This 1-day Safari from Zanzibar to Arusha National Park is one of the exceptional safari packages to one of Tanzania’s smaller National Parks with jaw-dropping landscape and plethora of stunning wildlife species with common ones being giraffes, hippo, zebra, yellow baboons, wildebeests, blue monkeys, black and white colobus monkeys, warthogs and Cape buffaloes and many others.
The 3 days Selous/Nyerere National Park Safari package is an adventurous vacation getaway for visitors interested in game viewing within secluded, raw and less thronged destinations.
This park is set within the southern circuit that surprisingly boasts of lower visitor numbers with great views of Grant’s zebras, impalas, African wild dogs, and greater kudu, the elusive sable antelopes, yellow baboons in addition to unique bird species especially the secretary birds, African fish eagles, weavers, Marabou storks, Open-billed storks and Kingfishers among others.
In the morning you will be picked up at your place of stay in Zanzibar. Drive to the Airport for a 50-60 minutes’ morning flight to Selous (Nyerere) National Park. Pick-up from the Airstrip by our experienced safari driver to the accommodation facility in Nyerere National Park where you will have time to settle in then head for an exciting village tour later on. This is where you will learn about riveting traditions of the local community living around the Park, climaxed with a cultural dance which you will also take part in.
Enjoy Lunch and about 4pm depart for the relaxing 2-3 hour sunset boat trip along the mighty Rufiji River to explore its beauty and resident wildlife species especially huge hippos (in hundreds) and crocodiles, in addition to plethora of birds species. This will feel like a dream but reality which can only be achieved in Nyerere National Park. Before dark return to the accommodation facility for a delicious meal and overnight marked by sounds of the Wilderness.
On this day you will explore Nyerere National Park to its fullness through a game drive. After a lovely breakfast, venture into the wilderness to search for the animals with numerous views experienced but the commonest are Hippos, Cape buffaloes, Grant’s zebras, giraffes, wildebeests, lions and impalas while the elephants, spotted hyenas will be encountered occasionally. While the black rhinos, leopards, cheetahs and African wild dogs are rare in Nyerere National Park, your chances of seeing them are higher during this whole day game drive.
After the morning game drive, you will enjoy a picnic Lunch in the National Park and continue with your adventure of traversing through the sweeping plains of Nyerere National Park. At sunset begin your journey back to the accommodation facility to rest after a long day in the bush, then dinner and overnight.
Oh, how time flies as this is the end of your Nyerere National Park adventure. Be treated to an early morning breakfast then you are joined by an armed Park ranger as you head for the walking safari, and later continue to the Airstrip to catch your flight to Zanzibar. Embark on your International flight back home and if it is not scheduled for this day be picked up by our professioanal driver for drop-off at your hotel. This marks the end of our 3 days Nyerere National Park tour.