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DAY1: Arrival
Arrival in Tanzania, picked up by your driver and transferred to hotel for overnight.

DAY2: Selous Game reserves
Departs from Dar es Salaam in the morning from your hotel, drive to Selous Game reserves. Arrival in the afternoon at your lodge/camp for dinner and overnight

DAY3: Selous Game reserves
Selous is largest world’s nature reserve famous for elephant, hippopotamus and rhino (although now few remain) populations. Also: lion, leopard, the spotted hyeana and hunting dog are in abundance; cheetah are rare; there are over 350 species of bird and reptiles such as crocodiles and various snakes and lizards. There are many elephants,lions, zebras, and other wildlife in the reserve.

Today you start driving near the Rufiji river till afternoon when you head back to your lodge/camp for Dinner and
overnight.

DAY 4: Selous Game reserves
Half day walking and half day boat safari in the great Rufiji river.

DAY 5: Selous Game reserves
Continue with bird and animal game drives till afternoon when you head back to your lodge/camp for overnight.

DAY6: Selous Game reserves
Leisure time at the lodge/camp in the morning before heading to Mikumi National Park arrive there late afternoon for overnight.

DAY7: Udzungwa Mountains Park
After our breakfast, we drive to Udzungwa Mountains, arrive in the afternoon with game viewing en route.

DAY8: Udzungwa Mountains National park
Nature bird walk in the park, we will join in one of the trails up the mountain,birding for Coastal forest species including Trumpeter Hornbills.

DAY9. Kilombero Flood plains
To day we are scheduled to drive to one of the highlight sites of this Tour. The Kilombero Flood plains further South East.This is where new bird species have been recorded in the recent years.The Kilombero Weaver, Kilombero Cisticola, white tailed Cisticola and one other un named-un described Cisticola species are found in this flood plains.

Others are the Coppery tailed Coucal and the stunning Zebra waxbill. After the excitement here, we will drive back to
Udzungwas. Bed & Breakfast

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DAY 10: Ruaha National Park
Drive to Ruaha in the morning arrive later in the afternoon for overnight

DAY11: Ruaha National Park
We are scheduled to spend a full day game viewing,photography and birding in the Ruaha National park. We should be able to encounter all the Big game in the park as well as birds and Repitiles.

DAY12: Ruaha National Park
Another full day in the Ruaha National Park.

DAY13: Ruaha-Mikumi National Park
After the excitement in Ruaha,we will have an optional pre breakfast bird walk around the camp before checking out of Ruaha to the Mikumi National Park. Arrive in the late afternoon for overnight.

DAY 14: Mikumi National Park
Full day in the mikumi national park.

DAY 15: Mikumi-Amani nature reserves
Early morning game drives in Mikumi before leaving for Amani nature reserves.

DAY 16: Amani nature reserves
This morning we are set to drive to what should be the most highlight of the trip - the Usambara mountains. We will
begin with a visit to the East Usambara Mountains at Amani Nature reserve.

DAY 17: Amani nature reserves
Birding in Amani nature reserve

DAY 18: West Usambara
Transfer to west Usambara for more birdwatching on the way.

DAY 19: West Usambara
Full day bird watching in the west Usambara mountains.

DAY 20: South Pare Mountains
Drive to South Pare mountains for bird watching.

DAY21: Saadani National Park
From the Pare mountains drive to Saadani national Park, arrive in the afternoon for lunch, then enter the park for bird
watching game drive.

DAY22: Saadani National Park
Full day in the Saadani national park.

DAY23: Departure
From Saadani national park, drive to Dar es Salaam for flight back home

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Highlights*
This tour can be arranged as:
Medium/Standard safari ***
Luxury bird watching ****/*****
Budget/Semi Luxury **/***

Medium/Standard&Luxury: Accommodation will all be arranged with overnights in the lodges and tented lodges in the parks or sometimes outside the parks.

Budget/Semi Luxury: Accommodation will be on public and special campsites for Serengeti