3 days / 2 nights
3-Day Nyerere National Park (Selous) Safari
Dar es Salaam · Nyerere National Park · Rufiji River
Experience the wild landscapes of Nyerere National Park, formerly known as Selous Game Reserve, on a compact 3-day safari. Combining classic game drives with a scenic boat safari on the Rufiji River, this itinerary offers a distinctive Southern Tanzania experience with excellent opportunities to see elephants, hippos, crocodiles, giraffes, buffalo and, with luck, African wild dogs.
Safari highlights
- Experience the vast wilderness of Nyerere National Park
- Search for lions, leopards and other predators
- Opportunity to encounter endangered African wild dogs
- See hippos and crocodiles along the Rufiji River
- Enjoy a scenic Rufiji River boat safari
- Look for giraffes, buffalo, zebras and other plains wildlife
- Excellent birdwatching opportunities
- Discover beautiful river, wetland and woodland landscapes
- Great opportunities for wildlife and landscape photography
Day by day
3 days, 2 nights
The route below is the standard version. Game drives follow the wildlife rather than a timetable, and your guide adjusts as the animals move.
- 1
Dar es Salaam to Nyerere National Park
Depart Dar es Salaam in the morning and travel to Nyerere National Park. After arrival and lunch, begin your first game drive through the park's diverse habitats.
Explore open plains, woodland and wetland areas while looking for elephants, giraffes, buffalo, zebras, wildebeest and predators.
- 2
Nyerere National Park: Game Drive & Rufiji River Boat Safari
Enjoy a morning game drive to explore the park when wildlife is often most active. Your guide will focus on areas with current wildlife activity and favourable viewing conditions.
Later, experience a boat safari on the Rufiji River, one of the signature experiences of Nyerere. Cruise through the river channels and lakes while looking for hippos, crocodiles and a wide variety of waterbirds.
- 3
Nyerere National Park to Dar es Salaam
After breakfast, enjoy an optional final morning game drive, depending on your departure schedule. Afterwards, begin the journey back to Dar es Salaam, arriving later in the day.
Included
What the price covers
- Private 4x4 safari vehicle with pop-up roof
- Professional English-speaking safari guide
- Private game drives as outlined in the itinerary
- Rufiji River boat safari
- 2 nights of safari accommodation
- Nyerere National Park entry and conservation fees
- Boat safari fees
- Meals
- Drinking water during game drives
- Dar es Salaam-Nyerere transfers as specified
- All applicable government taxes and tourism fees
Accommodation options: Your accommodation will be selected according to your preferred comfort level, travel dates, availability and safari route. Exact properties will be confirmed in your personalised quotation
Not included
What you arrange yourself
- International and domestic flights
- Tanzania visa fees
- Travel and medical insurance
- Tips for safari guide, boat crew and lodge staff
- Alcoholic and premium beverages
- Laundry and personal expenses
- Optional activities not listed in the itinerary
- Souvenirs and personal purchases
- Any service not specifically mentioned under "Included"
Best for
This safari is perfect for couples, families, first-time safari travellers, wildlife photographers and travellers looking for a short Southern Tanzania adventure. The combination of game drives and a Rufiji River boat safari provides two different ways to experience Nyerere's remarkable wildlife.
Accommodation levels
Choose the level, and we build the trip around it
The same route can be run four ways. The level you pick decides where you sleep, how far you drive to the wildlife each morning, and most of what the safari costs.
Budget
Clean, simple camps and small lodges. Everything you need after a day in the park, and nothing you do not.
Mid-range
Comfortable lodges and permanent tented camps with en-suite bathrooms, pools and full service. Where most safaris sit.
Luxury
High-end lodges and luxury tented camps in prime locations, with the shorter drives to the wildlife that come with them.
Premium
The best addresses in each park. Exclusive-use camps, private guiding and the quietest corners of the reserves.
Why there is no price on the page
A safari price that fits everyone fits nobody. Two people in a premium camp in August and a family of four in a mid-range lodge in April are different trips at different costs, on the same itinerary. Rather than publish a figure that would be wrong for most people reading it, we price each trip properly.
Tell us your dates, your group and the level you want, and you get an accurate quote back with the accommodation named.
What the quote is built from
- Accommodation level and the type of camp or lodge
- Where you sleep: park rates differ, and so do the drives
- Travel dates, since low, high and peak seasons are priced apart
- Group size, and the ages of any children
- Safari style: private, shared, or tailor-made
- Length of the trip, the parks you enter and the activities you add
- Vehicle and transport arrangements
- Anything special: flights, transfers, honeymoon touches, dietary needs
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