tanzania's greatest population of elephants wanders in an area bigger than Switzerland. The park is considered important enough to be a World Heritage Site, where the lucky few can experience a safari in the wild and unspoiled bush.

Overnight at a lodge, tented camp, or campsite on an FB basis.

• After breakfast, go for a full-day game drive with your packed lunch. The park varies from rolling grassy woodlands and plains to rocky outcrops cut by the Rufiji River, the park's lifeblood, whose tributaries form a network of lakes, lagoons, and channels. Volcanic hot springs even burst forth in places. The Rufiji offers a superb method of game viewing, especially during the dry season when animals congregate. Expect to see elephants, antelopes, zebras, hippos, lions, and giraffes, and, if you're lucky, hunting dogs and various species of birds.

Overnight at a lodge, tented camp, or campsite on an FB basis.

• Set out on an early morning half-day game drive with your packed breakfast. The park was introduced as a heritage site by UNESCO and is home to a pride of lions, endangered wild dogs, giraffes, buffaloes, herds of elephants wandering in an area bigger than Switzerland, and much more. Afterwards, return to the lodge for a hot lunch and enjoy an afternoon boat safari.

Overnight at a lodge, tented camp, or campsite on an FB basis.

• The day starts with an early morning walking safari with a guided armed ranger.
• Afterwards, return to the lodge for breakfast. After breakfast, depart back to Dar es Salaam with a packed lunch.