Day Safari Tour Selous Game Reserve: Encounter East Africa's Wild Nature and Classic Game Drive
4.8
40 Ratings
Zanzibar
Embark on a thrilling day safari tour in Selous Game Reserve, where you'll encounter East Africa's wild nature and enjoy classic game drives. Don't miss the chance to see the elusive wild dog and explore the park's stunning savannah and water bodies.
Duration: 10 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Nyerere National Park ( Selous Game Reserve ) - Nyerere National Park is a newly established Park that is part of what is known as Selous Game Reserve; founded in 2019 and covers over 30,000 square kilometres and is now the largest National Park in Africa.

The park boasts Tanzania’s largest elephant population and many lions, leopards, African hunting dogs, buffaloes, and hippos. Species commonly seen are bushbucks, red and blue duikers, elands, hartebeests, hyenas, giraffes, oryx, reedbucks, impalas, waterbucks and zebras.

This tour starts by departing from Zanzibar airport at 07h00, arriving at Selous Mtemere Airstrip at 08h00, received by our safari guide.

Immediately you will start a safari game drive, sightseeing the game in the park, driving through the savannah and along the river and lakes extemdash picnic lunch at lunchtime in a stunning location with a clear park view.

Then you can go ahead with your journey exploring the African bushes before returning to the airstrip at around 16h00 for your scheduled flight back to Zanzibar.

What's Included
  • Bottled water included
  • Lunch provided
  • All fees and taxes covered
  • Tea and coffee available
What's Not Included
  • Alcoholic Beverages
  • Tips, French and German guide on request
Additional Information

The Park presents a wealth of untamed nature, where one can come across diverse wildlife native to East Africa - it’s your best bet for spotting a wild dog, although there’s no surefire promise. The park guarantees an iconic safari across its savannah and a journey past numerous bodies of water, such as the mighty Rufiji River and various lakes.

Additionally, this expedition provides unrestricted wildlife viewing, beginning from an early morning departure from Zanzibar to a late evening return from Selous.

Location
Jahazi Cafe
All travellers are supposed to be at Abeid Amani Karume International Airport, Zanzibar, Tanzania specifically ''The Jahazi Café, Zanzibar international Airport, Zanzibar, Tanzania'' Ideally 1 hour before departure time.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Marusz19715
Dec 10, 2023
A million-photo journey 121 Selous - A great experience worth every penny. Memories will remain forever... Greetings to Tomek. If a safari from Zanzibar is just a trip worth a million photos!!!
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Aniakk254pw
Dec 7, 2023
An amazing experience - An amazing experience in all aspects! Safari organization at the top! Tomek managed a difficult situation very well (plane crash) and quickly found other solutions (light plane). Seeing these animals live in their natural conditions will stay with me forever. I can't wait to see beautiful photos from Tomek! ;-)
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729s_aweks
Oct 22, 2023
The most wonderful safari in Tanzania - It was a wonderful safari with Tomek. A guide and photographer, a man with passion. He told and explained the world of animals in a fantastic way. His team of pure off-road drivers drove perfectly close to the animals. We felt like guests of animals, respecting their home in the bush. The longest safari of all offered and wonderful photos taken by Tomek - this is what you expect from the safari of a lifetime!
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Kasiaipiotr
Sep 24, 2023
16.9 Safari - We went on a safari with Tomek on September 16th, it was the best experience we have ever had, we have never been so closer to the animals. Big thanks also to our driver Amani, he can tell so much about animals and is very funny. I can recommend everyone if they want to go on a safari, then only with Tomek.
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66klaudiad
Sep 24, 2023
The best Safari - Tomek is a super positive person. He takes great photos and his team of crazy Safari Gateway drivers know where to look for animals. If Safari, only with them!
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Micha_d362
Sep 22, 2023
Awesome experience - We were on a trip organised by Tomasz Dworczyk - our awesome photographer and really nice guy. Our driver and guide was Ramadan - another great man. We felt safe with him, even next to lions. There was no place he couldn't get into, thanks to it we took many amazing photos. Also he has huge knowledge about Selous and animals living there. All drivers were well-coordinated, so we had info from others where to go to see animals and we didn't disturb each other.
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Bartlomiej_krawiec
Sep 22, 2023
Adventure of a Lifetime - It's an amazing adventure to see how these animals live in their natural environment, and they are practically at your fingertips, lions, giraffes and hippos... great organization, great drivers who know how not to scare the animals and respect them very much, Tomek is an amazing character, very positive energy and he takes great souvenirs, i.e. photos... and you have to experience them to load them on Safari! 👍👍👍👍👍 I recommend it to everyone.
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Z4789nbagnieszkap
Sep 20, 2023
Amazing trip - It was amazing !!! Our trip was very special for me. Gus were wonderful. Thank you and good luck :) See you, I hope.
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Lindsay_m
Jan 19, 2024
4.5 hour safari - For spending nearly $1000 for two of us to go on safari, this was not worth the money, as we spent only merely 4 hours looking for animals on the safari, and the remaining time was spent sitting in the airport waiting to fly to the park, eating lunch, and driving to get back to the airport. We saw very few animals, which I realize isn't always a guarantee, but of the "12 hours" the safari claimed to be, very little of the day was actually spent on safari, and was fairly disappointing for the amount of hard-earned money spent.
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Marzenao995
Dec 12, 2023
Definitely not something I expected... - Unfortunately, there will be no oohs and aahs from me. 19/11/2023 safari with a photographer recommended so strongly by Tomek Dworczyk “Journey for a Million Photos”. I asked about the conditions, the weather, the quality of the photos and invariably I was told that everything would be at the highest level, and that even if it rains in Zanzibar, it does not mean that it will be the same in Selous. Meanwhile, it was raining like crazy - yes, I know you have no influence on the weather, but due to the frequent trips you organize, you can honestly inform that in case of rain, the animals will hide deep in the bush, and the drivers will stick only to the main road in the park, one with road signs informing, for example, about turns and on which trucks drive because they will be afraid of getting stuck in the mud also because of the condition of car engines. The thing about animals is that they avoid the main road. So what did we get for 450 euros per person? Transfer from and to the hotel, meal, a lot of rain, long, empty (without animals) and pointless drives on the main road, a herd of elephants on the opposite bank of a reservoir, hippos in an artificial reservoir created after gravel extraction , a hippos in another reservoir, three giraffes, a lot of warthogs and impalas, crocodile's eyes above the water surface, a few species of birds - weavers above an artificial reservoir, white herons also above it, a spotted eagle that flew somewhere in the bush, an eagle that I spotted on a tree and that was it. Photos? Rather poor quality. And now, just to make myself clear - my opinion refers to this particular safari, which I would not have booked if I had received an honest answer to the questions I asked during the conversation. I regret a lost day, which I could have spent in a much more interesting way than sitting in the car and banging around for well over half of the time planned for the safari on the main road, especially that after “my safari” I saw that the tour operator changed Selous to Mikumi due to the weather forecast. So he also could have offered it to us and above all his duty is to give an honest information so that the client can make a decision he will not regret. Unfortunately, there will be no oohs and aahs from my side. 19/11/2023 safari with a photographer recommended so strongly by Tomek Dworczyk Journey for a Million Photos. I asked carefully about the conditions, the weather, the quality of the photos, and invariably I was told that everything would be at the highest level, and that even if it rains in Zanzibar, it does not mean that it will be the same in Selous. Meanwhile, it was raining like crazy - yes, I know you have no influence on the weather, but due to the frequent trips you organize, you can honestly inform me that in case of rain, the animals will hide deep in the bush, and the drivers will hide in the mud for fear of getting stuck in the mud and on the condition of car engines, they will stick to the main road in the park, one with road signs informing, for example, about turns and on which trucks drive. The thing about animals is that they avoid them, and rightly so. So what did we get for 450 euros per person? Transfer from and to the hotel, meal, a lot of rain, long, empty (without animals) and pointless drives on the main road, a herd of elephants on the opposite bank of a reservoir, a hippie in an artificial reservoir created after gravel extraction, a hippie in another water reservoir, three giraffes, a lot warthogs and impalas, a crocodile's eyes on the water surface, a few species of birds - weavers above an artificial reservoir, white herons also above it, a spotted eagle that flew somewhere in the bush, an eagle that I spotted on a tree and that was it. Photos? Rather bad. And now, just to make myself clear - my opinion refers to this particular safari, which I would not have used if I had received an honest answer to the questions I asked during the conversation. I feel sorry for this day, which I could have spent in a much more interesting way than sitting in the car and banging around for well over half of the time planned for the safari on the main road, especially since after "our safari" the organizer showed that he had various options to use and due to poor conditions, he exchanged Salous for Mikumi. However, above all, his duty is to provide an honest answer so that the client can make a decision he will not regret.
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