The largest national park in Africa, and almost nobody goes. Nyerere — the old Selous — is boat safaris on the Rufiji river, walking safaris with an armed ranger, and wild dog, which is the species serious safari-goers travel for. It is the southern circuit, reached by a short flight from Dar es Salaam.
Every one of these is something we run here, not a stock list.
We do not have a scheduled itinerary for Nyerere National Park on the site right now, which does not mean we cannot take you. We build private trips to order across Tanzania — tell us your dates and we will put a route and a price together.
Plan a trip to Nyerere National ParkNyerere National Park, located in southern Tanzania, is the largest national park in Africa, covering over 30,000 square kilometers. It boasts a rich diversity of wildlife, including elephants, lions, hippos, and the endangered African wild dog. The park is part of the greater Selous Game Reserve, offering visitors a chance to experience untamed wilderness through boat safaris, walking safaris, and traditional game drives. The Rufiji River, which flows through the park, attracts a variety of animals, making it a prime destination for nature and wildlife enthusiasts.
Most safaris here combine two or three of these.
Fourteen thousand square kilometres of plains, and the stage for the whole wildebeest migration — which is not an event but a year-round circuit the herds never stop walking. Where they are depends on the month, so the Serengeti rewards planning more than any other park in East Africa.
A collapsed volcano twenty kilometres across with twenty-five thousand animals living on the floor of it, walled in by a six-hundred-metre rim. It is the one place in East Africa where seeing all of the Big Five in a single morning is an ordinary outcome rather than a lucky one.
Tarangire has the baobabs and the elephants. In the dry season the river is the only water for miles and the herds concentrate on it — three and four hundred elephant in a day is not unusual, which beats anything the Serengeti offers. It is two hours from Arusha and usually the first stop on a northern circuit.
A narrow strip of forest, lake and floodplain under the Rift Valley escarpment, famous for lions that sleep in the acacia branches. It is small enough to see in half a day and sits directly on the road between Arusha and the Ngorongoro Crater, so it costs an itinerary almost nothing.
Tell us roughly when you can travel and how long you have. We will tell you honestly whether Nyerere National Park is the right call for those dates — and what it costs.
