$4,395 pp (USD)
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Arrival
Day 1
Arrival at Dar es Salaam Int Airport
Arrival at Dar es Salaam Int Airport
You will be picked up from Dar es Salaam International Airport and transferred to the city hotel.
Assume you arrived with early morning flights, and after clearing customs and passport control at Dar es Salaam International Airport, you will walk out of the airport to meet our driver who will be holding a page board with your name printed on it. You'll enjoy a Swahili Cuisine dinner, and an overnight stay at a Dar es Salaam city hotel.
- Main Destination:
- Dar Es Salaam (City)
- Accommodation:
- Harbour View Suites
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Dar es Salaam to Gombe National Park via Kigoma
Dar es Salaam to Gombe National Park via Kigoma
You will be picked up early in the morning from the hotel and transferred to Dar es Salaam Airport for departure to Kigoma.
You will be meet by your driver guide on arrival, and continue with ground transport to Kiberizi for a boat trip (dhow).
Where you will be departing with Tanapa private boat ride Gombe National Park "Chimps Paradise" for the rest of the day trekking and nature walking with a ranger.
Lunch, leisure, sunset, dinner, and your overnight stay will be at Tanapa Banda Cottages.
- Main Destination:
- Gombe National Park (Chimps)
- Accommodation:
- TANAPA Gombe Rest House
Wildlife in Gombe NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Gombe National Park
Gombe National Park
This will be a beautiful day in Gombe when you will be enjoying breakfast. Then, you'll depart for a full day at Gombe National Park with chimpanzee trekking, snorkeling, and hiking as well as swimming, sunset, and leisure. Lunch, leisure, sunset, dinner, and your overnight stay will be at Tanapa Bandas, Cottages.
- Main Destination:
- Gombe National Park (Chimps)
- Accommodation:
- TANAPA Gombe Rest House
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Gombe to Mahale Mountains National Park
Gombe to Mahale Mountains National Park
After breakfast at leisure in Gombe National Park, you will be boarding your dhow boat for a return to Kigoma, where your safari car was packed with short refreshments.
You will collect a packed lunch and drive to Mahale Mountain National Park via local villages Ilagala, Sigunga, and Logosa, to Mgambo through bumps, and rough and dusty roads. You'll meet a team from the park for a boat transfer (about a 25-minute ride) to Mahale Bandas. The evening will be spent at leisure or on a walking and trekking experience.
- Main Destination:
- Mahale Mountains National Park (Chimps)
- Accommodation:
- Mahale Mango Tree Bandas
Wildlife in Mahale Mountains NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Mahale Mountains National Park
Mahale Mountains National Park
You will have an early morning breakfast. Then you will be departing for a full day of chimpanzee trekking and climbing in the forest with a ranger. Later, you will return to the bandas for lunch.
You will spend the afternoon game viewing by boat on the lake. You will enjoy bird watching and the sunset while at Lake Tanganyika.
- Main Destination:
- Mahale Mountains National Park (Chimps)
- Accommodation:
- Mahale Mango Tree Bandas
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Mahale Mountain to Katavi National Park
Mahale Mountain to Katavi National Park
After breakfast at leisure in Mahale National Park, you will transfer by boat to Mgambo village, where your safari car was packed. You will meet the driver and continue to Katavi National Park through highlands, bumps, and rough and dusty roads. You will arrival for an evening game drive and sunset at Katavi National Park.
- Main Destination:
- Katavi National Park
- Accommodation:
- Katavi National Park Bandas
Wildlife in Katavi NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Katavi National Park
Katavi National Park
After breakfast, you will depart for a full-day game drive at the home of a huge population of hippos and varied birdlife. The lonely, untrammeled, and infrequently visited, Katavi is a true wilderness, providing the few intrepid souls who make it there with a thrilling taste of Africa as if it must have been a century ago.
Leisure, sunset, dinner, and your overnight stay will be at Katavi National Park.
- Main Destination:
- Katavi National Park
- Accommodation:
- Katavi National Park Bandas
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 8
Katavi National Park
Katavi National Park
This will be another stunning day in Katavi. After breakfast, you will be guided for a full-day game drive in Katavi.
Katavi is one of Tanzanian’s best dry-season parks, little -visited with big pride of lions plundering spectacular buffalo herds. The park is one of the most pristine and rugged nature reserves in Tanzania.
- Main Destination:
- Katavi National Park
- Accommodation:
- Katavi National Park Bandas
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 9
Katavi Park to Mbeya City
Katavi Park to Mbeya City
On this day, you will be enjoying a farewell breakfast at Katavi National Park. Then, you'll drive to Mbeya with short stops for lunch at local restaurants. En route, you will have exciting village tours and landscape viewing via the Tunduma border, and continue to the Mbozi Meteorite Site.
- Main Destination:
- Mbeya (City)
- Accommodation:
- Hill View Hotel
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 10
Mbeya to Dar es Salaam
Mbeya to Dar es Salaam
No rush on this day. You will enjoy breakfast at leisure. Then, you will be transferred to Mbeya Airport for return to Dar es Salaam through the sky. You will be met and assisted with international connections for your journey back home or to a beach destination.
- Main Destination:
- Dar Es Salaam Airport (Dar es Salaam)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
