The Southern section of Tanzania includes two wonderful national parks that attracts a lot less people than the Northern circuit with the Serengeti, but equally mesmerizing. Nyerere is a very special park where you can experience boat safaris amongst hippos and crocodiles, where elephants roam around the palm trees, and you have a good chance to see wild dogs. Ruaha where you can expect to see golden savannah studded with baobabs and misty hills stretching along the horizon in the dry season, and the grasslands become a lush green and the baobabs bloom when the rains come. The eponymous Great Ruaha River serves as a lifeline for the park’s wildlife. The park is known for its walking safaris and night drives.
Arrive at Dar airport and take the shuttle to the domestic terminal on time for the flight to Nyerere. Depending on your flight times, you might require a night in Dar, contact us for options.
Arrive at the airstrip where you are met by your guide and road transfer to the lodge, via a meandering game drive. Relax at camp and enjoy your first game drive in the afternoon. Roho ya Selous sits in the very heart of Nyerere National Park (formerly The Selous), a stone’s throw from a palm-fringed tributary of Tanzania's Rufiji River. Your 3 nights include all meals, selected beverages and the scheduled game viewing activities: game drives, boat cruise, fishing and walking depending on the season. Chat to your guide to plan your days.
Roho ya Selous is perfectly positioned for excellent game viewing, close to a key waterway that links Lake Manze to Lake Nzerakera. Here, pods of hippos wallow and fish eagles scan the landscape from their perches. Giraffes wander through camp on their way to the water and impala graze on the grass around our tents. This is a marshy landscape of palm trees, lakes and rivers and is home to elephants, buffalos, lions, hippos, leopards and one of the largest populations of wild dogs on the planet. Plus, bird enthusiasts can try and spot the more than 400 recorded bird species, including a good number of Pel’s fishing owls, in the region.
Back at camp, take a dip in the pool, gather around the campfire with fellow guests to share safari tales before enjoying dinner surrounded by the sounds of the bush.
Includes & Excludes
Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner included
Drinks: Local brands included
Activities: Included
Transport: Included
Day 4-6
Ruaha National Park
After breakfast, transfer to the airstrip for the flight to Ruaha. Meet your tour guide and road transfer to the...
After breakfast, transfer to the airstrip for the flight to Ruaha. Meet your tour guide and road transfer to the camp. This is a very different landscape and you will appreciate a whole new game viewing experience. Jabali Ridge is a stylish camp in the wildlife-rich Ruaha National Park, set on a rocky outcrop overlooking the Mwagusi River and Ikuka escarpment.
Ruaha National Park is one of the largest national parks in Tanzania, located in the centre of the country. It forms a transitional point between the landscapes of East and Southern Africa, with its golden plains of sun-bleached grass and ancient baobab trees. Your 3 nights include all meals, selected beverages and the scheduled game viewing activities: game drives, and walking depending on the season. Chat to your guide to plan your days.
The greater Ruaha area is thought to be home to one-tenth of the entire world’s wild lion population, with large prides roaming the plains. Cheetah, leopard and packs of wild dog are seen hunting here too. Visitors can also spot greater and lesser kudu, sable and roan antelope, elephants, giraffes, bat-eared foxes and some of the 570 bird species.
After a day spent walking through the bush or tracking lions in a game vehicle, pause for a refreshing G&T as the sun sets over Ruaha. Relax in the hammock on your wooden deck and unwind with a book. Cool off in the glorious infinity pool, which overlooks the vast plains. Enjoy wonderful dinners under the stars and sleep soundly listening to the sound of wildlife around you.
Includes & Excludes
Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner included
Drinks: Local brands included
Activities: Included
Transport: Included
Day 7
End Of Itinerary
Last morning in the bush, breakfast in camp and transfer back to the airstrip on time for your flight to...
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Day 7
End Of Itinerary
Last morning in the bush, breakfast in camp and transfer back to the airstrip on time for your flight to Dar.
Time at leisure at the airport (depending on your flight time we can add a day excursion or a day room nearby) until your onward flight, or contact us to extend your safari with a few days at the beach or a gorilla encounter.
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Selous Game Reserve has a variety of lodges and camps to choose from, ranging from safari camps to tented camps and even some luxurious lodges. Some examples of these include; Selous Kinga Lodge, Ngalawa Tented Camp, Selous Mbuyu Safari Camp and much more.
The Selous Game Reserve has so many wild animals living within its vast lands because of its elaborate and unique beauty; no wonder UNESCO declared it a world heritage site in 1982.
Safari lodges have guest rooms similar to a hotel with en-suite bathrooms. They are comfortably furnished with facilities normally associated with a hotel rooms, except your rooms are normally set in beautiful wilderness settings, with nature and wildlife around.
Tented lodges have rooms which are tents on a platform and with a roof and also have en-suite facilities with showers, flush toilets and hot water. Basically all the amenities of a hotel room, except canvas walls and roof.
The boutique lodges and camps can be very stylish and smart in terms of design and decor, often with very spacious rooms and even going so far in some cases as having plunge pools for each room.
Eco-camps and smaller tented camps have insect-proof tents with en-suite facilities including a safari shower and flush toilet. They give a more authentic safari experience but the tents are comfortably furnished with proper beds and you don’t need to bring your own sleeping bag! The emphasis is usually on having excellent guides and great wildlife viewing away from the crowds. Guests often eat together and people travelling alone usually say that they found the atmosphere friendly and enjoyed meeting other like-minded travellers around the campfire in the evening or at dinner.
The Adventure Camps are a budget option with guests bringing their own sleeping bags and towels. Accommodation is in small dome tented with a mattress on the floor. Each tent has its own nearby cubicle with a flush toilet, safari shower, and wash basin. The Adventure Camps are suitable only for those who don’t mind “real camping” and can put with some degree of “roughing it”. Apart from the accommodation in simple dome tents, the meals and the guiding are the same standards as the higher quality camps and game drives are in 4x4 safari vehicles. For those on a limited budget, the Adventure Camps are a good alternative to the big tourist lodges and minibus tours for those for whom the safari experience is more important than hotel accommodation.