6 Tours to Nyerere (Selous Game Reserve), ordered shortest to longest trip. Prices are from R28095 $1496 £1198 €1399 A$2290 C$2047 NZ$2519 to R74839 $3985 £3192 €3726 A$6099 C$5452 NZ$6709 per person. Use our Tour Search → to filter by price, duration, start point, travel style and more.
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Experience the raw and untamed African bush with two of the most exciting activities in Nyerere National Park: wild camping and close-up wildlife watching by boat. Tanzania’s largest national park, Nyerere was formerly known as Selous Game Reserve, and offers adventurous travelers an unforgettable safari experience. Take a walking safari and explore the park’s vast wilderness. Nyerere National Park is an African safari destination you won’t want to miss.
Guided safaris to Nyerere National Park range from 9-day and 10-day Tanzania Safaris (budget camping or lodge) to 41-day and 55-day Accommodated Overland Tours. The shorter Tanzania Safaris focus more on off-the-beaten-track wildlife parks in southern Tanzania and give you more time in Nyerere Park (formerly Selous Game Reserve). The less-crowded wildlife parks of the Southern Tanzania Safari Circuit include Ruaha National Park and the Udzungwa Mountains, along with Mikumi National Park.
Many of the longer overland safari tours that incorporate Nyerere also visit the famous Northern Tanzania Safari Circuit, taking you game viewing in the legendary Serengeti Park and Ngorongoro Crater. Longer tours, of about three weeks, either explore Southern African or East African countries in the region, whilst the tours of a month or more incorporate both Southern and East African destinations - from Kruger in South Africa to Serengeti in Tanzania or Masai Mara in Kenya. The longer safaris and overland tours typically spend less time in Nyerere National Park, however.
Nyerere National Park is featured on tour itineraries to some of the best-known African safari parks in the world, as well as trips to some of the wildest and lesser-known game reserves. This Tanzanian safari park combines well with Zanzibar Islands to the east and Lake Malawi to the south.
Short Tanzania Safari Tours (9 or 10 days) that visit Nyerere Park typically depart from, and end in, Dar es Salaam, on the East coast of Tanzania. We feature a few 11-day budget African safaris that travel between Dar es Salaam and Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe or Zambia. These affordable guided safaris travel via Lake Malawi in Malawi and South Luangwa in Zambia.
Next, we carry safaris of about three weeks long which mostly journey between Victoria Falls and Nairobi. These budget safaris take you overland from Zimbabwe to Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, and Kenya, or in the reverse direction. Major attractions on these trips include the world-renowned Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, and trips to the beach paradise of Zanzibar Island, in addition to Vic Falls, South Luangwa, Lake Malawi, and Nyerere National Park.
The other alternative for three-week-long African safaris is to travel between Johannesburg in South Africa and Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. On these medium-length trips, you primarily explore Southern Africa, visiting top travel destinations in Botswana. Highlights in Botswana typically include Chobe Park, the Okavango Delta, Makgadikgadi Pans, and the Central Kalahari Game Reserve offering diverse African experiences - from red-sand deserts and bleached saltpans to watery delta channels and game-rich floodplains.
For overland Africa tours, 30-days and longer in duration, you can travel from Johannesburg to Nairobi (and vice versa: Nairobi to Johannesburg) or from Victoria Falls to Nairobi via Uganda, where you go gorilla trekking in Bwindi Forest Park. What makes the Victoria Falls to Nairobi Safaris extra special is the chance to go gorilla trekking as well as wildlife viewing in the Masai Mara National Reserve of Kenya.
The longest African Budget Safaris to Nyerere National Park start on the southern coast of Africa in Cape Town and end in Nairobi, Kenya. In addition to visiting South Africa's top city destination, Cape Town, these overland tours take you to the most incredible places in Namibia - the Fish River Canyon, Namib Desert, Swakopmund, Etosha, and Windhoek. Then it is on to the best of Botswana - Chobe, Okavango Delta, and Makgadikgadi Pans, before stopping at Victoria Falls for adventure activities aplenty. From there you visit highlights of Malawi, Zambia, and Tanzania (including Zanzibar), before finishing your tour in Nairobi, Kenya.
Take your pick from Budget Camping or Budget Lodge Safaris and Overland Camping or Accommodated Overland Tours. The Budget Lodge and Budget Camping Safari options are available for the shorter Tanzania Safari trips that visit Nyerere National Park. These small group safaris take 7 travelers at most and travel by 4x4 safari vehicle, offering an authentic African safari experience.
Both the lodge and camping safaris include a professional English-speaking guide, all meals on tour, and all park entry fees. The camping tour option includes a cook and camping equipment, tents, and mattresses. The lodge safari option also includes domestic flights from Ruaha National Park to Nyerere National Park (including tax) and a flight from Nyerere to Dar es Salaam or Zanzibar.
Our Africa Overland Tours that visit the broader Nyerere/Selous Ecosystem as part of longer itineraries take groups of 20 travelers at most. The Overland Tours are conducted in large overland trucks, making use of 4x4 game viewing vehicles in the major safari parks visited. These budget African tours explore Mikumi National Park, the most popular national park in the broader Nyerere Ecosystem.
Our Overland Camping Safaris are the most affordable option, followed by the Accommodated Overland Tours. On Overland African Tours, everyone is required to help out on the road, especially the camping safaris where guests assist with setting up and dismantling the tents at the safari camps. These adventure-style African tours are ideal for the young at heart. A flexible attitude and open mind will go a long way to ensure a fun and rewarding overland experience in Africa, regardless of your age.
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Find out more with our Nyerere (Selous Game Reserve) safari travel guide page.