Ruaha + Katavi Remotest Africa — 8 Days / 7 Nights
Overview
Route: Zanzibar ✈️ Ruaha → ✈️ Katavi ✈️ Zanzibar
Accommodation Style: Luxury lodges/camps in Ruaha & remote Katavi; fly-camp option
Meal Plan: All-inclusive (most beverages)
Price Guidance: From $11,000–$16,000 pp sharing
Included/Exclude
- All domestic scheduled flights per route (soft luggage 15–20 kg incl. hand luggage)
- Airstrip and lodge transfers with VIP assistance where available
- Private or semi-private 4x4 game drives as noted
- Activities listed (boat/walking where permitted); curated sundowners & bush picnics
- Park & concession fees; government taxes
- All meals and most beverages (house wines/spirits; exact policy varies by camp)
- Laundry service (most high-end camps)
- Emergency medical evacuation (not full insurance)
- Added experiences where stated (e.g., balloon, private vehicle)
- International flights; visas
- Comprehensive travel & medical insurance
- Top-shelf/ultra-premium beverages beyond camp selection
- Spa treatments unless specified
- Private charters not listed in the route
- Personal items and gratuities
Tour Plan
Fly to Ruaha; game-drive transfer to a chic lodge. Afternoon safari in baobab-studded landscapes.
Private vehicle allows unhurried time with lion prides, elephants and possibly wild dogs. Gourmet picnic lunch.
Morning walk (where permitted); afternoon hide time for photography; optional stargazing session after dinner.
Hop to Katavi (remote and wild). Afternoon exploration of river systems crowded with hippos and crocs.
Full-day in Katavi; famed for huge buffalo herds and predator encounters. Picnic beneath fig trees.
Optional one-night fly-camping for adventurous guests (season/weather permitting). Traditional bush dinner.
Flexible private day to revisit favorite areas or seek new sightings in quieter corners.
Breakfast and flight connections back to Zanzibar.
