What to do: There are several exciting activities one can enjoy in Nyerere National Park. The most exciting of these are the River Boat Safari which involves spotting wildlife within the comfort of a boat on parts of the Rufiji River, discovering channels, lagoons and swamps. The unique activity of exploring the park and visiting a traditional village is quite popular and a fantastic. One can also enjoy the nature treks, sundowners and romantic bush meals.

Nyerere National Park is actually Africa’s one of the largest stand-alone National Park, and one of the largest in the world. This park is located in the south Eastern Tanzania, roughly 230 kilometres by road from Dar es Salaam city to Mtemere Gate, and was engraved out from the Selous Game reserve, a huge wasteland area and safari destination in Southern Tanzania.

Nyerere Park claims of being the largest concentration of wild animals and a rich collection of wildlife which is abundant and assorted. The fact that this park is new and largely less frequented by tourists, here the animals are less exposed to humans. Huge numbers of Big Cats such as Lion, Leopard, Cheetah are found here along with other large Gaming animals such as Elephant, Rhino, Buffalo, Giraffe, Eland, Zebra, Wildebeest and other wildlife. The Park experiences bimodal rainfall season and the short rains fall in November and December and it is followed by a partial drying out in January and February. Thereafter, the long rains fall on early May.