5-Day Explore Selous (Gm)&Kilwa Kisiwani and Songomnara

• You'll be collected from the airport.
• Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Dar es Salaam and Selous Game Reserve

In the morning, you will be picked up from the hotel, airport, or the agreed-upon point in Dar es Salaam and drive to the Selous Game Reserve via Kisarawe Road. It takes about 4 hours and 30 minutes. After reaching Selous Game Reserve, you will start an afternoon boat trip. In boat safaris, you can see animals like hippopotamus, crocodiles, and different primates. Usually, the afternoon boat trip leaves the lodge at 3:30 pm and returns at 6:30 pm. You will go back to the lodge for dinner and an overnight stay at Mloka safari lodge.

Main Destination:

Selous Game Reserve

Best Time To Visit June to October (Easiest wildlife viewing)

High Season June to October (The main tourist area gets crowded)

Best Weather June to October (Little to no rainfall)

Wildlife in Nyerere NP

ElephantCommon

GiraffeAbundant

BuffaloCommon

ZebraCommon

WildebeestCommon

HippoAbundant

Show more

HyenaCommon

LionOccasional

Wild DogOccasional

LeopardRare

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

CheetahNone

Accommodation:

Mloka Safari Lodge

• Budget lodge located less than 1hr drive from Nyerere NP

+14 Photos

+13 Photos

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Game Drive in Selous Game Reserve, (Nyerere National Park)

After breakfast, you will have a full-day game drive with a picnic lunch. You will enjoy the morning and afternoon game drives inside Selous Game Reserve. Today, you will drive in different areas of the park to find more animals like wild dogs, giraffes, elephants, lions, Nile crocodiles, and hippopotami along the banks of the Rufiji River, Cape buffalos, wildebeest, and elands. You will take your lunch in the afternoon and proceed with the game drive.

Main Destination:

Selous Game Reserve

Accommodation:

Mloka Safari Lodge

• Budget lodge located less than 1hr drive from Nyerere NP

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Selous to Kilwa Masoko

You will have an early morning start with walking safaris to the jungle for 2 hours or 2 hours and a half. After breakfast and a picnic lunch in Selous, you will drive to Kilwa for the beach relaxation. The Good Lodge Kilwa Beach Lodge. Located along Indian Ocean beach. You will enjoy your afternoon and evening stay at your lodge based on full board.

Main Destination:

Kilwa Masoko (Kilwa)

Accommodation:

Kilwa Beach Lodge

• Mid-range lodge located in Kilwa Masoko (Kilwa)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Kilwa Kisiwani and Songomnara

After breakfast with a picnic lunch, you will drive to Kilwa Kisiwani. It is designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site due to its influence on the birth of Swahili culture, what is now a fishing village was, a thousand years ago, occupied by Arabs. They minted gold and sold spices, jewelry, and slaves, whilst holding licentious parties under the light of the moon and made the island state of Kilwa Kisiwani and Songo Mnara, a neighboring small island close to Kisiwani was a Swahili stone town which was inaugurated in the early 19th century. Its comparatively short history compared to its more illustrious neighbor of Kilwa Kisiwani has allowed archaeologists to examine early Swahili houses within a specific time. During the evening, you will drive back to the lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Kilwa Kisiwani (Kilwa)

Accommodation:

Kilwa Beach Lodge

• Mid-range lodge located near Kilwa Kisiwani (Kilwa)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Kilwa and Dar es Salaam

After breakfast with a picnic lunch, you will leave Kilwa and depart to Dar es Salaam city. You will arrive late afternoon and be dropped off at your hotel, airport, or harbor.

Main Destination:

Dar Es Salaam (City)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
• Non-alcoholic drinks

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• You'll be dropped off at the airport.