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The night before the manager will have discussed the options for today’s safaris. You may have chosen

• Early Morning Natural Walk : Departing at 06:30, returning for a late breakfast at 09:30.
• Early Bird Game Drive : 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.
• Full Day Game Drive : Departing after breakfast at 08:30 with a picnic lunch, retuning at 16:00 for afternoon tea.
• Afternoon Game Drives : Departing at 16:00 and returning at dusk, in time for sundowners.
• Afternoon Boat Safari : Departing at 16:00 and returning at dusk, in time for sundowners.
• Private Game vehicles are also on offer providing you with flexible use of a private vehicle and guide between 06:30 and 18:00

This huge conservation area is a World Heritage Site and named after Frederick Courteney Selous who died in the reserve. The area north of the sprawling Rufiji River is reserved for photographic safaris. The river is a myriad of wide open water, lakes and channels and Selous is the only reserve that offers boating safaris in addition to the more classic vehicle and walking safaris. Recently this photographic region of Selous Game Reserve has been converted to a National Park called Nyerere, named after Tanzania’s first elected president, Julius Nyerere. Tanzania’s now second largest national park is home to the country’s largest river, The Rufiji River, allowing us to offer the only boat safaris in Tanzania.

Nyerere National Park has the highest concentration of elephant of any one park in Tanzania and is estimated to have one third of all Tanzania’s African Hunting Dog. The landscape is predominantly flat and covered with miombo trees. Lions and leopards join the Hunting dogs as prevalent predators in the reserve and there is a good variety of prey animals from wildebeest and buffalo to smaller animals like warthog and impala. The river supports a rich and varied bird life, the banks providing a nesting bank for the bee eaters and fishing grounds for Kingfishers.

An early walk or game drive brings you back in time for breakfast and the departure back to the airstrip for the onward flight to Ruaha National Park.

Flight No 02 (times may vary with schedule requirements) Departure Time: 11:00 Arrival Time: 13:00 One of Ruaha River Lodges guides will greet you at the airstrip and take you to Ruaha River Lodge and help you check in.

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.

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 between 06:30 and 18:00

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 03 (times may vary with schedule requirements) Departure Time: 13:15 Arrival Time: 15:30 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.