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Safari Details
2-Day Budget Safari Dar Es Salaam to Selous (Nyerere NP)
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Embark on an exciting yet affordable 2-day safari to Selous Game Reserve (now Nyerere National Park), a UNESCO World Heritage site, just a few hours from Dar es Salaam. This budget-friendly safari offers the perfect opportunity to witness Tanzania’s vast wildlife and spectacular landscapes without breaking the bank.
Route At A Glance
A polished route framework, refined around your dates.
Over 2 Days, this route follows Dar Es Salaam ➝ Nyerere NP ➝ Dar Es Salaam, styled as private dar es salaam departure with a fast, high-impact safari rhythm. The final version can still shift lodge level, flight timing, activity rhythm, and beach or city connections.
Trip Overview
Best suited to private tour, budget.
Embark on an exciting yet affordable 2-day safari to Selous Game Reserve (now Nyerere National Park), a UNESCO World Heritage site, just a few hours from Dar es Salaam. This budget-friendly safari offers the perfect opportunity to witness Tanzania’s vast wildlife and spectacular landscapes without breaking the bank. Uwanda can adjust accommodation, activity rhythm, and transfer style around your dates and budget.
Human planning note
This route is best treated as a starting design, not a fixed bus tour. Tell Uwanda your arrival point, travel month, and comfort level so the team can tune the route before quoting.
Included And Excluded
Know what's included on this route before you request a quote.
Included On This Safari
- Park Fees
- All activities (Unless labeled as optional)
- All accommodation (Unless listed as upgrade)
- A professional driver/guide
- All transportation (Unless labeled as optional)
- All Taxes/VAT
- Meals And Drinks (As specified in the day-by-day section)
Usually Excluded
- International flights, visas, travel insurance, and personal medical expenses.
- Tips, premium drinks, laundry, personal purchases, and optional upgrades.
- Domestic flights unless clearly included in the confirmed package quote.
- Extra hotel nights before or after safari unless requested and added to the quote.
Itinerary Flow
Your safari, one remarkable day at a time.
Explore the daily rhythm, places, meals, and overnight stays. Every detail can still be refined around your dates.
Day
01
Nyerere National Park
Dar es Salaam To Selous Game Reserve (Nyerere NP) By Car
Today's Experience
You will be taken from Dar es Salaam in the morning where our professional driver will drive to Selous Game Reserve (Nyerere National Park) via short way of Kisarawe, taking about 3.5 hours to the destination. On arrival at the Nyerere National Park, you will do game drives until sunset when you will get to enjoy various tourist attraction like animals such as elephants, lions, zebras, giraffes, antelopes and more others. You will also see birds and other landscape scenery with varied topography including wetlands, dry grassland, light acacia forest and higher ground with vast views of far off mountains. Then you will go to Camp or Lodge for dinner and sleep, preparing for the next last day.
Day
02
Nyerere National Park
Walking & Boat Safari, Then Back To Da es Salaam
Today's Experience
On this day, you will get morning tea then do a bushman walking tour in the forest with our bushman accompanied with armed ranger. You will then go for the boat safari at the biggest and longest river in Tanzania, called Rufiji River that is approximately 600 kilometres (370 miles) long, with its source in southwestern Tanzania and its mouth on the Indian Ocean. The river has many attractions including crocodiles, hippos, river cliffs, birds and more others. After the boat tour, you will be back at camp or Lodge to get breakfast. Prepare to get back to Dar es Salaam and while on the way, have some time to eat lunch.
Activities
Real experiences included on this route.
Boat Safari
Explore the Wild From the Water. When most people think of a safari, they imagine bumpy rides through dusty roads, looking out for lions, elephants, and giraffes. But there’s another side of Tanzania’s wilderness...
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Game Drive
An Unforgettable Adventure. When you think about visiting Tanzania, one thing you should not miss is going on a game drive. It’s one of the best ways to experience the beauty of African wildlife up close and trust m...
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Starting price guide before your custom quote.
Travelers
Adult pp
Child pp
1
$650
$442
2
$440
$299
3
$440
$299
4
$420
$286
5
$440
$299
6+
$400
$272
Children are priced using this safari age policy: 5-12 years. Younger infants can be confirmed by Uwanda during final quoting.
- Rates shown on this website are starting points and may change by season, lodge availability, routing, and flight cost.
- Final quotes should confirm accommodation names, room type, inclusions, park fees, transfers, and payment timing.
- Luxury, honeymoon, family, and private fly-in versions can be priced separately on request.
Booking Confidence
What to confirm before you secure the safari.
Before You Book
Uwanda can confirm the best travel sequence, realistic transfer time, and whether road or flight routing suits your dates better.
Upgrade Possibilities
Ask about luxury lodges, private fly-in links, honeymoon touches, photography pacing, or extra nights in Zanzibar or Arusha.
Quote Clarity
Share your budget direction early so the team can recommend the right accommodation level instead of overselling the route.
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