Selous/Udzungwa/Mikumi Safari
11 days/9 nights

Best Season: September to December Trip Duration : 11 days/10 nights Trip Leader : Tour leader, driver, local guides Food Included : Yes Accommodation : Camp, tourist hotel Transport : Overland Vehicle Price: $175 Per day Dates: 1st and 3rd Friday of every month

This safari offers you intense Tanzanian Northern Circuit safari experience, for a shorter and time constrained period of 3 days / 2 nights. You will experience the excitement of game viewing in two of the most spectacular national game parks in Tanzania . The trip features the N'gorongoro Crater giving you opportunities to witness an amazing spectacle of African wildlife - inside a self-contained world teeming with animals. As a part of tour, you will also explore the Lake Manyara National Park , one of Tanzania 's most dramatically located wildlife areas, consisting of a shallow but huge soda lake, at the foot of the Great Rift Valley 's western escarpment. This trip is a perfect choice for our shorter safaris, tours, travel and trekking packages, or even an photographic safari.

Day 1 Dar - Selous

Drive 6 – 7 hours to Selous Game reserve, packed lunch game viewing en route then dinner and overnight at Ndovu/Mbega/Hidden Paradise/Rufiji River. Mikumi National Park is the third largest park in Tanzania (3230 sq.km). The main feature is the flood plain of Mkata River , together with the Uluguru mountain ranges which border the park on two sides. The flood plain are largely open grassland and is bordered in the west and east by wooded grassland and intermediate vegetational zones which merge with miombo woodland. Animals include elephants, giraffes and lions Camp/Behobeho/ Impala or Sand River Camp. Meal Includes: (L), (D)

Day 2 Selous full day

After breakfast  game drive with packed lunch and proceed with Boat Safari till evening overnight at the one Of the above Camp.

Day 3 Selous full day

Aftre break fast drive for whole day tour. Selous Game Park i s the largest game reserve in Africa (second largest in the world). Selous holds large numbers of wildlife, most of it along the mighty Rufiji River . Due to seasonal flooding, it has created along its course many permanent lakes which are centres of wildlife activity. In addition to a large population of elephants, there are buffalo, wildebeest, zebra, waterbuck, eland, lion, leopard, wild dogs, hippo, crocodiles, etc., and over 350 species of water and land birds. Only in Selous one can experience the thrill of a walking safari, which assures close contact with wildlife.

Day 4 Selous full day

Afrter break fast walking safaris with game ranger  for 2-3 hrs evening game drve back to the camp. Meal Includes: (B), (L), (D)

Day 5 Selous – Mikumi

After breakfast drive to Mikumi National Park . Mikumi National Park is the third largest park in Tanzania (3230 sq.km). The main feature is the flood plain of Mkata River , together with the Uluguru mountain ranges which border the park on two sides. The flood plain are largely open grassland and is bordered in the west and east by wooded grassland and intermediate vegetational zones which merge with miombo woodland. Animals include elephants, giraffes and lions. for dinner and overnight at Genesis Motel/Half way/Vuma hill/Kikoboga/ Foxes wildlife Camp for dinner and overnight. Meal Includes: (B), (L), (D)

Day 6 Mikumi - Udzungwa

Early morning drive to Udzungwa National Park for Hiking, packed lunch on route. Tanzania 's Newest National Park , Udzungwa, opened in 1992 and since then has become a favorite of nature enthusiasts and hikers.  The beautiful Uzungwa Mountains are located just South of Mikumi National Park in the highlands overlooking Iringa.  Many endemic plants and animals live in the forests waiting for you to discover them For  Dinner and overnight at Twiga Hotel/ Udzungwa Mountain View Lodge/Sanje Hotel. Meal Includes: (B), (L), (D)

Day 7 Udzungwa – Ruaha

Drive 5 – 6 hours to Ruaha National Park , packed lunch on route. , then dinner and overnight at Ruaha River Lodge/Mwangusi/Old Mdonya/Tandala/ Tungamalenga/Hill Top Lodge. Meal Includes: (B), (L), (D)

Day 8 Ruaha Full day

After breakfast walking safaris accompanied by an armed ranger and proceed with the game drive. Ruaha National Park is the second largest park in Tanzania (12950 sq.km). Together with Rungwe/Kizigo Game Reserve it forms the large Ruaha Ecosystem. The great Ruaha River flows through the entire eastern part of the park and it is the centre of wildlife activities during the dry months of June to November. The park has the second largest elephant population in the country. Other animals include wild dogs, greater and lesser kudu, sable and roan antelope, hippo, lion, leopard, cheetah and over 400 species of migrant and resident birds. Dinner and overnight at the one of the above in Ruaha N.P. Meal Includes: (B), (L), (D)

Day 9 Ruaha Full day

On this day you spend the whole day game drive in Ruaha National Park , dinner and Overnight the same as above chosen. Meal Includes: (B), (L), (D)

Day 10 Ruaha – Mikumi

After breakfast drive to Mikumi National Park afternoon game drive till sunset then dinner and overnight at Genesis Motel/Half way/Vuma hill/Kikoboga/ Foxes wildlife Camp for dinner and overnight. Meal Includes: (B), (L), (D)

Day 11 Mikumi- Dar es Salaam

After breakfast morning game drive till noon , then drive back to Dar. Meal Includes: (B), (L), (D)

End of Safari

All of the above accommodations in Selous ,Ruaha, Mikumi National park you have already except Udzungwa National Park as follows below

Dates and Price

Price: 175 per day for Global Crossroad's Volunteer ($1815 for 11 days)

Dates: 1st and 3rd Friday of every month.

Included in price

•  Pick-up/drop-off from project site
•  domestic, in-park transportation in a modified 4-wheele drive vehicle including a releasable roof hatch for documenting the experience
•  services of a professional safari guide
•  all meals on Safari
•  all wildlife reserve entry fees and camping fees
•  all accommodations as per itinerary

*Volunteers working in women project Arusha will be picked up and dropped in Arusha city

Not Included

•  Tips (for safari guide and/or camp staff)
•  Other items of personal consumption (i.e. alcohol, bottled water, etc.)