5 Days Exciting Safari in Selous Game Reserve and Mikumi National Park, Tanzania

Day 1: Dar Es Salaam - Selous Game Reserve

You will be picked up at the airport or hotel, and later drive to the Selous which will take four to five hours. You will take part in an afternoon boat safari along the mighty Rufiji River. You can see plenty of hippos, crocodiles, and bird's life. Overnight at the Selous Mapumziko Lodge and all meals are included.

Day 2: Selous Game Reserve

You will participate in walking safaris, private game drives in Selous Game Reserve, and boating safaris. Selous Game Reserve is Africa’s largest wildlife sanctuary, with an area of 54,600 kilometers square which is bigger than Denmark and four times the size of Serengeti!

Selous has the world’s largest number of large game animals such as elephant, buffalo, and rhinos. It also contains wildebeest, eland, giraffe, waterbuck, zebra, impala, hippo, leopard, and lion, and also not to mention over 350 species of birds. Dinner and overnight at the Selous Mapumziko Lodge. All meals included.

Day 3: Drive from Selous Game Reserve - Mikumi National Park

In the morning, you will depart to Mikumi National Park while crossing through northern Selous. As soon as you arrive, you will have an afternoon game drive. Overnight at Camp Bastian.

Day 4: Mikumi National Park

You will go for full-day game drives in the Mikumi National Park. Whilst on safari, you can see a rich variety of bird species, as well as large numbers of giraffe, buffalo, and elephants. If you are lucky you may also be able to spot lions, leopards, and African wild dogs.

Likely to be seen animals include zebras, hippos, hartebeest, wildebeest, impala, warthog, eland and antelope. Overnight in Camp Bastian.

Day 5: Mikumi National Park - Dar Es Salaam

You will experience morning game drive in Mikumi then drive to Dar Es Salaam.

This safari will take place at Selous Game Reserve and Mikumi National Park, Tanzania.

Selous Game Reserve

The park is named after an Englishman, Frederick Courtney Selous, a conservationist, hunter, explorer, and author, whose adventure books on Africa became best sellers in Victorian England. The park varies from rolling grassy woodlands and plains to rocky outcrops cut by the Rufiji River, the lifeblood of the park, whose tributaries form a network of lakes, lagoons, and channels.

Volcanic hot springs even burst forth in places. The Rufiji offers a superb method of game viewing especially during the dry season when animals congregate.

Mikumi National Park

With the thriving big game and hundreds of bird species, Mikumi National Park offers a real safari experience as a day trip from Dar Es Salaam. Make the most of your time in Tanzania with a full-day, private tour for up to four people that includes morning and afternoon game drives, park entrance fees, lunch, and door-to-door transport.

This is Tanzania’s fourth-largest national park and the most accessible from Dar es Salaam. With almost guaranteed year-round wildlife sightings, Mikumi makes an ideal safari destination for those without much time. Within its 3230 square kilometers – set between the Uluguru Mountains to the northeast, the Rubeho Mountains to the northwest, and the Lumango Mountains to the southeast – Mikumi hosts buffaloes, wildebeests, giraffes, elephants, lions, zebras, leopards, crocodiles, and more, and chances are high that you’ll see a respectable sampling of these within a short time of entering the park.

The most reliable wildlife watching is around the Mkata floodplain, to the northwest of the main road, with the open vistas of the small but lovely Millennium ('Little Serengeti') area as highlight. This area is especially good for spotting buffaloes – often quite near the roadside – as well as giraffes, elephants, and zebras. Another attraction: the Hippo Pools, just northwest of the main entry gate, where you can watch hippos wallowing and snorting at close range, plus do some fine birding.

Mikumi is an important educational and research center. Among the various projects being carried out is an ongoing field study of yellow baboons, which is one of just a handful of such long-term primate studies on the continent.

You will be served with meals mentioned in the itinerary. Mineral water will also be provided during the safari. Please inform Gecko Adventure Tanzania in advance for other dietary requirement during the safari.

If you are interested, Gecko Adventure Tanzania can arrange Zanzibar extension after the safari.

• 1 boat safari at Rufiji river
• 1 walking safari at Selous Game Reserve
• 4 game drives
• 4 nights accommodation
• Transportation in a 4×4 safari vehicle
• Professional English-speaking guide
• Meals according to the itinerary
• Mineral water, tea, and coffee
• All the mentioned activities
• All national park fees
• All transports
• Flying doctors insurance (AMREF) during the safari
• Transfer from and to Dar es Salaam airport or hotel

• Alcoholic and soft drinks
• Visa fees
• Tips
• Personal expenses
• Travel insurance
• Flights
• Optional activities

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• A reservation requires a deposit of 20% of the total price.
• The deposit is fully refundable if the booking is cancelled up to 45 days before the arrival date.
• The rest of the payment should be paid on arrival.