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8-Day Selous Safari & Beach Holiday

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This tailor-made holiday starts deep in the heart of the magnificent Selous Reserve in southern Tanzania. Your stay starts at Selous Serena Camp, a fantastic luxury camp providing excellent standards of accommodation and service as well as real off-the-beaten track privacy. Upgrade to Mivumo River Lodge for the second half of your stay, the perfect location for fantastic riverboat safaris, adding variety to your safari and diversity to your photographic experience, before finishing on the beach.

Tour Summary

You'll go to Tanzania

You'll visit Dar es Salaam, Selous GR & Pangani

This tour starts and ends in Dar es Salaam - Getting there

Tour Features

Luxury tour

This luxury tour uses lodges and tented camps.

Private tour

This tour will be organized exclusively for you and won't be shared with others.

Can start any day

If availability permits, this tour can start on any day.

Can be customized

You can request minor changes to the accommodations and destinations of this tour.

Suitable for solo travelers

Solo travelers can book this private tour.

Minimum age of 12 years

The minimum age for this tour is 12 years.

Activities & Transportation

Activities: game drives & beach time

Game drives: open-sided 4x4 vehicle

Getting around: minivan & air transfer

This operator can book your international flights help

A transfer from and back to the airport is included

Accommodation & Meals

Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour can be arranged for an extra cost

Day	Accommodation	Meals
1	Hotel Slipway Mid-range hotel in or near Dar es Salaam	Breakfast Included
2-3	Selous Serena Camp Luxury tented camp inside Selous GR	Day 2: Lunch & Dinner Included Day 3: All Meals Included
4-5	Serena Mivumo River Lodge Luxury lodge inside Selous GR	All Meals Included
6-7	The Tides Lodge Luxury lodge in or near Pangani (Beach)	All Meals Included
8	End of tour (No accommodation)	All Meals Included

Next:Day by Day

Arrival

(See Getting there for more details)

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

Day 1 Arrive in Dar es Salaam

You will be met upon arrival and driven to Hotel Slipway where you stay for 1 night in an Executive Room on a bed & breakfast basis. Hotel Slipway is a simple overnight option located on the exclusive Msasani Peninsula, right on the Indian Ocean and overlooking the Msasani Bay. This upmarket neighbourhood has plenty of restaurants and shopping opportunities.

Main Destination:	Dar Es Salaam
Accommodation:	Hotel Slipway Mid-range hotel located in or near Dar es Salaam
Meals & Drinks:	Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included) Drinks not included

Day 2 Fly to the Selous

You are met on arrival by a representative of Selous Serena Camp who will drive you to the lodge. Your stay is for the next two nights on an all-inclusive basis in a Luxury Safari Tent. This includes full board meals, all drinks (except champagne & premium brands), laundry, two safari activities each day and all game reserve fees. Selous Serena Camp is high mid-range quality permanent lodge is in an unusually remote location in Selous, an extremely large and important game reserve with an unusual languid atmosphere. It is a comfortable camp, alongside a small stream, with a pleasant swimming pool and twelve guest rooms offering high levels of conventional comforts. Vehicle traffic in this particular area is very low. Activities include vehicle safari and walking safari. Wildlife viewing is particularly strong during the Jun/Nov dry season, whilst the reserve remains a beautiful place to visit during the converse Dec/Mar green season.

Main Destination:	Selous Game Reserve
Best Time to Visit June to October High Season June to October (The main tourist area gets crowded) Best Weather June to October (Little to no rainfall) Wildlife in Selous Game Reserve Giraffe Common Lion Common Buffalo Common Zebra Common Wildebeest Common Hippo Abundant Elephant Occasional Hyena Occasional Black Rhino Very Rare Leopard Rare Cheetah Very Rare Wild Dog Rare White Rhino None
Accommodation:	Selous Serena Camp Luxury tented camp located inside Selous GR
Meals & Drinks:	Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included) Drinks not included

Day 3 On safari in the Selous Game Reserve

You have one full day on safari in the Selous Game Reserve. The reserve is enormous, around the size of Switzerland, and its wild beauty is unparalleled. Your safari activities are arranged between yourselves and the camp manager on the preceeding night and this is when you will decide what you would like to do for the following day. This gives you a great deal of flexibility, whether you want to do a bush walk, game drive or boat safari - you can decide on the evening before.

Main Destination:	Selous Game Reserve
Accommodation:	Selous Serena Camp Luxury tented camp located inside Selous GR
Meals & Drinks:	All meals included Drinks not included

Day 4 Safari and transfer to Mivumo River Lodge

Today is a full day on safari. The reserve covers around 45,000km2 of wilderness, with grassy plains, open woodland, mountains and forests, the Selous Game Reserve (pronounced Selooo and named after the great explorer and hunter, Frederick Courtney Selous) is Africa’s largest game reserve. It’s about three times the size of South Africa’s Kruger National Park, and twice the size of the Serengeti National Park. In a fitting tribute, it is also one of Tanzania’s three World Heritage Sites. Tonight you will upgrade to Mivumo River Lodge for the following two nights on an all-inclusive basis.

Main Destination:	Selous Game Reserve
Accommodation:	Serena Mivumo River Lodge Luxury lodge located inside Selous GR
Meals & Drinks:	All meals included Drinks not included

Day 5 One more Full day on Safari

You have one more full day on safari in the Selous Reserve. If you’d like to try a river boat safari then today could be the perfect opportunity to get out on the Mivumo River Lodge motorboat. Mivumo features the same 4 seater vehicles as its sister camp and so the privacy and personal quality of your safari is maintained. There are also huge populations of crocodile, hippo, spotted hyena and leopard to name just a few of the big game species found here. Historically Selous has been home to a large proportion of Tanzania’s elephants population and the reserve remains a fantastic place to see elephants in the wild. Unfortunately there has been a marked increase in poaching over recent years, which underlines the vital role that responsible tourism can play in the conservation of areas such as the Selous.

Main Destination:	Selous Game Reserve
Accommodation:	Serena Mivumo River Lodge Luxury lodge located inside Selous GR
Meals & Drinks:	All meals included Drinks not included

Day 6 Fly to Pangani

This morning we fly to Pangani, where you are met on arrival at Pangani and are driven to The Tides Lodge. Your stay is for the following 2 nights in the Hibiscus House on a full board basis. The Tides is a high quality beach lodge, relatively off the beaten track and providing a viable alternative to Zanzibar, with lots of space, good beaches and offshore sandbanks and reefs. Service here is elegant and discreet and there is are pleasant waterfront public areas, a nice swimming pool and ten very nice guest rooms. A wide range of activities are available, which is great for keeping entertained and active.

Main Destination:	Pangani (Beach)
Accommodation:	The Tides Lodge Luxury lodge located in or near Pangani
Meals & Drinks:	All meals included Drinks not included

Day 7 Beach & Marine Safari

Today you can relax on the beach or we can head out on a Marine Safari. This involves heading out onto the ocean either by motorboat or sailing dhow in search of dolphins and other sea creatures. In most cases the ultimate destination is a sand- bank, exposed at low tide, where guests can enjoy a picnic lunch, swimming, snorkelling and, in some cases, diving and fishing. This activity is particularly sensitive to weather conditions as a picnic on a sandbank is no fun when the wind gets up.

Main Destination:	Pangani (Beach)
Accommodation:	The Tides Lodge Luxury lodge located in or near Pangani
Meals & Drinks:	All meals included Drinks not included

Day 8 Transfer to Dar Es Salaam and home

This morning you spend most of your time at the beach before you are driven to the airstrip to catch your flight to Dar es Salaam.

Main Destination:	Dar Es Salaam
Accommodation:	No accommodation
Meals & Drinks:	All meals included Drinks not included

End of tour

(See Getting there for more details)

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

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Important to Know

Rates are per person and exclude the international flight from/to your home country.
This tour must be paid in British Pounds (GBP). The ZAR rates shown are converted for information purposes only. Disclaimer
This tour accepts children who are 12 years and older.
Rates include a fixed budget for flights during this tour. Flights may cost more, depending on travel dates. If so, your quote will reflect this.