5 Days Tour to Selous & Mikumi National Park.
This is a great option for guests who would like to see the splendour of Tanzania’s southern parks; Selous Game reserve & Mikumi National Park without the costs of luxury tented camps and local flights.
Day 01- Dar es Salaam Serena Hotel
Met on arrival at Dar es Salaam's J K Nyerere International Airport met and transferred to your Dar es salaam serena hotel
Day 02- Dar Es Salaam- Selous Game Reserve.
Pick up from Dar-es-Salaam then proceed to Selous Game Reserve with packed lunch. This is a 4.5 hour drive, where you will drive through a tarmac road for the first 150 kms, after that you will come to a small village called Kibiti where you make a right and that’s where real Africa starts. The road is gravel bumpy and in the wet season, filled with water. On arrival at the campsite, you will find a complete bush, cleared enough to camp. From your tents, you will be seeing nothing but the flow of the Rufiji river, hippos popping there heads above the water and crocodiles gracefully wading in the current. Enjoy optional boat ride from the time you arrive until dinner. Overnight at the camp
Day 03- Full Day Selous Game reserve
After breakfast, you will depart for a full day game drive with a picnic lunch. Today you will get to see a variety of game, including the African hunting dog, drive through different terrain, bush, savannah and miombo woodland. Selous, Africa's largest wildlife sanctuary with an area of 54,600 sq.km is four times the size of Serengeti. It has the World's largest number of big game: elephant, buffalo, rhino; sable antelope. It also has wildebeest, eland, giraffe, waterbuck, zebra, impala, hippo, leopard and lion. There are about 350 species of birdlife. Return to the camp as the sun sets. Dinner and overnight
Day 04- Selous Game Reserve transfer to Mikumi National Park
After Breakfast, proceed to Mikumi National Park, you will have to drive through the Selous game reserve to get to Mikumi. Mikumi is a small park but nonetheless, game is plenty, and the mkata plains provide spectacular viewing. You will stop en route to Mikumi to enjoy your packed lunch. Dinner and overnight
Day 05-Mikumi National park to Dar es Salaam
After breakfast, proceed for half day game drive in Mikumi National park, returning to the camp for lunch. Thereafter, depart for Dar-es-Salaam where you will be dropped at Dar es Salaam Airport for your onward arrangements.