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Days: 9
Price from: £2675
Guaranteed Departures
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Your Price Includes:
- Scheduled direct flights, including all U.K. and overseas airport taxes and applicable fuel surcharges )
- English-speaking naturalist driver/guides on safari
- Private transfers on arrival and departure, exclusive to Bales clients, plus shared transportation for the game drives
- Game viewing As detailed, including Park Entrance Fees
- Accommodation and meals A choice of classic or superior hotels and game lodges.
- 7 breakfasts, 6 lunches and 6 dinners
- Minimum participation 2 passengers
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Day 1
Depart London Heathrow this evening for your overnight British Airways flight to
Dar es Salaam.
Meals:
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Day 2
Transfer to the Mövenpick Royal Palm Hotel for use of a day room before the
onward flight to Selous Game Reserve in southern Tanzania. On arrival transfer to
either the Rufiji River Camp.
Meals: L, D
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Day 3
The largest in Africa, the vast expanse of Selous Game Reserve was
declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982. Covering an area the size of
Switzerland, this spectacular wilderness holds over 50% of Tanzania’s total elephant
population, as well as rare wild dog, black rhino and some 440 species of birds. It also
boasts a huge diversity of game animals, with some of the largest herds left on the
continent, especially wildebeest, zebra, impala and some 200,000 buffalo, making it
a rich hunting ground for lion, leopard and cheetah. You have two full days here and
a full range of activities have been organised for your stay, including morning and
afternoon game drives and the unique opportunity to enjoy either boat or walking
safaris with expert guides.
Meals: B, L, D
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Day 4
As above
Meals: B, L, D
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Day 5
After breakfast this morning head to Selous airstrip for the flight to the beautiful
Ruaha National Park. On arrival transfer to Ruaha River Lodge
Meals: B, L, D
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Day 6
One of Africa’s best kept secrets, Ruaha is a spectacular landscape of
baobab trees, sandstone gorges and lush forests, all fed by the waters of the great
Ruaha River. The next two days see us enjoying exhilarating game drives through this
pristine country, enjoying the diversity of a unique transition zone, where the flora and
fauna of the eastern and southern regions of Africa cross over amongst the majestic
backdrop of the Great Rift Valley. Large herds of antelope populate these plains,
making it ideal territory for the ever present predators. Lion, leopard and cheetah all
hunt amongst these spectacular landscapes and it is one of the best places in Africa
to view the elusive and endangered African wild dog. The shallows of the Ruaha’s
flowing waters are the preserve of huge prehistoric looking crocodiles, whilst the skies
are alive with some of the 500 species of bird recorded here.
Meals: B, L, D
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Day 7
As above
Meals: B, L, D
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Day 8
Morning departure to Ruaha airstrip for your flight to Dar es Salaam. Overnight
at the Mövenpick Royal Palm Hotel
Meals: B
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Day 9
Transfer to the airport for the British Airways flight back to London Heathrow,
arriving in the afternoon.
Meals: B
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