WILDLIFE TOUR – RUAHA & MIKUMI NATIONAL PARKS (TANZANIA)
This Tanzania tour to Ruaha and Mikumi national parks offers you an opportunity of viewing savannah related wildlife in abundance. Some of the savannah fauna are only endemic to these specific national parks of Tanzania. Take off 5 days or 4 nights to enjoy this wildlife tour.
TOUR ITINERARY
Day 1: Take your breakfast and transfer to Iringa town with lunch en route at Kitonga Inn Hotel and proceed to Iringa town.
Dinner and overnight at Iringa Hotel - FB
Day 2: After an early morning breakfast transfer to Ruaha National park, famous for its roan antelope, the rare sable antelope and thousands of elephants. It is in Rwaha national park that the eastern and southern flora and fauna overlap. Though one of the largest parks in Africa, it is less visited because of its remoteness. This makes it undisturbed and interesting to visit. After lunch at Ruaha River Lodge, undertake an afternoon game drive in the park. Dinner and overnight at Ruaha River Lodge overlooking the spectacular River Ruaha
Day 3: Dedicate a full day to game viewing in Ruaha national park. Along the river banks are animals such as crocodiles, hippos, waterbuck, and in the bushes, are the lions, leopards, hunting dog, giraffe, eland, Grant’s Gazelles, cheetah, warthogs and ostriches among others. Dinner and overnight at Ruaha River Lodge overlooking the spectacular River Ruaha
Day 4: Take your breakfast and return to Kitonga Inn lodge for lunch on your way to Mikumi national park. Dinner and overnight at Vuma Hill Tented Lodge or similar other
Day 5: After your breakfast go for a game drive in Mikumi national park. Residents of this park include elephants, buffaloes, elands, greater kudu, roan and sable antelope, wildebeests, giraffes, crocodiles, and predators such as tree climbing lions, leopards, cheetahs, black-backed jackal and hunting dogs among others.
Return to the lodge for lunch and later transfer back to Dar es Salaam.
End of Ruaha – Mikumi wildlife Tour