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During your time staying at Stanley’s Kopje you can choose between half day shared game drives or full day with picnic lunch enabling you to explore further afield in this enormous wilderness.

Early Morning Game Drives	:	Departing at 06:30 with a picnic breakfast, returning at 11:30
Morning Game Drives	:	Departing after breakfast at 08:30, returning in time for lunch.
Afternoon Game Drives	:	Departing at 16:00 and returning at dusk, in time for sundowners.
Full Day Game Drives	:	Departing after breakfast at 08:30 with a picnic lunch, retuning at 16:00 for afternoon tea.
Private Game vehicles are also on offer providing you with flexible use of a private vehicle and guide between 06:30 and 18:00

Ruaha National Park is the largest Park in Tanzania and lies in the centre of the country. This beautiful park has an abundance of wildlife in an array of sceneries which gives it a character all of its own. The Great Ruaha River is the lifeline of the park as it is its only permanent water source. A full day game drive along the river takes you over rocky kopjes, home to the Greater kudu, Roan antelope and elephant, and winds down along the river bank through open plains, perfect for cheetah and lion, herds of buffalo, warthogs, jackals, bateared Foxes – the list is endless. The river banks are rich with birdlife, hippos and crocs. For the more adventurous, above the escarpment lives the more elusive Sable Antelope.

Ruaha is not only the largest park but can also boast a well-developed road network, so there are plenty of different drives to explore for morning game drives returning the lodge for lunch. An afternoon spent on your veranda at the water’s edge, or sitting in one of the 2 bar areas will be an equally enjoyable part of your safari here where the animals wander in front of your room to come down to drink. An afternoon drive to the hippo pool to catch the sunset makes a perfect end to a day.

With an early start to the day, you can have an early morning game drive to the airstrip for your flight to Katavi National Park.

Flight No 05 (times may vary with schedule requirements) Departure Time: 07:00 Arrival Time: 08:40 A guide from Katavi Wildlife Camp will be at the airstrip waiting to greet you, and take you on a game drive towards Katavi Wildlife Camp for check in and lunch.

After getting settled into your room, head out on an afternoon game drive, departing at 16:00, arriving back at dusk, in time for your sundowners.

During your time staying at Ruaha River Lodge you can choose between half day shared game drives or full day with picnic lunch enabling you to explore further afield in this enormous wilderness.

Early Morning Game Drives	:	Departing at 06:30 with a picnic breakfast, returning at 11:30
Morning Game Drives	:	Departing after breakfast at 08:30, returning in time for lunch.
Afternoon Game Drives	:	Departing at 16:00 and returning at dusk, in time for sundowners.
Full Day Game Drives	:	Departing after breakfast at 08:30 with a picnic lunch, retuning at 16:00 for afternoon tea.
Private Game vehicles are also on offer providing you with flexible use of a private vehicle and guide

Katavi National Park is a truly remote wild park with vast herds grazing the plains that characterize the park. Shown as ‘Lakes’ on the map, these open expanses become swampy during the long rains, but dry out for 6 months of the year. The animals are concentrated on a smaller and smaller area as the park dries out thus the large herds of buffalo, zebra, giraffe and topi to name a few. The Katuma River shrinks into small pools which becomes home to ever more hippos, resulting in the highest concentrations of hippos found in Tanzania. The dwindling river also exposes the caves that the crocs use to store their prey under water, watching them in these caves is a fascinating experience. The plains are surrounded with woodland, where the predators lie in wait for the return of their prey from the grazing land. With such abundant food sources, the lions are some of the regalest seen in Tanzania.

The accommodation tents are positioned under the shade of trees on the edge of the Kigasunga plain, close to the Katuma river. The tents have lovely shaded verandas and are often visited by elephants passing through to feast on the fruit of the pod mahogany trees. We have plenty of animal sightings from the camp itself as the animals come off the plain in the evening to come and drink at the river; herds of Topi, Giraffe, Zebra, Buffalo are daily visitors. Katavi also has Hunting dog, Leopard as well as many lions. Most importantly, it does not have many other guests.

After breakfast you will have the chance to enjoy one final game drive, as you slowly wind your way to the airstrip for your flight back to Dar es Salaam. Flight No 06 (times may vary with schedule requirements) Departure Time: 10:30 Arrival Time: 16:00 A member of Foxes Safari Camps staff will meet you at the airport and help you transfer to your international flight, or check you into your hotel.