15 Nyerere National Park Safaris in Dar es Salaam to Build a Day Around

1.3 Days Selous (Nyerere National Park)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 43 reviews · from $850Our pick

Spend three days and two nights exploring Nyerere National Park with Kihindo Tours and Safaris. You’ll travel privately from Dar es Salaam, cruise the Rufiji River, take a full-day game drive, and join a morning walking safari. Guides such as William, Abel, and Idriss are praised for clear communication and patient service.

“We had amazing time at this Safari. We handled the booking with Winnie. She was really fast with answers and she was really polite.”

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2.3 Days Safari – Selous Game Reserve

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 21 reviews · from $950

Spend three days exploring Selous from Dar es Salaam by road, with a Rufiji River boat safari, a full-day game drive, and a ranger-led walk. Guides such as Otto, Rama, Musa, and Zacharias have led past departures. The trip includes transport, meals, and camp accommodation.

“Had we known how beautiful and pristine Selous is, we could have done this trip much earlier. We got to see numerous wildlife species and landscapes in the marshes and grasslands of Selous. We were lucky to have guide Malava accompanRead more”

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3.3 Days Nyerere NP [Selous GR] Game, Walking and Boat

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 19 reviews · from $750

Spend three days in Nyerere National Park, formerly Selous Game Reserve, with a private guide, Rufiji River sunset cruise, full-day game drive, and morning bush walk. The operator works with guides including Hassan, Eric, and Salum Msese, with pickup and drop-off in Dar es Salaam.

“Fantastic experience! The guys picked us up at our hotel and took us to the airport.”

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4.5 Days Safari to Selous & Mikumi

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 15 reviews · from $1,999

Travel from Dar es Salaam to Selous Game Reserve and Mikumi National Park with a driver-guide in a 4x4 Landcruiser. Expect a Rufiji boat safari, a guided morning walk, long game drives, village views, and a sunrise return. Guides may include Juma, Otto, Musa, or Endrick.

“We had the most incredible experience on safari in Tanzania. The safari was packed with interesting wildlife encounters in some of the most beautiful landscapes we have ever been to.”

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5.5 Days Selous/Nyerere & Mikumi NP Game drive, Maasai and Walking

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 13 reviews

Travel privately from Dar es Salaam through Mikumi, Udzungwa, and Selous/Nyerere. Expect long road transfers, early game drives, Sanje Falls hiking and swimming, a Rufiji boat safari, and a sunrise bush walk. Guides such as Said, Kassim, Anthony, and Sixmund have been praised for safety and animal spotting.

“An exceptional trip from beginning to end. We anticipated a small group on safari and a lot of jeeps all chasing the same animals … how wrong we were! This was just us and our amazing guide, Kassim. He soon learnt that we loved birds too and went out of his way to make Read more”

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6.3 Days Unique safari Selous Game Reserve Tanzania

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 12 reviews · from $799

Travel from Dar es Salaam to Selous Game Reserve for a sunset boat safari, a full-day game drive, and an early bush walk. Expect hippos, crocodiles, elephants, birds, and a private group with pickup from your hotel, airport, ferry, or another agreed point.

“We booked the 3 day selous safari with 2 jeep safaris, a bush walk and a boat safari.”

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7.4 Days 3 Nights Selous (Nyerere national park) & Mikumi Adventure

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 11 reviews · from $1,200

This four-day private safari links Nyerere National Park with Mikumi, starting and ending in Dar es Salaam. Expect a Rufiji River boat safari, a full-day game drive, a two-and-a-half-hour walking safari, and two more wildlife drives. Guides including William and Isaya are praised for safety, humor, and wildlife knowledge.

“Excellent Safari experience with Kihindo Tours. Our Safari days in Nyerere were better than expected. William our guide and advisor was perfect and his level of knowledge of the area and the animals was unbeatable. The administration of KiRead more”

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8.Selous/Nyerere National Park Day Trip

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 8 reviews · from $600Best value

Leave Dar es Salaam around 4:30 a.m. with a private guide such as Bakari, reach Nyerere National Park for a game drive and park lunch, then return late. Expect about 14 hours, meals, water, WiFi, and chances to see lions, elephants, hippos, giraffes, zebras, and more.

“Had a fantastic day with Bakari. A truly lovely man. He picked me up from the airport and dropped me back at my hotel after an amazing day exploring the beatiful park and seeing so many incredible animals. The park is vast and Bakari was a wonderful guide. The perfect option as I had such limited time in Tanzania. Would recommend in a heartbeat.”

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9.3 Days Safari to Nyerere National Park (Selous Game Reserve)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 8 reviews · from $1,155

Travel from Dar es Salaam to Nyerere National Park for a boat safari among hippos and crocodiles, a full-day 4WD game drive, and time in the bush. Private transfers, two lodge nights, meals, bottled water, and a driver-guide are included. Ask ahead about the advertised walking safari.

“Everything was great. The best was our driver and guide Emanuel. Comunnication with Mansoor from African Pangolin Safaris befor our trip was perfect. Very kindly attitude from him. We saw on safari lions, zebras, hyena, elefants, giraffes on the river Rufiji were hippos, crocodiles, birds...... Accomodation in Mloka Safari Lodge - perfect! Thanks for great experience.”

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10.5 Days Safari to Nyerere NP (Selous GR) and Mikumi NP

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 7 reviews · from $1,446

Travel from Dar es Salaam with African Pangolin Safaris for five days of boat safari, walking safari, and open-roof 4x4 game drives in Nyerere and Mikumi. Guides Mansour and Yunus Mohamed are associated with the trip, which includes meals, park fees, lodging, and hotel transfers.

“This is the review for the 5-day African Pangolin Safaris visiting Mikumi and Nyerere park.”

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11.8 Days Safari to Mikumi NP, Ruaha NP and Nyerere NP + Isimila Stone Age Site

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 7 reviews · from $2,500

Travel privately from Dar es Salaam through Mikumi, Ruaha, and the Selous area, listed here as Nyerere National Park, with a 4x4, open roof, guide, game drives, a Rufiji River boat trip, walking safari, and Isimila’s red-rock canyon.

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12.10 Days Mikumi Ruaha Selous Experience

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 6 reviews · from $4,538

Travel privately from Dar es Salaam through Mikumi, Ruaha, and Selous, with game drives, lodge stays, meals, bottled water, and a driver-guide included. Look for elephants, wild dogs, kudu, hippos, crocodiles, lions, and hundreds of bird species. Guides may include experienced Gosheni staff such as Francis, Albert, or Calvin.

“We just completed a terrific week with Edward as our driver-guide. Did the Tanzania northern circuit (Tarangire, Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro Crater, and Serengeti). Gosheni did a superb job of putting our itinerary together, then bringing it to Read more”

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13.3 days safari to selous game reserve

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 6 reviews · from $769

Travel from Dar es Salaam to Selous for a sunset Rufiji River cruise, a full day of wildlife viewing, and a sunrise walking safari with an armed ranger. Guides such as Khalifa, Mr Six, and Tatiana have led trips for this operator, though your assigned guide may differ.

“We booked 5 days trip, with Wildtrip safari,Which 2 day in Selous and 2 days in Mikumi National Park.”

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14.3-Days Private Nyerere NP Game Drive and Boat safari tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 5 reviews · from $1,827

Travel privately from Dar es Salaam to Nyerere National Park for a boat safari on the Rufiji River, an early game drive, and a ranger-led bush walk. Guide Silas has received especially warm praise for his care and professionalism. Lodging, meals, water, transfers, and park costs are included.

“We had a fantastic trip to Nyerere park some months ago. Everything was just perfect. Not only the park itself which felt very privat and special, but also the team of TanzAmerica Safaris. Very service minded company. They replied very quickly Read more”

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15.3-Day Selous Reserve mid-Range Safari

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 5 reviews · from $2,066

Travel from Dar es Salaam to remote Selous for a Rufiji River boat safari and morning and afternoon game drives. A private vehicle, guide, lodging, meals, water, and transfers are included. Guides such as Laban and James have earned praise for warm, careful service.

“We realtà had a wonderful time with pur proffessional guide LABAN.he took a very food care of US.he made sure that we enjoy our holiday in Tanzania.i realy recommend him for tour future trip.he made us a very good cocktail in the middle of no where,wich left alot of Memory to us”

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