7 Days Western Tanzania Safari

On arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport(JRO), you will be picked up by our driver; you will be driven to your hotel in Arusha. Once in Arusha(depending on your flight arrival time), you will have the time to tour the city. You will meet the local people, see their arts and crafts and if interested you may buy souvenirs from them.

Dinner and overnight accommodation in your hotel at Arusha.

After breakfast at your hotel, you will fly from Arusha Airport to Katavi National Park on a light chartered aircraft; the journey will take about 4 hours. On arrival, our driver will drive you to a camp inside the park; along the way to the camp, you will enjoy an afternoon of game viewing.

Due to its remoteness, Katavi see very few visitors on any day; while here, you will have a nice feeling knowing that you are enjoying an unspoiled paradise.

Dinner and overnight accommodation at Camp in Katavi National Park.

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After breakfast at camp, you will head out for a day of game viewing inside Katavi National Park. Inside Katavi, you can’t help but feel like you have stepped back a thousand years; Katavi is Africa at its best; here you will experience spectacular sceneries and rich wildlife views far away from the beaten tracks of the other national parks.

Game viewing inside Katavi National Park mainly takes place along the Katuma River and the adjacent floodplains. Here you will see prides of lion and resident hyenas who are the lords of the plains; they hunt giraffes, impalas, zebras, and reedbucks residing along the river. Large herds of elephants and buffalos converge on the floodplains for water and pasture; you will also see pods of hippos and large and unique Nile crocodiles residing in caves along the banks of the Katami River.

Dinner and overnight accommodation at Camp in Katavi National Park.

On this day you will an extended walking safari in the park; you will also enjoy watching birds along the trails and this walk provides an opportunity for taking amazing photographs of the African wilderness. You will be accompanied by an armed ranger for the entire duration of the walk.

Dinner and overnight accommodation at Camp in Katavi National Park.

You will catch a flight from Mahale National Park to Mahale National Park; on Arrival, you will be met by one of our guides. Together with the guide, you will be taken to your camp by boat; the boat ride takes about one and half hour.

Dinner and overnight accommodation at Camp in Mahale National Park.

After breakfast, you will head out for a full day of chimpanzee tracking.

Mahale is a place where mountain forests meet the shoreline of Lake Tanganyika, the crystal clear water of Lake Tanganyika re kissed by beaches covered by the finest powderlike white sands and above all, the howls and shrieks of resident chimpanzees complete the magical experience by reverberating through the forest.

Mahale is one of the best places in the world to encounter chimpanzees up-close; it is home to about 900 chimpanzees. If you have additional time you can extend the trip and hike to the top of Mount Nkungwe (2462m) which is the highest peak in the park; usually, the climb can be done in two or three days.

Dinner and overnight accommodation at Camp in Mahale National Park.

Today you will get close to thousands of multi-colored tropical fish while snorkeling or diving in the crystal clear waters of the lake; the fish range from the size of your finger to the size of your arm. You can also go kayaking on the lake or just decide to lazy around in the white sand beaches of the lake. The forests along the lake are also rich in birds, so bird watching is also on the menu.

Dinner and overnight accommodation at Camp in Mahale National Park.

After breakfast in Mahale, you will take a boat to the airstrip from where you will fly on a light aircraft to Arusha. If your flight back home leaves on the same day, we will drive you to Kilimanjaro International Airport. Otherwise, if your flight leaves the next day or if you are extending your stay in Tanzania, dinner and overnight accommodation will be at a hotel/lodge in Arusha.