Day 1 Selous Game Reserve

Karibu Sana! Welcome to Tanzania. After your arrival at Dar Es Salaam Airport, you will be met by an Wildebeestwander Expenditions’ representative and transferred to your connecting flight in the Selous Game Reserve. Once you arrive at the airfield, you will be greeted by a driver from Siwandu Camp, your accommodation for the next three nights. With an area of around 50,000 km², the Selous Game Reserve is the largest game reserve in Africa and awaits you with the vast and endless expanse of the East African savannah. Black and white colobus monkeys live in the surrounding alluvial forests and magnificently horned sable and kudu antelopes use the shady bushes as grazing areas. After a delicious lunch at the camp, you will go stalking for the first time! You will use the rest of the evening to recover from your journey. Siwandu Camp is beautifully situated on the shores of Lake Nzerakera. The ten octagonal chalets are spread out along the riverbank. Here, after exciting safari experiences, you can enjoy the sunset from your terrace with a cool drink and watch the African bush slowly turn red at dusk. Overnight at Siwandu Camp.

Day 4 Ruaha National Park

After a hearty breakfast, hop on to Ruaha National Park in a small propeller plane. Upon arrival, you will be met by the driver guide of Kwihala Camp, your accommodation for the next three nights. Already on the drive to the camp you will experience your first game drive. A big advantage of Ruaha compared to other national parks is that there are very few lodges and correspondingly few tourists, and yet it is the largest national park in Tanzania. The park is considered a transition zone where the eastern and western plant areas unite; together, the protected area is home to over 1,650 plant species and over 450 species of birds. With a bit of luck, you can experience some impressive animal encounters before you arrive at Kwihala Camp in the evening. “Kwihala” means “bush” – let yourself be enchanted by a unique stay in the middle of the African bush. The six shelters, designed in light canvas fabrics, are generously spread across the camp grounds and offer beautiful views and optimal wildlife viewing opportunities from their large, private veranda. Overnight at Kwihala Camp.

Day 7 Zanzibar

Goodbye wonderful Tanzanian wilderness. Today you unfortunately have to say goodbye to the Kwihala Camp, you continue to the spice island of Zanzibar. From the Sumbazi airfield, you will fly by small plane to Stone Town on Zanzibar after breakfast. Once there, your Africa Royal Tours representative will welcome you and drive you to your accommodation. The island will fascinate you: on the street you will be offered refreshing sugar cane juice with lime and ginger, the half-veiled Zanzibari women sitting laughing and chatting on stone benches in front of their houses, old Zanzibari playing the local board game “Bao” – all this is Stone Town. A unique city that will captivate you. You will spend the next seven nights on the southeast coast of the island at the luxurious Baraza Resort & Spa. It is located on the 240 m long and fine sandy beach of Bwejuu. The boutique hotel’s combination of Arabic, Tanzanian and Indian design elements is reminiscent of the time of the Sultan of Zanzibar. All villas are spread over a large area along the coast, giving a feeling of peace and serenity. Overnight at Baraza Resort & Spa.

Day 14 See you again in Zanzibar

Today it’s time to say goodbye to the dream island of Zanzibar. After breakfast, you will be transferred to Stone Town Airport. From there, you will start your journey home with a suitcase full of impressive holiday experiences.