During the safari MAMBA you will visit two of the most spectacular national parks in Tanzania. This area in the south of the country is not yet as frequently visited by tourists as the north, as it is a bit remote south of Dar es Salaam. In addition to game drives in open, camp-owned off-road vehicles, there is also the option of taking part in a walking safari with an armed ranger and a boat safari. These game drives may be shared with other camp guests and will be planned for you together with the camp manager.
All safari itineraries can of course be individually adapted or changed to your wishes - you have full flexibility in your travel planning with ITST!
You arrive in Dar es Salaam, drive to the buzzing city and spend the first night in a city hotel. In the garden you can let the hardships of the journey roll off with a cool drink and look forward to the safari with excitement.
Bed/Breakfast Dar Es Salaam Serena Hotel
You will be driven from the hotel to Dar es Salaam Airport for your domestic flight to Nyerere National Park, formerly known as Selous Game Reserve. During the approximately 40-minute flight over endless landscape, only occasionally crossed by a road, you get an impression of the size of the country. The camp team will be waiting for you at Siwandu Airstrip in Nyerere National Park/Selous. You embark on your first game drive on the way to the camp, where you may already spot one or the other wild animal in front of your lens. After lunch we go back out into the wild nature, where the table is richly set for all the animals. The spoonbills, beaks and storks plow through the lake shores with never-ending zeal in search of something to eat. Giraffes, elephants and antelopes roam the area in search of food. In the evening in the camp you will be welcomed by a romantic African atmosphere.
Dinner Bed/Breakfast Siwandu Camp
Today Lake Nzerakera is calling! You take a boat across the mighty lake, observe a kingfisher that holds a seemingly much too big fish in its beak, but skillfully devours it after a few turns. Crocodiles glide into the water, hippos stretch their massive necks curiously towards the boat and thousands of always busy bee-eaters fly to their nests built in the sand walls on the shore. After lunch and a siesta on your terrace overlooking the lake, embark on another game drive. You might see a leopard dragging an antelope into a fork in a branch, or a family of lions heading out on an evening hunt. There's bound to be a lot to talk about over dinner, until you get tired and call for the guard to escort you to your tent.
Dinner Bed/Breakfast Siwandu Camp
Walking safaris are also permitted in Nyerere National Park. Early in the morning you go on a walking safari with your guide and an armed ranger. Here you will discover the small animals that you can't see from the car, such as the tiny ant lion that builds funnel traps to get at its prey. You will learn amazing things about acacias, how they protect themselves from giraffes against overeating, how they give ants a home, or what conclusions can be drawn from the scat of different animals. After lunch at the camp it's time again – put your feet up, read, write in your diary, doze. The afternoon game drive again has all sorts of surprises in store for you. With a sundowner by the lake, you can watch the spectacular sunset, which photographers love again and again.
Dinner Bed/Breakfast Siwandu Camp
After three exciting safari days in East Africa's largest game reserve, which is as big as Switzerland, say goodbye to the Selous today. Almost a local now, you will be driven to the Siwandu Airstrip with knowing eyes. The plane will take you to Ruaha in two hours, where you will spend the next three nights. As the name suggests, Jongomero Camp is located on the Jongomero River, a dry river bed. After lunch at the camp, we head out into the park, which is populated, among other things, by large herds of buffalo. You live in spacious tent rooms where you don't have to do without any comfort. Your terrace invites you to dream and listen to nature.
Dinner Bed/Breakfast Jongomero Camp
Every day you can expect either two half-day or one full-day game drives. In the case of a full day game drive, take a picnic lunch with you. Ruaha National Park is known for its elephants and unique population of the elegant kudu. This antelope species impresses with its beautiful face and imposing twisted horns, which can grow up to one and a half meters in length. Grant's gazelle, sable and roan antelope and warthog inhabit the park and provide ample food for the leopard, lion and small predators such as civet cats and jackals.
Dinner Bed/Breakfast Jongomero Camp
On your last day, you can witness giraffes, zebras and hyenas roam the grounds, always looking for food. Crocodiles, hippos and over 450 species of birds live along the Ruaha River. Vultures avidly wait in the trees for the leftovers left by predators. Eagles soar warily over the area and secretarybirds stalk eagerly. Instead of going on a game drive one morning, just stay on the deck of your cabin and take in the comings and goings along the river. It's amazing who turns up here. Watch as a herd of zebras approach hesitantly as lions quench their thirst. If there is no predator around, giraffes also dare to spread their front legs and drink in this dangerous position.
Dinner Bed/Breakfast Jongomero Camp
You drive to the airstrip and take a plane to Dar es Salaam for your return flight, or to Zanzibar for a beach holiday.
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