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  • Hi Frances, we had an absolutely wonderful honeymoon. Everything was planned perfectly and we were so impressed by the organisation. It was lovely not having to worry about a thing – there was so much detail in the wonderful pack you sent over that there wasn’t even a second where we were confused or stressed about the next part of our trip. Thanks to your notes letting everyone know we were on our honeymoon, everyone went above and beyond throughout the trip. We even ended up as the only people staying at the last camp, so we spent our entire honeymoon with a private driver, which was a nice bonus, and they made us feel very special. We were also incredibly lucky with wildlife, and even managed to see a leopard and her cubs. I don’t think there was a single moment we would have changed. Thank you again so much for creating such a wonderful honeymoon for us. Before we’d even arrived home we decided we will book another safari with you for our fifth anniversary. Although next time we’d like to visit Botswana!

    Rebecca and Charles from Hampshire travelled to Tanzania
Selous boating safari on Rufiji River, Tanzania

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Mikumi abuts the north-western border of the vast Selous Game Reserve and is cut in two by the main Dar es Salaam to Iringa road. The park, Tanzania’s fourth largest at around 3200 sq.kms, is dominated by the Mkata floodplain and is one of the best areas to see eland, the largest antelope species.

Other game includes lion, elephant, Nyasa blue wildebeest, buffalo, giraffe and wild dog. Bird species number over 400. Ease of access and with a good network of roads make Mikumi a popular park to visit from Dar es Salaam, or if driving to Ruaha.

Day excursions to the remote and forested Udzungwa Mountains National Park can also be taken (there is no permanent accommodation in Udzungwa but the park does have a number of excellent walking trails). Udzungwa is an important birding area with four species endemic including the Udzungwa forest partridge only ‘discovered’ in 1991.

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