Visit beautiful Tanzania - national park visit, walk with chimps, kayak and more

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Leighton

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Hi everyone! Join me on this magical trip to Tanzania and experience this destination like never before. Price will include: Local guide Chef Park ranger Transportation  Food, Drinks, and Accommodation Boat safari Park fees  Kayaking Accommodation will be a mix of cottages and hotels. DAY 1: Kigoma Airport/ Mahale National Park You will get picked up from Kigoma Airport around 9:00 am, where your car will be waiting for you. Then we will drive to Mahale Mountain NP. Everything will be packed in the car which includes lunch boxes, drinks and all the meals for nights in which we will be staying at Mahale national park. It will take about 3 hours to get to the village, where there is a small office. On this office, we will leave our cars and take the boat. The boat will take 1 hour to reach our cottage, which will be our home for tonight. Our chef will prepare dinner. After dinner we will get a short brief about the next day which is the highlight of this trip - the chimpanzee trek. (Overnight at Mahale Cottage) DAY 2: Mahale Mountains NP.  Early start for breakfast at the cottage, then set off for the chimp trekking. We will have a guide ranger for our trek. The ranger will give us a short brief and some rules about our trek and chimps behaviour. We will walk until we see chimpanzees. If we miss them in the morning, we head back for lunch, then will trek again in the evening. (Overnight at Cottage) DAY 3: Mahale Mountain NP. In the morning we have breakfast at the cottage and then set off for Kayaking at Lake Tanganyika until around lunchtime where you will come back for lunch. After lunch, we will pack all our belongings ready for leaving to Kigoma.  (Overnight at Lake Tanganyika hotel) DAY 4: Kigoma / Katavi national park.  Early in the morning, breakfast at hotel. After breakfast, will pack all our luggage in the car and get ready for the drive to Katavi national park.  Driving takes about 4 hours up to Katavi national park, including stops on the way for views and endemic birds on Miombo habitat, which is a unique one. Lunch will be served at Katavi national park Bandas. After lunch, we will go out for a drive on lake Katavi where you can see hippopotamus, crocodiles, buffaloes, and a beautiful sunset with evening drinks along the lake. (Overnight at Bandas) DAY 5: Katavi national park  Early in the morning we will go out with our packed breakfast, which will be served somewhere in Bush, with stunning views from the famous plain called Katisunga plain.  Expect to see animals like topi and red hartebeest, redback and many more. Katavi is known as the home of huge numbers of crocodiles, hippos, and buffaloes. Also is home of predators like lions and leopards as well. Lunchtime we will drive back to the Cottage for hot lunch and when the sun starts to set we will go out for an evening drive.  (Overnight at Cottage) DAY 6: Katavi NP to Mbeya town. Morning breakfast at our cottage then pack all our belongings in car ready for long drive on road to Mbeya town. This will take about 7 hours, including stops for lunch at Sumbawanga town. Then proceed with drive up to Mbeya town for an overnight stay. The next day you will be transferred to Songwe Airport for catching your flight back to Dar Salaam or Zanzibar. Write me if you have any questions. :)
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Trip Itinerary
1

Kigoma

Day 1
The first day you will be picked up from the airport then we make the long journey all the way to the beautiful Mahale Mountains. This journey will involve a car and boat to reach the remote location full of tropical wildlife.
2

Mahale Mountain National Park

Day 1-3
The true adventure starts once we arrive at our cottage in the Mahale mountains. After our long day travelling we have dinner and regroup with a brief about the exciting day tomorrow! We will set off early with our guide and a park ranger. He will tell us all the rules and logistics first thing and now let's find some Chimps. If we have no luck in the morning we will try again in the evening.
3

Lake Tanganyika

Day 3-4
Today after breakfast we will set off to Lake Tanganyika. Here we will stay for the night but before that we will kayak on one of the deepest lakes in the world. We will kayak until lunchtime then headback for some much needed lunch at our home for the night. Then pack for the next adventure tomorrow.
4

Katavi National Park

Day 4-6
Following a four hour drive with several stops seeing the best views and some birds that are local to the area. We make it to Katavi National Park. This National Park is truly a hidden gem in Tanzania. The annual amount of tourists is less than the Serengeti gets in one day. But still you can see all the animals you would expect. Expect to see hippos, crocodiles and buffaloes we will also have drinks watching the sunset! Next day let's have breakfast somewhere in the Bush. Let's hope to see the big predators today! And another night game drive.
5

Mbeya

Day 6-7
The big drive back to civilisation. This 6 hour drive will get us to Mbeya town. We will stop for lunch in Sumbawanga town. But then back on the road. Then we will get you to Songwe Airport the next day ready for your flight.
Trip Summary
Accommodation
Hotel & Bed & Breakfast
7 days trip
Kigoma, Mahale Mountain National Park & 3 more
Transportation
Boat, Car
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