3 Days Big Five with Birdwatching Midrange Drive-in and out Tanzania Safari

Your Big Five and birdwatching safari begins with an early pickup from your hotel, residence or another agreed location in Dar es Salaam. You will travel towards Nyerere National Park through villages, farmland, wetlands and miombo woodland, with opportunities to notice different birds along the journey. Depending on the route and season, you may identify hornbills, kingfishers, egrets, herons and birds of prey. After lunch, you will continue to your midrange lodge or tented camp near Nyerere. The lodge surroundings may provide additional birdwatching opportunities before dinner.

Attractions: Rural landscapes, miombo woodland, hornbills, kingfishers, herons and birds of prey
Distance: Approximately 230–250 kilometres
Driving time: Approximately 5–6 hours
Accommodation: Midrange lodge or tented camp near Nyerere
Meals: Lunch and dinner

Destination:

Nyerere National Park

Overnight:

Nyerere Tented Camp

  mid rage 3 star lodge

Meals & Drinks:

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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After an early breakfast, you will enter Nyerere National Park for a combined wildlife and birdwatching game drive. Your guide will explore riverine areas, grasslands and woodland habitats while searching for elephants, buffaloes, lions, giraffes, hippos and African wild dogs. The park supports an impressive variety of birdlife, including African fish eagles, saddle-billed storks, yellow-billed storks, bee-eaters, rollers and various waterbirds. After the game drive and lunch, you will travel to Mikumi National Park, arriving at your comfortable midrange accommodation in the evening.

Attractions: Elephants, buffaloes, lions, African wild dogs, fish eagles, storks, bee-eaters and rollers
Game-drive duration: Approximately 3–4 hours
Transfer distance: Approximately 280–320 kilometres
Transfer time: Approximately 6–7 hours
Accommodation: Midrange lodge near Mikumi National Park
Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner

After breakfast, you will enter Mikumi National Park for a morning game drive around the Mkata Floodplain and Hippo Pool. The open plains provide opportunities to search for lions, elephants, buffaloes, giraffes, zebras, wildebeests and antelopes. Birdwatchers may observe lilac-breasted rollers, ground hornbills, oxpeckers, secretary birds, egrets and different raptors. Although Mikumi is not home to every member of the Big Five, it provides rewarding sightings of several iconic African animals. After lunch, you will drive back to Dar es Salaam for your final drop-off.

Attractions: Mkata Floodplain, Hippo Pool, lions, elephants, buffaloes, rollers, hornbills and raptors
Game-drive duration: Approximately 4–5 hours
Distance: Approximately 300 kilometres
Driving time: Approximately 5–6 hours
Meals: Breakfast and lunch
Drop-off: Dar es Salaam