3 Days Selous Safari from Dar Es Salaam

Tour Descriptions:

This safari tour will take you to the largest game reserve and 2nd largest conservation area in Africa sized at 5,000 square kilometers. This is 4 times bigger than the Serengeti and larger than the entire country of Switzerland. Welcome to Selous Game Reserve! This reserve is one of the most remote ones in Tanzania, hence the least visited parks in Africa. Because of its elaborate and unique beauty, the Selous has so many safari animals and thus has it in history that UNESCO declared it a world heritage in 1982.

Tour Itinerary

Day 1: Drive from Dar Es Salaam to Selous

Our driver-guide will pick you up from Dar es Salaam and drive you to Selous Game Reserve with a picnic lunch to be served on the way. We arrive at the camp early in the afternoon, settle in, and we head for a boat safari along the mighty Rufiji River. The river is formed by the confluence of the Kilombero and Luwegu rivers. It is approximately 600 kilometers (370mi) long and here you will see plentiful hippos and crocodiles. The big herds of Tanzanian Elephants are also attracted by the River Rufiji that flows through the reserve. Some 350 bird species can also be found in the Selous Game Reserve.

Day 2:  Full day game drive in Selous Game Reserve

After breakfast, we depart for morning and afternoon game drive at the Selous Game Reserve. The Selous Game Reserve is the largest in Africa, covering 54,600 square kilometers. The reserve gets its name from the hunter and explorer Frederick Courtney Selous. He was killed here during World War 1. Selous is famous for elephants. Other species commonly seen are lions, wild dogs, buffaloes, bushbuck, impalas, elands, baboons, zebras, and greater kudus. It was originally set aside as a hunting area where animals are abundant but shyer than the Northern Parks.

Day 3: Selous to Dar Es Salaam

Early morning game drive or a nature walk then after breakfast you embark on your drive back to Dar es Salaam by road.  You will arrive in Dar es Salaam in the afternoon if you drive by road. If you are flying to Zanzibar then you will be transferred to the airstrip to take your flight to Zanzibar.

Group Price

2-3 persons    4-5 persons     6-7 persons       
$ 795                $ 645               $ 545

What's Includes

• Park fees
•  All activities (unless labeled as optional)
•  All accommodation as stated in the itinerary
•  A professional driver/guide
•  All transportation (unless labeled as optional)
•  All Taxes/VAT
•  All Meals (as specified in the day-by-day section)
•  Drinking water on all days

What’s not included

•  International or domestic flights 
•  Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
•  Tips (tipping guideline US$20.00 pp per day)
•  Personal items (souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
•  The government imposed an increase in taxes and/or park fees
•  Alcohol drinks