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5 Days Nyerere National Park and Mikumi National Park
This tour starts and ends in Dar-es-salaam. For a 5-day safari, The Selous Game Reserve and Mikumi National Park offer the most authentic safari experience available to this day. The wildlife is abundant and accessible. The bush is home to an incredible variety of bird species, large mammals, and endangered wild dogs still roam freely in this very special part of Africa.
Day 1 – Dar es Salaam – Selous Game Reserve for an Evening Boat Safari
You will be picked up in Dar es Salaam, then driven to Selous Game Reserve, which takes approximately five to six hours with lunch on the way. Upon arrival, check in at Selous Hippo Camp. In the evening, go for an evening boat safari through the Rufiji River.
This safari allows you to experience the aquatic life, mostly crocodiles and hippos. You can see some animals come for drinking and you can also see an uncountable number of bird species since the reserve has over 440 species of birds, while enjoying an amazing reserve’s sunset. Back in the late evening for dinner and stay the night at Selous Hippo Camp.
Day 2 – Full Day Game Drive at Selous Game Reserve
You will have an early breakfast at 7:00 a.m.,You will have a full-day game drive in a specially modified safari vehicle with a professional guide, in which you should see and learn much about a large number of animals, including all the great favorites, lion, elephant, giraffe, buffalo, zebra, and all the other major species including the rare African hunting dog.
There will also be a great variety of bird species with wonderful scenery and varied topography: wetlands, dry grassland, light acacia forest, and higher ground with long views of far-off mountains. Enjoy your packed lunch and time to rest. Your guide will select a location with shade and water nearby to watch the animals coming to drink, a place with a clear view all round, so that no predator can creep up unseen. Dinner and stay the night at Selous Hippo Camp.
Day 3 – Selous Game Reserve – Mikumi National Park
Up early morning breakfast then game drive on route as you drive from southern gate of Selous to northen gate, is long drive to Mikumi but very beautiful as you drive through the Uruguru mountains, sceneries and villagers along the way make it more beautiful, arrive in Mikumi in evening for dinner and bed at Mikumi Bandas.
Day 4 – Full Day Mikumi National Park
Whilst on safari, you can see a rich variety of bird species, as well as large numbers of giraffe, buffalo and elephants. If you are lucky you may also be able to spot lions, leopards and African wild dogs. Likely to be seen animals include zebras, hippos, hartebeest, wildebeest, impala, warthog, eland and antelope. Dinner and Overnight at Mikumi Bandas
Day 5 – Mikumi National Park – Dar es Salaam
After breakfast, short game drive in the park, and then drive back to Dar arriving late in the afternoon then drop off to your Hotel or Airport.
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