16-Day Tanzania Safari through Nyerere, Ruaha, Saadani and Bagamoyo

• After breakfast, drive to Nyerere National Park. Nyerere National Park was first set aside as a wildlife reserve in early 1905, when it was known as the Selous Game Reserve. The park takes its name from the renowned hunter and soldier Frederick Courtney Selous. In 1982, it was designated a World Heritage Site.
• In the afternoon, enjoy a boat safari and return to your accommodation.

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• After breakfast, go for a full-day game drive. The park boasts a large population of elephants, as well as large numbers of buffaloes, hippos, and wild dogs. Lions, bushbuck, impala, giraffe, eland, baboon, zebra, and kudu are other species commonly seen. The park covers 6% of Tanzania, is four times bigger than Serengeti, and is the largest game reserve in Africa.

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• The day starts with a walking safari early in the morning, and then you will return for breakfast. Nyerere National Park is one of the few parks in Tanzania where you can take a safari on your own two feet. You can choose an established trail, or one for your special interest, always accompanied by an armed ranger.
• Enjoy an afternoon boat safari with many destinations, ranging from the river's main course to the many lateral canals and lakes. The boat trip normally lasts a half-day, and at least one should be made at sunset.

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• After breakfast, drive to Kisaki Village with a carried lunch box. En route, enjoy a game drive and visit Stigler's Gorge and Frederick Selous's grave to pay tribute.

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• After breakfast, drive to Mikumi National Park with a carried lunch box. It is a long-drive safari of 6-7 hours through rough roads, but one of the unforgettable safaris for the true traveller.

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• After breakfast, head out for a full-day game drive with a carried lunch box. One of the principal features of Mikumi is the Mkata River floodplain, an area of lush vegetation that mainly attracts elephants and buffaloes. The Uluguru and Udzungwa Mountains flank the park. Mikumi National Park is home to wild dogs, buffalo, giraffes, elephants, lions, zebra, and leopards, and is also known for its 6 m long pythons.

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• After breakfast, drive to Ruaha with a carried lunch box to observe some rare or absent animals in the north. These rare animals include the African wild dog, roan, sable antelope, and the greater kudu. The Great Ruaha River, which provides life to the park, flows through the park's eastern side and is home to hippos, crocodiles, and various water birds.

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• After breakfast, go for a full-day game drive with packed lunch. Rare species such as the wild dog, sable antelope, greater kudu, and roan antelope have been recorded in Mikumi National Park. Birdwatchers may be able to spot Miombo woodland specialities such as the racket-tailed roller, pale-billed hornbill, Shelley's sunbird, wood hoopoes, and hoopoes.

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• After breakfast, go for a full-day game drive.

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• After breakfast, drive to Udzungwa. Visit local villages, local markets, local farmers, and orphanage centres.

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• After breakfast, go for a full-day trek that leads along the spectacular trail up to Sanje Waterfalls. From here, we will have a view of the Kilombero Valley from 180 m. Udzungwa's major attraction is its biologically diverse and unique forest, which harbours plant species found nowhere else, from tiny African violets to giant trees 30 meters tall. Apart from about six species of primates, its plateau contains populations of elephants, small antelopes, and several hundred forest bird species.

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• Early breakfast, and after that, drive to Saadani. Saadani gives one an experience of the bush at the beach, and the wildlife seen at the reserve includes elephants, leopards, giraffes, lions, buffaloes, and zebra.

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• After breakfast, go for a full-day game drive. Saadani gives one an experience of the bush at the beach, and the wildlife seen at the reserve includes elephants, leopard, giraffes, lions, buffaloes, and zebra.

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• After breakfast, enjoy a day at leisure in Saadani National Park. Cultural tourism is a significant experience in Saadani Village within the park, where you will get to hear historical information about Saadani. You can also taste the day's fresh catch from the Indian Ocean.

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• After breakfast, drive to Bagamoyo and visit historical sites. This historical site excursion in Bagamoyo will take us to the Kaole Ruins, dating back to the earlier part of the 15th century, and the first Roman Catholic church in Tanganyika, built by the Germans in the 1880s. Do not forget the museum, which houses numerous historical artifacts, or take a stroll along the fine Indian Ocean beach.

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• After breakfast, drive to Dar es Salaam.