Wildest 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.
Karama Lodge (Dinner)
Day Two
After breakfast, we 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
We 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.
Karama Lodge (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
Day Five
We 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
We 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
We 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
We 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, we 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 bandas 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)