Night Game Drives in Tanzania: Night game drive is an adventurous activity in Tanzania 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 a safari in Tanzania, during the night game drive you will be able to view the rarely seen animals during the day game drive or nocturnal animals such as civet cats, aardvarks, porcupines, genets, mongoose, bush babies, big cats like lions, leopards, spotted hyenas among others which tend to hide in the bushes and shrubs during the day and hippos which spend their day in water and get out to at night to graze.