3 Days 2 Nights - Selous Game Reserve

3 Days 2 Nights - Selous Game Reserve

Selous Game Reserve is the largest game reserve in Africa, covering an area of about 55,000 sq. kms, with 14,000 sq. kms accessible to game drive. It is one of the attractions that offer multiple activities including game drive, boat and walking safaris.

The boat safari conducted in the Great Rufiji River is exciting and very fascinating; it brings you close to witness the aquatic life, mostly hippos and crocodiles and it's the perfect and highly recommended activity for bird-watchers.

Itinerary

Day 1: Depart to Selous Game Reserve & An Evening Boat Safari

Stop At: Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania
Pick you up at the hotel in Dar es Salaam at 7:30 am, then drive to Selous Game Reserve (a 5 - 6 hours drive), arriving in the afternoon. On arrival, check-in at Selous Kinga Lodge and have hot lunch.

In the evening, your driver guide will fetch you and transfer to the “Great Rufiji River” for a boat safari. In this relaxing activity, you will experience the aquatic life mostly crocodiles and hippos, also you may be able to spot some animals come for drinking, also you will see quite number of bird species. Over 440 known species of birds have been identified; it is a very comfortable and enjoyable boat safari while experiencing an amazing reserve's sunset from a distance.

Your driver guide will come fetch you and transfer you back to the lodge, rest and later get your hot dinner and stay the overnight at Selous Kinga Lodge (lunch & dinner included)

Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Selous Kinga Lodge

Day 2: Full Day Game Drive at Selous Game Reserve

Stop At: Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania
Early breakfast at 07.00 and then drive to the Selous Game Reserve for a full day game drive. All day game drive in a specially modified safari vehicle with a professional guide, in which you should see and learn much about a large number of animals, including all the great favorites.

Selous Game Reserve: It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982 due to its wildlife diversity and undisturbed nature. Some of the typical wildlife of the miombo inhabits the reserve, such as African bush elephant, black rhino, hippopotamus, lion, East African wild dog, Cape buffaloes, Masai giraffe, Plains zebra, and Nile crocodile. Great variety of bird species, wonderful scenery, with varied topography: wetlands, dry grassland, light acacia forest and higher ground with long views to far-off mountains. It is one of the largest game reserve in Africa, covers an area of 55,000 sq. kms, with 14,000 sq.kms accessible for game drive.

Packed lunch and time to rest. Your guide will select a location with shade and water nearby to watch animals coming to drink – a place with a clear view all round so that no predator can creep up unseen!

After lunch, go on with the game drive across the enormous Selous until early evening.

.Back to the camp by 6.30 pm, rest and later get your hot dinner and stay the overnight at Selous Kinga Lodge (breakfast, lunch & dinner included)

Duration: 8 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Selous Kinga Lodge

Day 3: An Early Morning Walking Safari at Selous & Depart to Dar es Salaam

Stop At: Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania
An early morning walking safari with a Bushman across the reserve's environment to learn various histories (including traditional trees used as medicines for traditional healing, various animals’ footprints and other small animals which you cannot see during the game drive). You may also be able to spot some animals heading to the river for drinking and hippos returning to their dwelling after their forage. Then back to the camp for breakfast.

After breakfast, drive back to Dar es Salaam (a 5 - 6 hours drive) with lunch on the way, arriving in the early evening, and take you back to the hotel/airport to catch your flight back home (breakfast & lunch included)

Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.