Night game drive is an adventurous memorable moment that is carried out at night in an open safari vehicle with a canvas canopy, spotlight torches for clear viewing, driven by a professional guide, and with the help of an armed park ranger to protect you from any danger. Tanzania has a number of national parks but night game drives are permitted in selected protected areas such as Lake Manyara national park, Tarangire national park, Mikumi national park, and Ruaha national park. night game drive is one of the exciting activities to engage in on your safari itinerary. During the night game drive, you will be able to view the rarely seen nocturnal animals such as civet cats, aardvarks, porcupines, genets, mongoose, bush babies, big cats like lions, leopards, and spotted hyenas among others which tend to hide in the bushes and shrubs during the day and hippos which spend their day in the water and get out to at night to graze.

This activity starts at around 8:00 pm after dinner, during the night game drive there are items that visitors should carry including insect repellent to prevent you from biting insects which will be attracted by the spotlight torches, cameras to capture the incredible moments and take great photos, a pair of binoculars to capture far animals, wear cold clothes to protect you from night coldness, neutral clothes among others.