Day 1: Arrival Dar

Arrive Dar es Salaam  International Airport. After clearing the customs and immigration procedures, you are met by Hallmark Travel Planners representative and transfer to Landmark Mbezi  Beach Resort.

Day 2: Drive Dar to Selous Game Reserve

Early breakfast at your hotel. At 07:30 hours,  our driver guide will be waiting for you for the journey to Selous Game Reserve. Enjoy a scenic  5-6 hour drive.

After lunch, enjoy a boat safari on the mighty Rufiji River. You are likely to spot of Hippos, Crocodiles and bird life. Later you proceeds to your camp for dinner and overnight –  Rufiji River Camp.

Day 3 and 4: Safari Activities in Selous Game Reserve

Today you will take a walking safari, and game drives in Selous Game reserves with few hours leisure at the camp.  A walking safari while in Selous, allows you to follow  and tracks, as well as view game on foot.

You’ll walk with an experienced guide who can interpret the smallest details of an ecosystem. Prior to walking, you’ll receive instruction about how to stay safe on foot. The weapon carried by your guide, and some simple instructions for you to follow during the walking safari, ensure that you have a great experience. Dinner and overnight at Rufiji River camp

Day 5: Drive Mikumi National Park

After breakfast, depart from Selous Game Reserve with picnic lunch box, heading for Mikumi with game drives en route in the northern part of Selous Game reserve.

Highlight of the day include rich variety of bird species, and other mammals including giraffes, zebras, lions, leopards, African wild dogs, Hippos, Hartebeest, Wildebeest and many more animals species. Dinner and overnight at  Vuma Hills Tented Lodge.

Day 6: Safari Activities in Mikumi National Park

Full day game drives in Mikumi National Park.  Mikumi is Tanzania’s 4th largest national park. With almost guaranteed wildlife sightings, it makes an ideal safari destination.

Lions survey their grassy kingdom – and the zebra, wildebeest, impala and buffalo herds that migrate across it – from the flattened tops of termite mounds, or sometimes during the rains, from perches high in the trees.    All meals at Vuma Hills Tented Lodge.

Day 7: Drive from Mikumi Park to Udzungwa Mountains National Park

After breakfast in the morning you depart, heading for  Udzungwa Mountains national park.

You expect to arrive in the afternoon and take part in half day hiking and bird watching tour in the rain forest towards Sanje falls for spectacular view of the great Kilombero Valley.  Dinner and  overnight at Udzungwa Forest Camp.

Day 8: Drive Udzunga to Ruaha National Park

After breakfast you collect your picnic lunch at the camp and depart for Ruaha National Park where you will arrive in the afternoon at the Ruaha river lodge which has spectacular view of the Great Ruaha River.

While Ruaha is now home to many elephants, poaching has been a serious problem in the park for several decades with elephant populations decreasing from 22,000 in 1967 to 4,000 by 1987. A recent census placed the elephant population at more than 15,000. Still, poaching leaves noticeable effects. There are few mature elephants at full size and at an age of over 60 years. It is rare to see bull elephants with large tusks. Research is being done in Ruaha into whether future generations will breed small tusked elephants, or whether the large tusk gene will once again dominate the Ruaha elephant herds like it did in the past.  Dinner & overnight at Ruaha River lodge.

Day 9: Safari Activities in Ruaha National Park

Today you can set out for a full day of wildlife viewing with both morning and afternoon drives available. The type of wildlife you can see is dependent on the time of day, with local bird species the most visible (and vocal)

The terrain in Ruaha is good for seeing predators, particularly lion and leopard. Rivers and swamps are alive with crocodiles and hippos. The dry open hillsides allow buffaloes and antelope to gather in large herds. All of these herd animals, as well as zebra and giraffe, can be watched as they make their way to the Great Ruaha River to drink. Get your species checklists ready for possible sightings of kudu, sable and roan antelope, bushbuck, and African wild dog. Ruaha is one of the few locations where both greater and lesser kudu can be seen together in one place. Dinner and overnight at Ruaha River Lodge.

Day 10: Fly from Ruaha National Park to Dar es Salaam

Leisure time at the lodge then depart to Dar es Salaam by flight, arrive in the afternoon, transfer to the airport for your flight back home.