This top safari visits two leading camps in southern Tanzania's – the owner-run Mwagusi Camp, in a remote corner of Ruaha National Park, and the excellent Beho Beho Camp, in the Selous Game Reserve; both are very good camps, albeit different, and there's a real contrast between the parks' ecosystems – giving varied safari with the very best in southern Tanzania.

Day 1

Departing in the evening from London Heathrow, your scheduled overnight British Airways flight flies directly to Dar es Salaam.

(See our page on flights to Tanzania for more detailed flight information and suggestions.)

Days 2-5 Ruaha National Park, Tanzania

Arriving early in Dar es Salaam, you are escorted through to the domestic terminal for a flight to Ruaha National Park. (This takes about 150 minutes, usually stopping in Selous in the middle.) They're you're met for a game drive of about 45 minutes, to the remote …

Mwagusi Safari Camp (full board & activities)

Here's you've 4 nights to explore this enormous park – in the company of Chris Fox's excellent team of enthusiastic wildlife guides.

Days 6-8 Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania

From Ruaha's airstrip, it's only about 90 minutes' flight to Selous Game Reserve, where you'll land at Beho Beho's own airstrip, five minutes' drive from camp. Arrive in time to freshen up for a delicious lunch, and later head out on your first afternoon activity. Spend 3 nights here at …

Beho Beho (full board & activities)

This is currently one of Africa's best camps, with high standards of comfort and top-notch guiding. Here you can choose between a range of safari activities including extensive drives, first-class walking safaris and relaxing boat trips.

Day 9

After your last morning on safari, it's a short flight (about 45 minutes) to Dar es Salaam, which is the hub for many flights around Tanzania. Then either continue onto the second part of your trip, perhaps a beach holiday to Zanzibar, or maybe just stop overnight in Dar in order to connect with an early-morning flight back to London with British Airways.

Cost of this trip
From	To	Cost
1-Jan-2008	31-Mar-2008	£2,969
1-Jun-2008	30-Jun-2008	£3,292
1-Jul-2008	14-Dec-2008	£3,378
Notes: • The prices shown are per person sharing; call us for single person supplements. • For added adventure, consider a night or two of fly-camping in unique Beho Beho style. The cost of upgrading a night at Beho Beho, to a night fly-camping with Beho Beho is £169 per person per night for 2008. After this safari, it's easy to add time on the beach, and we have some suggestions. The obvious choice is probably a beach holiday on Zanzibar, although for more seclusion many would consider one of our trips to Mafia. For something ever more remote, especially if your budget is very flexible, consider a beach break to Mozambique's Quirimbas Archipelago – where there are several stunning and very remote private islands. At the other end of the scale, if you only have two or three days more to spend, then look at a trip to Ras Kutani, which is only an hours' drive away from Dar.

This itinerary includes:
• Economy international flights plus international departure taxes.
• All transfers in Africa.
• The current park fees for the national parks – which are U$75 per person per night for Selous, and U$65pppn for Ruaha.
• Guided safari activities in both camps.
• Laundry at both camps
• At Mwagusi Camp filtered water/tea/coffee are included.
• At Beho Beho most drinks are included (including all soft drinks, house wines and local beers & spirits – but excluding champagne, vintage wine and certain imported spirits.)
• A comprehensive pack of information on the places that you'll be visiting, including a copy of the Bradt Travel Guide to Zanzibar, Pemba & Mafia which includes Selous and Ruaha.

This itinerary excludes:
• Departure taxes for internal flights – at about U$6 per flight.
• At Mwagusi Camp drinks are not included (apart from filtered water/tea/coffee).
• At Beho Beho champagne, vintage wine and certain imported spirits are charged as extras.
• The cost of the armed game rangers used for walks in Ruaha. These are about US$25 per walk (per group, not per person) and an additional US$10 per person, and must be paid locally.
• Tips and gratuities, which are optional.


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