Vis Off the beaten tracks (7 days) i et større kart
This six days, and five nights safari gives you a taste of real wildlife in the southern safari circuit of Tanzania.
The good tarmac road takes you to Mikumi and onwards all the way to Iringa before you head for the rough road leading you in to the wilderness of Ruaha National Park. This safari is giving you a good mix of culture combined with your wildlife adventure.
Day 1 – Dar es Salaam to Mikumi National Park
After breakfast at the Beachcoomber Hotel, you will leave Dar es Salaam for a long, but interesting drive to Mikumi. En route you will see a lot of the rural village life in Tanzania, and pass the city of Morogoro - the agricultural city of the southern highlands where we stop for lunch. You may use this lunch to get to know more about the food culture of Tanzania.
On your way to Mikumi you pass “baboon valley” a place where you often see baboons close by or at the road while passing. If traffic treated you well, you will be in the park in good time to enjoy a nice afternoon game drive. While the sun sets, you can enjoy a cold drink with the perfect view of the waterhole where the buffaloes enjoy their mud baths and the elephants come to drink.
The coming two nights are spent at Kikoboga - Mikumi Wildlife Camp.
Day 2 – Mikumi National Park
Today you will be waking up early in the morning to go “hunting” for the predators before they go to sleep, working up an appetite for your solid breakfast. When you wake up, make sure to look out the big window to se what kind of animals are sleeping right outside your bungalow.
A full day game drive in the park which always share its abundant wildlife with the visitors. The savannah inside the park allow your eyes to spot wildlife from a great distance, giving you wonderful pictures either for your camera, or forever embedded in your memory.
Many of Mikumi’s animals are used to visitors on two legs or four tyres, so here you’ll have the opportunity to meet species like elephant, giraffe, wildebeest, and antelopes and if lucky, predators like lion and leopard. During early afternoon we’ll often find the animals hiding and resting, so we’ll have the opportunity of a swim in the pool at the lodge before an afternoon game drive. Even tonight you can enjoy the unforgettable view of the light set waterhole where the animals quietly come for drink.
Day 3 – Iringa
After breakfast at the camp, we head to Iringa, one of the main cities of the southern highlands. Here we visit Ilula orphanage - and do a cultural tour of Iringa town.
The night you spend at Wilolesi Hilltop Hotel close to Iringa city centre.
Day 4 – Ruaha National Park
After breakfast at the hotel we drive towards and into the largest national park in Tanzania, Ruaha. More than 20.000 km2, it’s larger, more wild and unspoiled than its more known “little brother” in the north – Serengeti. An afternoon game drive will make sure you understand the difference between the two very different parks, and their environment. Even the animal’s act differently to the two legged or four wheeled intruders. Tonight you will enjoy your sleep at Ruaha River Lodge.
Day 5 – Ruaha National Park
Full day of exciting game drive in Ruaha. You will early recognize one of the specialities of this park, its enormous elephants, both in size and in numbers. You will see a lot of hippos and crocodiles along the Great Ruaha River, where we’ll have a picnic lunch. In the afternoon when you are satisfied with the wildlife viewing - we head back to the camp for a romantic dinner on the sandbank.
Day 6 – Ruaha National Park
Your last full day in Ruaha - the big hunt for the animals not yet ticked of our list! Will it be early morning chase of Leopard or Cheetah - or have we already been so lucky that you choose to rest, enjoying the views from the camp, or maybe you're more adventurous and go for the walking safari? Then on to the airstrip at Msembe - for a scenic flight to Zanzibar - "The spice Island"!
Day 7 to 15 - Zanzibar
Enjoying the exotic spice island - first 4 days in Stone Town, then the rest of a adventurous Honeymoon by the azure blue sea and white beaches north east on Unguja - The main of the Zanzibar Islands.
Day 16 - Dar es Salaam
Ending the adventure of Tanzania with one day in Dar es Salaam with shopping and culture - and the important "End of stay evaluation" with Paka Adventures!
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