AFRICA DREAMS - 13 DAY
CIRCUIT OF THE WILD BUSH OF TANZANIA
Arusha
* West Kilimanjaro * Ruaha * Mikumi * Dar es Salaam * Bagamoyo *
Day One
Arrive into Arusha arrival point. Meet and transfer to accommodation
followed by pre-adventure briefing. Ilboru Safari Lodge (Dinner) Day Two
After breakfast, drive north east into the wild areas between Mt Meru & Mt
Kilimanjaro to Sinya Maasai village. We enter our luxury camp to freshen and
enjoy and afternoon of Wilderness Walking with our Maasai guide; with tales
of traditional rites of passage to traditional medicines and game tracking.
Our afternoon is filled with adventure.
Kambi ya Tembo (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
Day Three
An early morning game drive starts our day and in open safari vehicles we
get up close and personal with Big Tuskers and the rarer antelopes of
gerenuk and Oryx. This area is untouched wilderness and the views across the
plains below and of the peaks above are breath taking. We are able to join
in with the Maasai Warriors, singing and dancing as the sun sets on the
horizon.
Kambi ya Tembo (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
Day Four
Return to Arusha today and make an exploration into the Maasai Craft Markets
and town centre tour. By afternoon, we have arrived for a traditional
drumming and dancing lesson.
You will feel the beat of the drum all through your body; a
truly awakening experience.
Ilboru Safari Lodge (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
Day Five
Depart on the early morning charter flight to Ruaha National Park, where we
are met and transferred to our lodge for lunch. We are then taken to enjoy
an afternoon game drive in the heart of this Park, the largest in Tanzania
at over 40,000 sq km.
Ruaha River Lodge (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
Day Six
Enjoy early morning and afternoon game driving along the great Ruaha River -
the only permanent source of water in Ruaha and therefore a perfect location
for game viewing.
Ruaha River Lodge (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
Day Seven
Ruaha NP is home to a wild and eco-system and provides a home to Tanzania‘s
largest elephant population. Ruaha also demonstrates striking topography
with plateaus, rocky outcrops and several sand rivers; all of which host
wildlife unseen in other parts of the country.
Ruaha River Lodge (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
Day Eight
Exit Ruaha today and transfer by road to Mikumi NP, located to the east. We
complete registration formalities and game drive to our luxury camp.
Vuma Tented Camp (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
Day Nine
Explore the wilderness of Mikumi today with game driving to exploring this
Park which is an extension of the Selous eco-system. The Park displays an
awesome array of wildlife, most notably on the floodplains and is an
important educational and research location.
Vuma Tented Camp (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
Day Ten
Departing after breakfast, game drive out of Mikumi in the direction of Dar
es Salaam (Haven of Peace) and we arrive at out hotel on the Msasani
Peninsula in time to enjoy the afternoon sea breezes.
Sea Cliff Hotel (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
Day Eleven
Heading north of Dar es Salaam, we reach Bagamoyo ’Lay Down your Heart’ - a
major boarding point for the Slave Trade of times gone by. We explore the
Kaole Ruins before we enter the town of Bagamoyo, and find the ancient ruins
of mosques and the eeriness of tombs. In Bagamoyo itself, we can find the
ruins of German missionaries and compounds and take a history lesson of the
area.
Lazy Lagoon (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
Day Twelve
The Banda's of the Lazy Lagoon allow you to have the peace of curling up with
a book or lazing by the pool and is located on a secluded peninsula just
south of Bagamoyo. A short ride across in a boat allows you to arrive into
this paradise.
Lazy Lagoon (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
Day Thirteen
Within your own time schedule, you will be transferred to your Dar es Salaam
departure point.
(Breakfast)
