14-Day South to North Parks Tanzania Safari Adventure

Day 1 · Dar es Salaam to Selous GR (Nyerere NP) for Game

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   Selous Game Reserve

   10 hours

   Early in the morning at 05hr00 start your 4 hours safari to Nyerere national park formerly (formerly Selous Game Reserve). You will take a breakfast at Selous and start our game drive inside a park.

   Today you will see various animals, including elephant, zebra, giraffe, and antelope. You will also see birds and landscape scenery with varied topography, including wetlands, dry grassland, light acacia forest, and higher ground with vast views of far-off mountains.

   In the afternoon, you will enjoy a packed lunch and take some time to rest, then continue with the game drive. Finally, in the evening at 16hr30 start another activity as advised, you will return to Impala tented camp in 1830 for dinner, sleep, and preparation for the next day.

Overnight at Selous Impala tented Camp

Day 2 · Guided Game Drive in Selous GR (Nyerere Tented Camp)

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   Selous Game Reserve

   11 hours

   After breakfast, from 06hr30 you will start with bush breakfast then go on a full-day game drive in Nyerere National Park. The journey will start from Impala luxury tented camp, where our professional drivers and guides will pick you up. Today, you will see various animals, including elephant, zebra, giraffe, and antelope. You will also see birds and landscape scenery with varied topography, including wetlands, dry grassland, light acacia forest, and higher ground with vast views of far-off mountains.

   Finally, in the evening, you will drive out of a park and have an accommodation at Jimbiza tented camp.

Overnight Stay at Nyerere Tented Camp

Day 3 · Walking Tour then Drive to Mikumi NP

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   Mikumi National Park

   13 hours

   After breakfast at 06hr30, you will have a 1-hour walking safari with a bushman then safari to Mikumi national park. We will provide you with a hot lunch in the way to Mikumi. On the way there, you will enjoy various activities conducted by people within their local villages. Finally, you will arrive in the late afternoon around 16hrs at Bastian camp in Mikumi, on arrival you'll have to take a rest for the next day's schedule.

Overnight Stay at Camp Bastian Mikumi

Day 4 · Guided Game Drive in Mikumi and Maasai Tour

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   Mikumi National Park

   11 hours

   After breakfast at 07hr00, you will head to Mikumi National Park. You will have a full-day game drive and experience wonderful animals like lion, eland, and buffalo. In a nutshell, the Mikumi floodplain is the park's main feature and borders the mountain ranges. You will get lunch and rest in the afternoon before a game drive that will last until the late afternoon. Go for Maasai culture at 16hr00 to 17hr00 then you will be back at the Bastian camp to prepare for the next day's schedule.

Overnight Stay at Camp Bastian Mikumi

Day 5 · Hiking at Udzungwa Mountain National Park

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   Udzungwa Mountains National Park

   9 hours Admission included

   After breakfast at 07hr00, you will drive one hour to Udzungwa Mountains National Park then hike and see the waterfalls. You will receive a briefing on arrival and start your hike in the forest mountains. From the top of the waterfall, you can see the enormous Kilombero Sugarcane Valley, one of the biggest sugarcane plantations, rubber plantation used to make tires and balls. In the afternoon at 13hr00, you will have a packed lunch and eat it at Sanje waterfalls. In the waterfalls you will be free to test a swimming with cold water. After hiking you will drive to Udzungwa Falls Lodge for dinner and overnight.

Overnight at Udzungwa Falls Lodge

Day 6 · Udzungwa Mountain NP to Ruaha National Park

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   Ruaha National Park

   12 hours

   After breakfast in the morning at 06hr00 with packed lunches drive to the Ruaha National Park from Udzungwa Mountains NP to Ruaha national park.

   In Ruaha National Park you will enjoy a nice view of Ruaha river valley, great animals sighting like Kudu, wildebeests, elephants, zebra, lions, hippos, hartebeest, impala, antelope, giraffe, buffalo.

Overnight at Ruaha Hilltop Lodge

Day 7 · Guided Game Drive at Ruaha National Park

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   Ruaha National Park

   10 hours

   After breakfast at 07hr00, our driver will pick you up for a full day's game drive at Ruaha National Park. You will get a packed lunch and time to rest in the afternoon. From here, you will go on a game drive until sunset. Then, you will be transferred back to Ruaha Hilltop Lodge for dinner, sleep, and preparation for the next day's game drive

Overnight at Ruaha Hilltop Lodge

Day 8 · Another Guided Game Drive in Ruaha NP

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   Ruaha National Park

   10 hours

   After breakfast at 07hr00, our driver will pick you up for a second, full day's game drive at Ruaha National Park. The routes taken on the game drive will be different from the previous day. You will get a packed lunch and time to rest in the afternoon. From here, you will go on a game drive until sunset. Then, you will be transferred back to Ruaha Hilltop Lodge for dinner, sleep, and preparation for the next day's schedule.

Overnight Stay at Ruaha Hilltop Lodge

Day 9 · Ruaha Hilltop Lodge to Dodoma Region

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   Isimila Stone Age Site

   30 hours Admission included

   Early in the morning at 06hr30, our driver will pick you and drive to Isimila stone age, you will be at Isimila at 8hr00. After this cultural tour start your safari to Dodoma region the capital city of Tanzania.

   Isimila is a home to the Middle Pleistocene archaeological site. Large surface assemblages of later Acheulean lithics, including hand axes, cleavers, scrapers, and cores, have been found at the site. Although no human bones have been found at the location, Isimila provides a special view into Middle Pleistocene Hominid behavior. The site is a registered National Historic Site. Similar You will get lunch on the way to Dodoma. Upon arrival at Dodoma you will drive to Morena Hotel for overnight.

Overnight Stay at Morena Hotel

Day 10 · Morena Hotel to Tarangire National park

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   Tarangire National Park

   8 hours

   After the breakfast at 06hr00 you will drive to Tarangire National Park for a full-day game drive with your lunch boxes. You will be in Tarangire at 08hrs and start a game drive. Tarangire is very famous for its large groups of elephants and other animals. The Tarangire River guarantees the presence of animals. After the game drive, you will depart for your accommodation at Simba lodge in Karatu.

Overnight Stat at Karatu Simba Lodge

Day 11 · Guided Game Drive in Lake Manyara

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   Lake Manyara National Park

   10 hours

   You'll be picked up from your hotel at Karatu at 08hr00 and start a beautiful journey across the Great Rift Valley for a full-day game drive. Although small in dimension (205 sq miles), the park has breathtaking scenery and is well famous for its lush acacia forest, giant figs and mahogany trees, and a growing population of baboons and blue monkeys. Permanent residents of this park also include giraffes, elephants, impalas and a huge amount of buffaloes. The lake is also home to a large number of hippos. The landscapes of Lake Manyara are something that can not be described in words. The game drives along the lake provide stunning photo opportunities of giraffes and buffaloes in the foreground and the lake in the background. In the afternoon, you'll return to the camp for dinner.

Overnight Stay at Karatu Simba Lodge

Day 12 · Karatu Simba Lodge - Ngorongoro Crater - Serengeti National Park

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   Ngorongoro Conservation Area

   7 hours

   Ngorongoro Crater is considered one of the Wonders of the Natural World. The crater spreads for 102 sq miles and has 2,000 ft high walls, making it virtually Noah's ark. It inhabits almost every species of wildlife that is indigenous to East Africa. It's one of the very rare locations in the whole continent where you can witness the black rhino. The crater has a river, several swamps, a soda lake with a great concentration of flamingos, a forest and open plains. It's also famous for its elephants which are the largest in the world and have huge tusks. Ngorongoro Crater is truly a Wonder of the Natural World.

   We will start the day very early with a transfer to Ngorongoro Conservation Area. On arrival, we'll descend into the crater floor for an incredible morning of wildlife in one of the most stunning places on earth.

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   Serengeti National Park

   4 hours

   After a fantastic afternoon game drive in late afternoon ascend the crater and drive to Serengeti national park at Serengeti heritage.

Overnight Stay at Serengeti Heritage Luxury Tented Camp

Day 13 · Guided Game in Serengeti National Park

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   Serengeti National Park

   12 hours

   You'll have a full day in the Serengeti National Park. We are completely flexible with your preferences and this day will be organized according to your wishes. On every day of the safari, your guide will discuss with you the best timings for you, including the game drives and the wake-up time. For example, on this day, you could do a morning game drive, return to the camp for lunch and relaxation and finish with an afternoon game drive. Alternatively, you could do a full-day game drive with a picnic lunch.

Overnight Stay at Serengeti Heritage Luxury Tented Camps

Day 14 · Sunrise Game then Fly Back to Zanzibar

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   Serengeti National Park

   3 hours

   Soon after breakfast from your accommodation at 06hr00; you’ll advance with a morning game drive in Serengeti National Park with our professional guide who will lead you to the best exploration of Serengeti National Park with the last touches in the Park.

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   Zanzibar Island

   3 hours

   Later at 10hr30 you’ll drive to Seronera airstrip to take a flight back to Zanzibar for further schedules. At Zanzibar you will be picked at airport and drive to your hotel in Zanzibar.

   This marks the end of our tour!