This captivating 7 night safari explores some of the remotest parts of Southern and Western Tanzania. You start with 3 nights in stunning Ruaha National Park, with its mix of landscapes and abundant game. Lion, leopard, cheetah, wild dog, giraffe, zebra and huge herds of buffalo and elephant are all in the mix. Ruaha River Lodge is beautifully located on the banks of the Ruaha River. And has 24 en-suite stone chalets with private decks overlooking the river.
After Ruaha you fly by light aircraft to Katavi to stay four nights. Katavi Wildlife Reserve is a true wilderness, and offers excellent game-viewing.
Where else but Katavi can one enjoy vast herds of buffalo, pools oozing with more hippo than mud and great river bridges of crocodile? And then secure such privileged, exclusive access to chimpanzees so close as in Mahale?
Wonderfully remote and un-touristy, Katavi offers a varied landscape of beautiful woodlands, floodplains and arid landscapes. In the dry season, there is nowhere to match Katavi National Park for huge herds of elephant. At any time of the year, the Hippo Pool puts all other hippo pools to shame; hundreds of closely-packed hippos grunting and snorting generally luxuriating in a great, black, sticky mud of hippo waste!
You can choose to end at Dar es Salaam or at Zanzibar. We highly recommend adding on a relaxing beach stay in Zanzibar at the end of your safari.
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Ruaha River Lodge | Ruaha National Park |
3 nights |
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Katavi Wildlife Camp | Katavi National Park |
4 nights |
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FB+: Full Board Plus - Dinner, Bed, Breakfast, Lunch and Activities |
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8 Days / 7 Nights
Includes:
Full board, accommodation, park entry fees, airstrip transfers, two shared game drives per day in open adapted 4x4 vehicles, tea, coffee and laundry.
Excludes:
Bar drinks, gratuities, international flights, items of a personal nature, insurance, medical evacuation cover.
