New bush plane routes allow you to link together the best game parks of Tanzania's Northern Circuit with the more remote reserves of Southern Tanzania. Changes in landscape, animal species, and culture make this safari the adventure of a lifetime. The Northern Circuit brings you the Serengeti migration and the famous Ngorongoro Crater, two of Africa's top game reserve. Then begin your bush flights into the vast reserves of Tanzanian's Southern Circuit. A true wilderness experience. This is the country that Teddy Roosevelt loved, the last of old Africa. Traveling by bush plane into remote camps you visit two of the country's largest, most pristine and most remote game reserves.

Moivaro Coffee Lodge, Arusha

Sayari Camp, Serengeti National Park

Plantation Lodge, Ngorongoro Conservation Area

Jongomero Camp, Ruaha National Park

Selous Safari Camp, Selous Game Reserve

Sea Cliff Hotel, Dar es Salaam

• Journey down into Ngorongoro Crater for some of the best game viewing in Tanzania at the bottom of this intact caldera. Lion, buffalo, wildebeest, bull elephants, cheetah, hippo, zebra, gazelle — all these, and more, make the crater their year round home. The Crater floor is mostly grasslands, so wildlife visibility is excellent, providing a wonderful opportunity for photography. Your lodging is on the slopes of the Crater in coffee country at an organic farm with walking trails and bird watching.


• Witness the last great mass migration in the world in the Serengeti, with herds filling the plains as far as the eye can see, and an abundance of lions and other predators attracted by the herds. This vast savannah grass land extends over five thousand square miles of land, forming one of the world's largest wildlife refuges. In a journey that dates back through time, the herds of the Serengeti follow the seasonal rains, traveling from the Maasai Mara southward into Tanzania, instinctually moving with the seasonal rainfalls. For a closer look at the dynamic of hunter and hunted, you may schedule a visit with the lion researchers at the Serengeti Lion Project. Accommodations at Mbuzi Mawe offer you the ultimate in luxury in the midst of the bush.


• Travel by low flying bush plane opens up an intimate panorama of a magnificent landscape. We fly you directly to the lodges in Tanzania's southern reserves, so no time is lost in overland travel.


• Game driving in Ruaha National Park opens up viewing of new species: greater and lesser kudu, sable and roan antelope, bushbuck, and African wild dog. The remote setting of Ruaha National Park allows you to experience the real African bush. Ruaha is an ancient place in the Rift Valley, filled with massive baobabs, some over a thousand years old and red earth, bleached by the sun. The park is quite inaccessible, meaning that there are few tourists. You fly directly into this remote lodge, along the Ruaha River, which draws game from a wide eco-system. Plus, in Ruaha park permits will allow you to do walking safaris with a park ranger so you can deepen your understanding of animal behavior and habitat. As the second largest Tanzanian park after the Serengeti—Ruaha has one of the largest elephant populations of any African park.


• The Rufiji River in the northern part of Selous Game Reserve is open for wildlife viewing with a unique ecosystem containing lagoons, sand banks, and lakes with dense, thick forests and open woodlands. Selous Game Reserves is an area greater than the size of Switzerland and one of the largest areas in the world set aside for wildlife preservation. Access to the southern regions of the reserve are strictly prohibited. Selous' remoteness means there is no mass tourism so our guests are ensured a wilderness experience. Move slowly down the Rufiji River delta in an aluminum motor launch to view grunting hippopotamus, more crocodiles than you can imagine, a healthy population of elephants coming to the water to drink, and plains game needing water. As you move away from the river delta system you experience lion, African wild dog, hyena, giraffe, zebra, and many other plains game. If you are lucky you may spot the southern species of wildebeest, nyasa wildebeest.
  

Schedule as you wish mid-July through mid-November.
Plan on February if you are a birdwatcher.
Arrivals into Kilimanjaro, Tanzania should be scheduled on Saturdays. This will ensure that all bush plane connections are on schedule.
Arrivals in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania must be scheduled on Sundays.
Prices do not include international air travel.
All itineraries and prices are subject to change.

• Opt to stay at Sand River Selous instead of Selous Safari Camp.


• Opt to stay at Mwagusi Safari Camp instead of Ruaha River Lodge.