3-Day Ruaha National Park Safari from Zanzibar - Fly-In Safari

An early morning transfer to Zanzibar Airport for the scenic bush flight to Ruaha National Park. Upon arrival at the park airstrip, your guide meets you for the first game drive en route to your lodge — a chance to spot wildlife immediately in one of Africa's most biodiverse parks. After lunch and a rest at the lodge, the afternoon brings another game drive across Ruaha's savannah and along the Great Ruaha River, where elephants, hippos, and a wide variety of wildlife gather at the water's edge. Dinner and overnight at your lodge or tented camp.

Distance: Domestic flight from Zanzibar to Ruaha; game drives within the park

Activity: Morning flight; en route game drive; afternoon game drive along the Great Ruaha River

Accommodation: Lodge or tented camp in Ruaha National Park

Meals: Full Board

A sunrise game drive at first light offers the best opportunities for predator activity — lions, leopards, cheetahs, and wild dogs are most active in the cool early morning hours. The Great Ruaha River is a reliable focal point throughout the day, drawing elephants, buffalo, hippos, crocodiles, and a wide variety of wildlife to drink. After returning to the lodge for lunch, an afternoon game drive explores the park's more remote areas. An optional guided walking safari can be arranged in lieu of the afternoon vehicle drive, giving a ground-level experience of the bush, animal tracks, and the ecosystem's smaller details.

Distance: Game drives within Ruaha National Park

Activity: Sunrise game drive; afternoon game drive or optional guided walking safari

Accommodation: Lodge or tented camp in Ruaha National Park

Meals: Full Board

After breakfast, a final morning game drive through the park — a last opportunity to encounter Ruaha's wildlife before departure. Depending on the flight schedule, the game drive continues until mid-morning before transferring to the airstrip for the return flight to Zanzibar.

Distance: Morning game drive; domestic flight to Zanzibar

Activity: Final morning game drive; return flight to Zanzibar

Accommodation: N/A – return to Zanzibar

Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Extend your trip

Add extra nights in Ruaha to explore more of the park's remote areas, or combine this safari with a Serengeti northern circuit extension or Ngorongoro Crater visit. Contact us to discuss combined southern and northern Tanzania itineraries.