3-Day Nyerere NP (Selous) Road Safari from Dar-Es-Salaam

• You'll be collected from the airport.
• Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Dar es Salaam to Nyerere National Park (Selous)

In the morning, you'll be picked up by an experienced and professional driver-guide from your hotel or at the airport that will take you for a 4 to 5-hour drive to Nyerere National Park arriving at the time for the hot lunch. After lunch, you will relax for a while. At 3:45 pm, you will drive towards the great Rufiji River for the 2h30 thrilling sunset boat safari starting at 4:00 pm. You may expect to see hippos, crocodiles, and a variety of bird species in their natural habitat. You will start driving back to the hotel after sunset where you will have dinner and an overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Nyerere National Park

Best Time To Visit June to October (Easiest wildlife viewing)

High Season June to October (The main tourist area gets crowded)

Best Weather June to October (Little to no rainfall)

Wildlife in Nyerere NP

ElephantCommon

GiraffeAbundant

BuffaloCommon

ZebraCommon

WildebeestCommon

HippoAbundant

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HyenaCommon

LionOccasional

Wild DogOccasional

LeopardRare

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

CheetahNone

Accommodation:

Nyerere Tented Camp

• Mid-range tented camp located just outside Nyerere NP

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Full-Day Game Drive in Nyerere National Park

This morning after a rich breakfast at around 7:30 am depart for an amazing full-day game drive in the vast Nyerere National Park taking a packed lunch with you to maximize your game drive time. The lunch will be served under the shade of the tree over the expansive vistas of the park. You may expect to see a large variety of wildlife and among the Big Five, you have a chance to see the elephants, buffalo, lions, and leopards that are rarely seen.

Other animals that are commonly seen are crocodiles, hippos, bushbucks, impalas, wildebeest, warthogs, ostrich, giraffes, elands, baboons, zebras, hyenas, and kudus, the wild dogs are rarely seen. Apart from animals, you will also have a chance to see a variety of land and water birds including yellow-billed storks, kingfishers, lapwings, and colorful bee-eaters.

Main Destination:

Nyerere National Park

Accommodation:

Nyerere Tented Camp

• Mid-range tented camp located just outside Nyerere NP

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Morning Bush Walk and Drive back to Dar es Salaam

Early morning after a cup of tea or coffee at 6:30 am, you will have a 2-hour bush/nature walk with a bushman which will offer you an opportunity to observe and learn some fascinating facts about nature, birds, reptiles, insects, and medicinal uses of local plants, which you may not see while seating of your safari vehicle.

At 8:30 am, you will drive back to the camp where you will have a full breakfast. After checkout, you'll drive back to Dar es Salaam. We can either drop you off at your hotel or take you to the airport for your flight back home.

Main Destination:

Dar Es Salaam (City)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• Meals at own expense
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• You'll be dropped off at the airport.