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SELOUS GAME RESERVE

Location Located in the South of Tanzania this is the largest faunal reserves of the world.
Places to visit Rufiji River, The reverie forest.
How to get Getting to the Selous is easy, it is served by light aircraft flights from Dar and Ruaha daily – a flight takes about 45 minutes from Dar, and about 90 minutes from Ruaha.

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The UNESCO World Heritage Site (1982) is visited for its large diversity of its wildlife and undisturbed nature.

Wildlife viewing Famous for Africa’s largest buffalo and lion populations with numerous leopard and thriving packs of wild dog the Reserve houses many of the African unique animals like zebra, impala, hartebeest, greater kudu and eland etc.

Boat trips The most popular on Tanzania safaris is the boat trips along the Rufiji River. Float among the pod of hippos enjoying the finest scenery of nature along the banks. Enjoy the beauty and peacefulness of the nature found nowhere in the world.

Birding The Selous hosts over 350 species of birds and reptiles, the species for plants accounts for about 2000 species. It is a paradise for those who love birds and flora and fauna.

Quick Facts

Best time to go: from June to October

High Season: June to October (This is the time when the tourist area around the Rufiji River gets crowded)

Low Season: March, April and May (Many lodges gets closed)

Best Weather: June through October (Little to no rainfall)

Worst Weather: March and April (Peak of Wet season)

So many safaris focus on the Big Five – but a bush walk in Selous Game Reserve brings you most up close to the African beauties. Game drives in Selous are exhilarating. Cruises conducted along the Rufiji River and Lake Tagalala perfectly complement the bone-chilling game drives and introduce you to the water animals of the park. You’ll see the hippos yawning, elephants showering, and giraffes splaying their long legs to drink water of the lake get to see with your necked eyes.

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RUAHA NATIONAL PARK

Location Located in the middle of Tanzania about 130 kilometres from Iringa the park is the largest National Park in Tanzania
Places to visit The Great Ruaha River- (famous for its deep gorges, swirling rapids and excellent fishing). Lush green forests and mountain ranges
How to get By Air: There are both scheduled and chartered flights into the park mainly from Arusha, Dodoma, Kigoma and Dar-es-salaam. Park’s airstrips are located at Msembe and Jongomero
By Road: It is about 130km drive from Iringa town and 625km from Dar-es-salaam city,the road into the park is passable throughout the year

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Game viewing Apart from large mammals the park include like lions, leopards, cheetah, giraffes, zebras, elands, impala, bat eared foxes and Jackals the park also harbors a number of reptiles and amphibians such as crocodiles, poisonous and non-poisonous snakes, monitor lizards, agama lizards and frogs. That would quench every of your thirst for game viewing.

Birding The park is one of the Tanzania birds’ paradise with more than 571species and some of them are known to be migrants from within and outside Africa.

Flora and Fauna There are over 1,650 plant species from largest to smallest and unique to common.

Ruaha River find the great concentration of animals in dry season.

Quick Facts

Best time to go: to go June to October

High Season: June to October (Ruaha rarely experiences visitors crowds at any time)

Low Season: April and May (Many lodges close)

Best Weather: June to October (Rains are extremely uncommon)

Worst Weather: November to March (Wet season)

Worst Weather November to March (Wet season) with sandy river beds exhibiting the spectacular concentrations of diverse mammals: buffalo and elephants by hundred, baboons and antelopes by dozen, lions by tens and smaller mammals by ones and twos Ruaha is a worth visiting site on an African adventure trip. This largest National Park in Tanzania offers excellent wildlife viewing. At the epicentre of the park is the Great Ruaha River which attracts an overwhelming number of wild animals into the park during the dry season. Believed to have high concentration of elephants than any National Park in East Africa the park is one of the thriving birds’ paradise with more than 571 species. Apart from magnificent mammals like Kudu, Sable and Roan antelopes, the park includes lions, leopards, cheetah, giraffes, zebras, elands, impala, bat eared foxes and Jackals with African wild dogs.

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MIKUMI NATIONAL PARK

Location Right on the northern border of the Selous
Places to visit Extensive Mkata floodplain. the bustling town of Morogoro, Udzungwa Mountains
How to get you can get into the park by bus from Dar

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The Scenic beauty the vegetation dotted with acacia, baobab, tamarinds, and some rare palm, spectacular rock formations of the mountains Rubeho and Uluguru.

Wildlife,The park is home to herds of zebra, buffalo, wildebeest, impala along with families of warthog, yellow baboon, and vervet monkey. Elephants are also seen from afar. Lion and spotted hyenas are also common. There are two artificial pools inhabited by hippos. More than 400; different species of birds all make this a park of worth visiting.

Quick Facts

Best time to go: to go June to October

High Season: June to October (Mikumi doesn’t usually have crowds at any time)

Low Season: April and May

Best Weather: June to October (Little to no rainfall)

Worst Weather: March and April (Peak of Wet season)

Located in 250km west of Dar es Salaam, the closest national park to the city it has large open plains of grassland, similar to the Serengeti and with Selous Game Reserve it forms a unique eco-system. The park hosts an abundance of animals that include: elephants, zebras, impala, eland, kudu, black antelope, baboons, wildebeests and buffaloes. The recommended time frame for visiting the park is between the months of May and November which is known as the dry season. The weather remains warm and sky is mostly clear which gives once-in-a-lifetime experience.

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UDZUNGWA NATIONAL PARK

Location Locating around 360 kilometeres form Dar es Salam
Places to visit Rainforest, valleys and mountains, Waterfalls, plunge pools of the waterfalls
How to get Drive through Selous Game Resevre. This is a fairly new route constructed by TANAPA and allows the circuit to be driven from Dar to Selous on to Udzungwa, and then to Mikumi and back to Dar. Daily flights from and to Udzungwa/Kilombero to Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar are scheduled. The flights run every afternoon and link Udzungwa to the rest of the safari circuit.

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Park’s spectacular scenery With the rainforest spreading across rolling hills, valleys and mountains and a number of impressive waterfalls, including Sanje Waterfalls, the highest waterfall in the National Parks system in Tanzania, the park offers a scenic beauty that has no match in the world.

Waterfalls and plunge pools Swim in the plunge pool after a tiring hike which will leave you reenergized.

Wildlife Udzungwa National Park supports a diverse, large mammal community including elephant, buffalo, lion, leopard, African wild dog, eland, waterbuck and sable. Six species of primate are found here with two are endemic, the Iringa (Uhehe) Red Colobus monkey, and the Sanje Crested Mangabey. Udzungwa has the richest forest bird habitat in Tanzania.

Best time to visit

It is possible to visit the park year round, but the dry season lasting from June through October before the short rains is considered best.

Locating around 360 kilometeres form Dar es Salam; the park’s scenery is spectacular, with the rainforest spreading across rolling hills, valleys and mountains. The park has a number of impressive waterfalls. Swimming in the plunge pools of the waterfalls is extremely refreshing following a hot hike. Within the park, there are a number of hiking trails, with spectacular views across the plains and three wonderful waterfalls where you can swim and relax.