8Days Wild at Heart in Southern Tanzania

Meet your driver guide in Dar around 08:30am, depart to Selous Game Reserve hot lunch on the way. Afternoon boat trip along Rufiji River. Check in at Rufiji River Camp on full board basis

Rufiji River Camp

The tented camp, situated in the heart of the reserve, is environmentally friendly and each tent is equipped with private bathroom and a veranda facing the river. The camp offers game drives and boat trips and walking safaris. There is a constant flow of animals coming down to drink at the river offering a permanent show to visitors of the camp. The water is usually full of hundreds of hippos as well as groups of crocodiles that laze in the sun on the sandbanks in the river. The largest game reserve in Africa covering an area the size of Switzerland, Selous is possibly Africa's last great wilderness. Despite its size, however, this UNESCO World Heritage site has only a handful of high-end safari camps, allowing it to maintain a low-impact exclusivity that is granted by few parks elsewhere. Opportunities for foot safaris and game walks, boat explorations and the classic 4WD safari in open vehicles add a further unique element to the Selous safari and ensure its reputation for pure bush adventure remains untarnished by volume.

Full days of game drive in Selous Game Reserve with packed lunch. Dinner and overnight at Rufiji River Camp

Selous Game Reserve (Nyerere National Park)
 is now the Largest National Park in Africa after been converted in 2019 from formerly popular Selous Game Reserve. The park was named in honor of the Late Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere, who was the founder of the nation. Covering an area of over 30,000 square kilometers allocated on the southern of Tanzania near Dar es salaam. One of the un crowded, undisturbed wilderness, ecological nature. Inspiring lots of tourists due to its diverse range of wildlife with significant predators and preys relationship. The might Rufiji with its renowned population of hippo and Rhino flows to Indian Ocean. The river has been designated as a photographic zone and is a popular tourist destination for boat safari, game drives, walking safaris, relaxing in the really wilderness. The sheer volume of game in the park is just outstanding. Elephant, buffalo and lion are found in greater numbers; together with the remaining part of Selous has the last true stronghold for African wild dog.

After breakfast proceed with en-route game drive to Mikumi National Park with lunch boxes. Short game drive if times allow, Check-in at Stanley Kopje on full board basis. 

Mikumi National Park abuts the northern border of Africa's biggest game reserve - the Selous – and is transected by the surfaced road between Dar es Salaam and Iringa. It is thus the most accessible part of a 75,000 square km (47,000 square mile) tract of wilderness that stretches east almost as far as the Indian Ocean. The open horizons and abundant wildlife of the Mkata Floodplain, the popular centre piece of Mikumi, draw frequent comparisons to the more famous Serengeti Plains.

After breakfast proceed to Ruaha National Park with lunch boxes.  Check-in at Ruaha River Lodge on full board accommodation. 

Ruaha River Lodge: Overlooking the Great Ruaha River, the lodge offers accommodation in bandas built from local stone and thatch. From the seclusion of your veranda you can watch wild animals as they descend from the hills. The dining bandas and bars at the Ruaha River Lodge are in elevated positions above the river, combine comfort and coolness with unrivalled panoramic views.

Two full days game drives in Ruaha National Park with packed lunches. Dinner and overnight at Ruaha River Lodge.

Ruaha National Park: covering a conservation area of 10,300 square km in the south-west of the country, Ruaha National Park sprawls within and along the Great Rift Valley, covering a unique transition zone where the eastern and southern species of both fauna and flora meet against a dramatic topographical backdrop. This is also one of the few Tanzanian parks where sightings of the rarer antelopes, such as the Sable, the Roan and both lesser & Greater Kudu, are a probability rather than a possibility. The proliferation of plains game in the park also ensures that the larger predators - leopard and large prides of lion - are unusually active. The bird life, too, is unparalleled with some 530 species recorded

After breakfast depart to Mikumi National Park, arrival for afternoon game drive. Check-in at Vuma Hill Tented Camp for dinner and overnight.

Vuma Hill Tented Camp is set in the spacious hillside of Mikumi National Park, overlooking the Mkata plains and surrounding mountains. Each tent is designed to give you privacy and the comfort you desire with private bathrooms and hot water showers inside each tent along with custom made furniture

After breakfast, depart back to Dar with packed lunches.