12 Days Family Special Adventure

Tanzania Adventure has specialised in Family Safaris and we have the recepie how to keep everyone in the family happy. Here are some important ingredients:

– special lodges with big enough rooms
– lodges with a flexible price policy
– lodges that are children safe and with special features
– Itineraries with few changes – at least two nights in every place
– itineraries with non-wildlife activities allowing the children to go out of the vehicle for a bit
– jungle walks, bicycling, beadings with maasai, rock climbing, canoeing and making fire etc.

This 12 day Family Safari Southern Tanzania and Zanzibar explores the Southern National parks in Tanzania: Selous and Mikumi. The itinerary has many activities to keep restless children, and their parents, happy.

Day 01: Arrival

Your driver/guide and our representative will meet you at the Dar Es Salaam International Airport. We’ll transport you to the Holiday Inn in Dar Es Salaam. Dinner is included.

Day 02: Dar Es Salaam – Nyerere National Park

After breakfast, head to the accommodation to begin your 5- to 7-hour trip to the Selous Game Reserve. You take your time soaking in the untamed African surroundings when you arrive at your resort in the afternoon in time for a late lunch. Following lunch and some relaxation, you go on a guided walking trip along the Rufiji River’s riverbanks to see a little bit of the region surrounding your lodge. Strolling among bushes and ancient mahogany trees, you get to see hippos grunting and mingling in the water as well as joyful monkeys in the canopy. Make it back to your resort in time for a refreshing drink around sundown. Overnight at Selous Mapumziko Lodge. All meals included.

Day 03: Nyerere National Park

A full day of game drives at the Frederick Selous-named Selous Game Reserve. The Selous Game Reserve is a massive protected game reserve that is larger than Switzerland and a pure, deserted region that is recognized as a UN World Heritage site. The Rufiji River and its tributaries have carved out rocky outcrops, grassland plains, and rolling savannah woodlands throughout the park. Game drives, an exciting and instructive walking safari, and a boat ride on the Rufiji River are among the activities. Overnight at Selous Mapumziko Lodge. All meals included.

Day 04: Nyerere National Park

Today you visit a nearby village for some cultural outings. View the everyday activities of the people living in Tanzania’s distant countryside, gain some understanding of their culture, and interact with the amiable locals. This is a fantastic opportunity to practice some basic Swahili! Overnight at Selous Mapumziko Lodge. All meals included.

Day 05: Nyerere National Park – Mikumi

We move on to the next fascinating stop on your safari tour after breakfast. Before arriving at your camp in the afternoon, you must first travel over a vast and isolated section of the northern Selous on uneven, partially dusty roads that lead to Morogoro town and Mikumi National Park. Nestled in the seemingly boundless wilderness southwest of Mikumi National Park, Angalia Tented Camp is a perfect location to capture the essence of authentic Africa. You will go on an afternoon game drive in Mikumi following a brief break. You might have time for a swim in the pool before getting ready for the evening, depending on how long your game drive is. In the evenings, you can see uncommon honey badgers and civets in a special feeding area within your camp. Overnight at Angalia Tented Camp. All meals included.

Day 06: Mikumi National Park

Today, you go on a full-day safari to better explore Mikumi. A day spent at Mikumi National Park is a great way to get a feel for the animals of an African safari and is ideal for a quick visit. Numerous buffaloes, elephants, and giraffes may be seen roaming the plains in their characteristic ambling pace, along with a wide diversity of bird species. Hippos, leopards, and lions are also seen close to the water holes. Zebras, wild dogs, pythons, hartebeests, wildebeests, elephants, impalas, warthogs, elands, and other antelopes are among the numerous animals that call this place home. You can get an incredible overview of Mikumi’s vast plains and rolling miombo woods from a number of observation towers. Overnight at Angalia Tented Camp. All meals included.

Day 07: Mikumi-Zanzibar 

We return you to Dar Es Salaam for your trip to Zanzibar (departure at around 16:00) following your final bush breakfast at your camp. Travel to the Hotel Zanzibari. Including lunch and breakfast
Five to six hours of driving without any game viewing

A flight from Mikumi to Zanzibar can be arranged for you as an option.

Day 08 – 10: Zanzibar Extension
Relax and enjoy the Zanzibares of Zanzibar. Breakfast included

Day 11: Spice Tour

Proceed to Stone Town following breakfast. We’ll take the well-known Spice Tour enroute. Our unique Spice Tour includes information on organically grown herbs as well as spices and a thorough explanation of their traditional uses in cooking, cosmetics, and medicine. We extend an invitation to the Spice Restaurant for a delicious and substantial lunch following the tour, where you can sample the fruits and spices you have just been taught about and have recently seen growing. There is some free time for you in the afternoon. In the afternoon, locals congregate at the lovely waterfront hotel for football games, gymnastics, or casual Zanzibarside socializing. Your hotel is ideally situated in the center of Stone Town. You are welcome to use their sister hotel there as well. To cool off in the heat of the day, there is a turquoise blue pool.

Overnight at Dhow Palace Hotel Breakfast and lunch included (a guided Historical Stonetown Tour can be booked additionally)

Day 12: Departure

Departure transfer to Zanzibar Airport for your departure.

NB –if you depart from another airport than Zanzibar we’ll arrange flight connections to your departure airport (to Dar Es Salaam also ferry boats possible)