The Budget Safari to Tanzania

Itinerary Description

Day 0: Arrival, Tour Briefing and Resting

• You will be picked up from the airport in Dar es Salaam ( Julius Nyerere International Airport) and be transferred to the booked hotel in Dar es Salaam
• Get the safari general briefing from the prepared safari consultant/guide
• Dinner and overnight at the booked hotel in Dar es Salaam

Day 1: Transfer by safari 4×4 to Mikumi National Park for a game drive

• After breakfast early in the morning leave your hotel for Mikumi
• Depart from Dar es Salaam early and transfer by safari 4×4 to Mikumi National Park
• Here you will settle into your campsite beneath a huge boabab tree and have lunch
• Have an afternoon game drive until evening
• Have dinner and overnight camping in the park with an armed ranger for your protection

Day 2: Morning game drive, breakfast, transfer to Iringa

• Have a morning game drive, then afterward have your breakfast
• Transfer to Iringa where you will have lunch and pick up supplies in the colourful local market before carrying on to Ruaha National Park
• Here you will game drive to the Ruaha River where you will stay on the banks at MsembeBandas
• Have dinner and overnight stay at the hotel/lodge in area near Ruaha National Park

Day 3: Full day exploring Ruaha National Park

• Have an early breakfast at a hotel in Ruaha
• Drive in the park for a game drive
• Exploring Ruaha National Park looking for Wild Dogs, cheetahs, leopards and lions
• Break in the afternoon to have lunch
• After lunch continue with an afternoon game drive until evening
• Have dinner and overnight stay at the hotel/lodge in Ruaha park

Day 4: Morning Game Drive, Transfer to Udzungwa for a game drive

• Have an early in the morning breakfast afterward have a morning game drive
• Transfer (lunch on the way) to the Udzungwa Mountains National Park
• Here you will stay at Hondo Hondo Camp in a thatched banda next to the forest
• Udzungwa is part of the Eastern Arc range of mountains and is known as the ‘Galapogos of Africa’ due to its high degree of endemism
• There are several endemic primates on site at Hondo Hondo and over 100 bird species may be seen
• Have dinner and overnight stay at campsite in Udzungwa

Day 5: Hike into the superb primary forest

• Have an early morning breakfast afterward drive into the forest
• Hike into the superb primary forest to the base and then the top of the spectacular 180m Sanje Waterfall looking for primates on the way (Iringa Red Colobus and SanjeMangeby)
• Swim in plunge pools, see endemic African Violets growing in the spray zones
• Have lunch in the forest on the top of the falls
• Descend after enjoying superb views
• Return to Hondo Hondo for dinner and overnight stay there

Day 6: Morning bird and monkey walk then transfer to Dar es Salaam

• Morning bird and monkey walk along the forest edge at Hondo Hondo, and have a hot breakfast after ward
• Transfer to Dar es Salaam with lunch on the way
• Have dinner and overnight stay at your booked hotel in Dar es Salaam