Utalii Travel & Safaris Ltd

Utalii Travel & Safaris

15 Days Ornithological Budget Safari
From Selous Game Reserve to Kitulo Botanical Garden
Bird Watching ... botanist and hiker's paradise
 
 


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Selous Game Reserve - Ruaha National Park - Katavi National Park - Mikumi National Park - Udzungwa Mountains - Kitulo Botanical Garden - Saadani Beach Park

Arrival Day
Pick up from the airport and transfer to Peacock Hotel for overnight (BB)
Day 1: Dar es Salaam Selous Game Reserve
Leaving Dar es Salaam for Selous Game Reserve, game drive for few hours before sunset; Dinner and overnight at Selous Ngima Camp
Day 2: Game Drive - Rufiji River Boat Safari
Game drives and bird watching in the morning till lunch time which followed by 2 – 3 hours of Boat safari on the Rufiji River late afternoon. Dinner and overnight at  Selous Ngima Camp
Day 3 Full day game drive
Full Day game drive. Starting in the morning and ending in the evening after Sunset - Lunches will be picnic away from the  Selous Ngima Camp
Day 4: Transfer to Morogoro Town
Early morning breakfast, and then drive to Morogoro Town; stay at Leisure, dinner and overnight at Morogoro Hotel
Day 5: Full Day Game Drive in Mikumi National Park (Bird watching)
Morning drive to Mikumi National Park and spend full day tour to Mikumi National Park - with Sunset game drive; with picnic lunch box. Dinner and Overnight in the Mikumi Bush Campsite
Day 6: Drive to Udzungwa Mountains – Hiking to Sanje Water Falls/Birding 
Breakfast at the Campsite and then drive to Udzungwa, meet the guide and headed out to Sanje Falls. Trekking through the changing range of the forest; from Miombo woodland, low-land forest, sub-montane forest, highland plateau to pristine montane forest till you reach the famous waterfall in Udzungwa; overnight at the campsite on the river bank
Day 7: Udzungwa – Mikumi National Park
Descend to the park gate meet the driver and drive back to Mikumi with lunch, dinner at the Mikumi Bush Campsite; Late afternoon game viewing in the Mikumi National Park
Day 8: Mikumi – Ruaha National Park
Early morning drive to Ruaha National Park with lunch in Iringa. Late afternoon sunset game viewing in the park; Dinner and overnight at Sunset Mountain View
Day 9: Game Drive in Ruaha National Park
Early breakfast and the full day of game viewing and bird watching the Great Ruaha National Park  with picnic lunch in the bush; dinner and overnight at Sunset Mountain View
Day 10: Ruaha – Iringa Town
Do the game drive till lunch time; after lunch drive to Iringa for rest dinner and overnight at MR Hotel
Day 11: Iringa – Kitulo National Park (Kitulo Botanical Garden)
Early morning (06:30) drive to Kitulo National Park via the scenic route of Makambako and Chimala, where the 9 km long road up the mountainside has 52 hairpin bends. Get wonderful views of the famous Usangu Flats. Picnic lunch on the riverbank in Matamba. overnight camping
Day 12 & 13: 2 Full Days in Kitulo (Kitulo Botanical Garden)
Spend 2 full days visiting the Numbi Valley; bird watching is great, including water birds. The 2 days activities will involve driving and open walking across the grasslands to watch birds and wildflowers. Hill climbing on the neighboring ranges; on the last day half-day hike from the park across the Livingstone Mountains. dinner and overnight camping at Matamba
Day 14: Drive to Iringa
To avoid long day drive to Dar es Salaam; you will drive up to Mikumi Bush Camp for dinner and overnight, with hot lunch in Iringa
Day 15: Iringa - Dar
Morning breakfast followed with short game viewing in Mikumi and then drive back to Dar es Salaam. Accommodation at White Sands Beach Resort

 

3 Days Mikumi Safari Break

Kitulo Botanical Garden :: Orchids
the flowers
 
Kitulo Plateau
The original name was Elton Plateau after the explorer Frederic Elton, who crossed the area in the 1870s. It is one of the great flower gardens of the world, with over 40 species of ground orchids alone.
 
 
Udzungwa Mountains
Crossing the River Udzungwa N.P
 
 
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Fax. +255 22 2 773409
birds in Kitulo

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