4-Day Nyerere Selous Private Safari with Boat Trip

Your driver-guide collects you early from your hotel or the airport in Dar es Salaam. The road runs south through coastal villages and farmland to Nyerere National Park, the largest national park in Tanzania and part of the former Selous Game Reserve. After check-in you set out on an afternoon game drive, looking for elephants, giraffes, buffalo and impala in the woodland, and hippos and crocodiles near the water. Dinner and overnight at your camp.

Accommodation

Selous River Camp Tented Camp Mid-range

+6 +5

Spend the full day on game drives in Nyerere National Park, returning to camp for lunch and a rest in the midday heat. The park combines grassland, miombo woodland, palm-lined lakes and channels of the Rufiji River, so each drive shows different habitats. Your guide searches for lions, elephants, buffalo, giraffes and large groups of hippos. African wild dogs live here, although sightings are never guaranteed. Birdlife is rich, from fish eagles to kingfishers. Dinner and overnight at your camp.

Accommodation

Selous River Camp Tented Camp Mid-range

+6 +5

Start the morning with a guided boat safari on the lakes and channels of the Rufiji River. From the water you get close views of hippo pods, crocodiles basking on the sandbanks and waterbirds such as herons, storks and kingfishers. Elephants and other animals often come down to drink along the banks. Return to camp for lunch, then head out on an afternoon game drive on land. Dinner and overnight at your camp.

Accommodation

Selous River Camp Tented Camp Mid-range

+6 +5

After an early breakfast, and a short final game drive when time allows, leave Nyerere National Park and drive north back to Dar es Salaam. You reach the city in the afternoon, and your driver-guide drops you at your hotel or at the airport for your onward journey. We recommend booking onward flights for the evening or the next day, as road conditions on the park access road change with the seasons.