8 Day Best Of Selous, Mikumi And Ruaha National Park

After breakfast, then an introduction from stuff you will be picked up from your hotel/Airport in Dar es Salaam and drive to Selous game reserve which is almost (218.6 km) which approximates 4 hours of driving, arrive at Selous Jimbiza Camp in time for lunch (or if arriving late than just light refreshments). Today you will go for the evening boat ride at River Rufiji. Nestled within the woodland along the banks of the great Rufiji River. Enjoy sunset moments in our comfortable rooms, watching for hippos, crocodiles, and birds, and enjoying the spectacular sunset over this enormous river. Dinner and your overnight stay at Selous Jimbiza camp. 

After breakfast in the morning enjoy full day game drive by modified safari vehicle with a professional guide. Great animal sightings include all the great favorites lion, elephant, giraffe, buffalo, zebra, and all the other major species including the now-rare African hunting dog. You will also see a large variety of birds, and wonderful scenery with varied topography including wetlands, dry grassland, light acacia forest, and higher ground with vast views of far-off mountains, in the afternoon packed lunch and have some time to rest. Your guide will select a location with shade and water nearby to watch animals coming to drink, and enjoy 3 hours boat safari in Rufiji river in the evening you will head back to the lodge for a delicious sunset dinner when you’re ready and then retire for the night at Selous Jimbiza camp

After breakfast, you will drive to Mikumi National Park via Northern Selous which is 4 hours of driving. Whilst on safari you will see a wide variety of bird species, zebras, hippos, hartebeest, wildebeest, impala, warthog, eland antelope, giraffe, buffalo, and elephants. If you are lucky you may also be able to spot lions, leopards, and African wild dogs. Several observation towers enable you to overview the park in its entirety. Enjoy a picnic lunch during the day and dinner and your overnight stay at the Matembezi Safari Lodge