5-day safari in Southern Tanzania

Trip Description

Accomodation

Stay program

• day 1

  Arrival

  Upon your arrival at Dar es Salaam International Airport, you will be warmly welcomed by a member of our team who will take you to your hotel. Despite its name, which means "abode of peace" in Arabic, Dar es Salaam is the largest and most vibrant city in Tanzania. It is the country's most important business and commercial center, located on the Indian Ocean. It is the main port of call for most visitors, as it is the ideal place to access both the wild areas and the beaches of Tanzania and Zanzibar. Here, you can relax, have a drink at the bar, and recover from your journey. Accommodation: Hotel Slipway https://www.hotelslipway.com/ Meal plan: Bed & Breakfast

• day 2

  Route to Selous and boat safari

  This morning, you will be picked up at the hotel after a hearty breakfast. A 6-hour drive will take you to the Selous reserve, where you can check in and have some refreshing drinks. In the afternoon, you will enjoy a boat safari on the Rufiji River. During this safari, expect to see birds, hippos, different types of lizards, and maybe crocodiles. Accommodation: Selous Wilderness Camp http://www.selouswilderness.com/ Meal plan: Full board

• day 3

  Full day by car in Selous.

  Wake up with the birds for tea/coffee and breakfast, in time to enter the reserve as soon as possible. With its more than 50,000 km², this area is larger than Belgium. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, Selous will offer you extraordinary opportunities for wildlife experiences. As Selous is a game reserve (and not a national park), we have the possibility to follow animal herds off-road, in their natural habitats. Your full day of game viewing always includes searching for predators. Maybe today will be a lucky day and allow us to spend time with one of the prides of the reserve: the resident lions of Selous. Lunch by one of the many lakes while watching the birds and animals passing by. In the late afternoon, we will return to the camp, perhaps for a refreshing swim in the pool, before a cool drink by the campfire and a good dinner while listening to the grunts of the hippos in the river. Accommodation: Selous Wilderness Camp http://www.selouswilderness.com/ Meal plan: Full board

• day 4

  Full day by car in Selous.

  Full day to explore the wildlife of Selous in search of new exciting experiences of animal interactions. You already have an idea of the animals and may have already learned a lot, but we advise you to take advantage of this day to ask all your questions about the animals and the culture. Also, you can enjoy your packed lunch in the middle of nature! Accommodation: Selous Wilderness Camp http://www.selouswilderness.com/ Meal plan: Full board

• day 5

  Walking safari before returning to Dar es Salaam

  Wake up before sunrise to prepare for the final stages of the safari adventure. Ready for a new adventure, you will cross the river by boat before meeting your new guide and patrolman, who will explain in detail the rules of walking in the desert. You will head into the bush for a walking safari with an indigenous bushman and a guard. The main goal of this trip is to discover "the little five," the smallest inhabitants of nature, as well as to learn how to track animals and tell them apart. You will learn to read footprints and may even encounter larger animals. After this exciting morning, we will return to the lodge for breakfast, then we will check out of the hotel before heading back to Dar es Salaam. It is a six-hour drive to the border of Dar es Salaam, then you will need to allow time to get through the traffic depending on your destination. Meal plan: Full board