This exciting and great value safari includes two very different camps – Impala and Mdonya Old River – in Tanzania's two largest wildlife areas: Selous Game Reserve and Ruaha National Park; these camps offer a very authentic taste of safari, and the parks are very different – it's a trip of exploration of these fascinating areas, each with a high concentration of wildlife.

Day 1

Starting at London Heathrow in the evening, your scheduled British Airways flight, flies overnight directly to Dar es Salaam.

(See flights to Tanzania for flight information and suggestions.)

Days 2-4 Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania

After arriving early in Dar es Salaam you will be met and driven to the domestic departures terminal for your flight to the Selous Game Reserve. On landing at Mtemere (or occasionally Siwandu) Airstrip an open-topped 4WD will take you on to the delightful…

Selous Impala Camp (full board & activities)

This stylish camp includes walking safaris, game drives and boat trips, and you'll stay here for 3 nights to explore with the camp's enthusiastic guides.

Days 5-8 Ruaha National Park, Tanzania

It's about a 90-minute flight to the dramatically scenery of Ruaha. There you'll be met and start to take in the differences, and similarities, between the flora and fauna of the two parks. The wildlife is slightly different, but equally prolific, and it's a minimum of a 30-minutes game drive of before you arrive in…

Mdonya Old River (full board & activities)

Mdonya retains a very natural atmosphere, and during your 4 nights stay here there is likely to be plenty of game passing through the camp.

Day 9

After your last morning safari, you fly to Dar es Salaam. There you can either continue onto an add-on trip, perhaps a beach holiday in Zanzibar, or maybe take a short overnight stop in Dar es Salaam prior to connecting with an early-morning British Airways flight back to London.

Cost of this trip
From	To	Cost
1-Jan-2008	29-Feb-2008	£2,249
1-Mar-2008	31-Mar-2008	£2,123
1-Jun-2008	30-Jun-2008	£2,243
1-Jul-2008	31-Oct-2008	£2,392
1-Nov-2008	14-Dec-2008	£2,243
Notes: • The prices indicated are per person sharing; call us for single person supplements. • For something a little different, and even more adventurous, consider one or two nights of fly-camping. The extra cost of upgrading a night at Impala, to a night fly-camping with Impala is £86 per person per night. After this safari, if you'd like a beach holiday, then you can easily add on time on one of Tanzania's islands. Start by looking at our ideas for beach holidays in Zanzibar, or perhaps consider a possible trip to Pemba or a few days on the mainland at Ras Kutani – or even a relaxing break to dive and snorkel in the Mafia Archipelago.

This itinerary includes:
• Economy international flights, as above, plus UK departure taxes.
• All transfers and flights within Africa.
• The current park fees for your time in the national parks. These are U$75 per person per night for Selous and U$65pppn for Ruaha.
• Guided safari activities, including 4WD safaris in open-topped vehicles in Ruaha.
• Guided safari activities, including 4WD safaris in open-topped vehicles, boat trips and walks in Selous Game Reserve.
• At both camps filtered water/tea/coffee drinks are included.
• A comprehensive pack of information for your trip, including the Bradt Travel Guide to Zanzibar, Pemba & Mafia which includes Selous and Ruaha.

This itinerary excludes:
• Tanzanian departure taxes for local flights (about U$6 per flight).
• Increases in park fees above the rates included above.
• All alcoholic and soft drinks, apart from filtered water/tea/coffee.
• Tips and gratuities, which are optional.


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