Itinerary

1. Day 1: Dar es Salaam – Nyerere National Park

   • After breakfast, drive to Nyerere National Park. The Nyerere National Park was first set aside as a wildlife reserve in early 1905 (at that time was known as the Selous game reserve). The park takes its name from 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 accomodation. 

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2. Day 2: Nyerere National Park

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

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3. Day 3: Nyerere National Park

   • 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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4. Day 4: Nyerere National Park (Mtemere Gate) – Kisaki Village (Matambwe Gate)

   • After breakfast, drive to Kisaki village with carried lunch box. En route, game drive-visit Stigler’s Gorge and Fredrick Selous's grave to pay tribute. 

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5. Day 5: Kisaki Village – Mikumi National Park

   • After breakfast, drive to Mikumi National Park with carried lunch box; it’s a long drive safari, 6-7 hours through crude roads but one of the unforgotten safaris for the true traveller. 

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6. Day 6: Mikumi National Park

   • After breakfast, followed by a full-day game drive with carried lunch box. One of the principal features of Mikumi is the Mkata River floodplain, an area of lush vegetation which 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 6m long pythons. 

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7. Day 7: Mikumi National Park – Ruaha National Park

   • After breakfast, drive to Ruaha with carried lunch box to observe some rare or absent animals in the north. The 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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8. Day 8: Ruaha National Park

   • 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. Bird watchers may be able to spot Miombo woodland specialities such as Racket Tailed Roller, Pale-billed Hornbill, Shelley’s Sunbird, Wood Hoopoes and Hoopoes.

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9. Day 9: Ruaha National Park

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

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10. Day 10: Ruaha National Park –Udzungwa Mountains National Park

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

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11. Day 11: Udzungwa Mountains National Park

    • After breakfast, go for Full day trekking, which leads to the spectacular trail up to Sanje waterfalls. From here, we will have a view of Kilombero Valley 180m. Udzungwa's major attraction is its biologically diverse and unique forest that 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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12. Day 12: Udzungwa Mountains National Park - Saadani National Park

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

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13. Day 13: Saadani National Park

    • 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, including elephants, leopard, giraffes, lions, buffaloes and zebra. 

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14. Day 14: Saadani National Park

    • After breakfast and a day at leisure while in Saadani National Park, cultural tourism is a significant experience in Saadani Village within the park. You will get to hear historical information about Saadani. You can also taste a day freshly caught from the Indian Ocean. 

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15. Day 15: Saadani National Park - Bagamoyo

    • After breakfast, drive to Bagamoyo. Visit historical sites. This historical site excursion in Bagamoyo will take us to 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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16. Day 16: Bagamoyo - Dar es salaam

    • After breakfast, drive to Dar-es-salaam.