4 Days Selous Safari
Discover Africa’s untouched wilderness on a 4-days Selous Safari in Southern Tanzania.
4 Days Selous Safari
Discover Africa’s untouched wilderness on a 4-days Selous Safari in Southern Tanzania. Explore the continent’s largest game reserve through game drives, boat safaris, and walking tours. Home to elephants, wild dogs, and rich birdlife, Selous offers secluded luxury, diverse landscapes, and unforgettable wildlife experiences—just a short flight from Dar es Salaam.
Price: $1650 per person sharing
4 Days
3 Nights
Tanzania
Itinerary Highlights
Wild Dog
Selous is home to one-third of Africa’s rare wild dog population, offering one of the best chances to see them.
Boat Safari
Cruise along the Rufiji River and observe hippos, crocodiles, birds, and elephants from a unique and peaceful water perspective.
Walking Safari
Explore the bush on foot with expert guides for an intimate and thrilling encounter with nature, tracks, and smaller wildlife.
Elephant Herds
Selous holds over 60,000 elephants—Tanzania’s largest population—often seen drinking, bathing, and socializing along the riverbanks.
Scenic Sundowners
Enjoy sunset drinks in breathtaking settings overlooking rivers or plains, as the African sky transforms into brilliant colours.
Bird Paradise
With over 350 bird species, Selous is a haven for birdwatchers—spot eagles, kingfishers, hornbills, and colourful waterfowl.
Big Game
Home to lions, buffaloes, giraffes, leopards, and hippos—Selous offers exceptional game viewing in a vast, raw environment.
Secluded Wilderness
Selous is remote and less crowded than northern parks, providing a more exclusive and tranquil safari experience.
Itinerary Details
Day 1: Dar-es-Salaam – Selous
Take a 45-minutes flight from Dar es salaam to Selous game reserve. With three nights on safari in the magnificent Selous, you have a unique opportunity to experience everything that this vast and magnificent reserve has to offer. Covering 55,000sq kms of dense bush and savannah the Selous protects over one million large animals, the largest buffalo concentration in Africa; over half of Tanzania’s elephants and one third of Africa’s entire population of the rare and endangered wild dog. Overnight at Selous Serena Luxury Camp
Day 2: Selous National Park.
After breakfast choice of several activities, Walking Safari, Boat Safari or Game drive. There are large populations of elephant in the park. Over 70 % (60 000) of Tanzania’s elephants are found in this reserve. Other well known animals include the hippo (40 000 inhabit the river systems), depleted numbers of the black rhino, large herds of buffalo (over 160 000), the area’s famous wild dogs and 5 000 lion patrol the Reserve. Also found here are Nyasaland gnu, brindled gnu, hartebeest, Greater Kudu, sable antelope, eland, reed buck, bushbuck, waterbuck, warthog, zebras, giraffe, wildebeest, leopard and cheetah are rare. Overnight at Selous Serena Luxury Camp
Day 3: Selous National park
Day 4: Selous National Park – Fly to Dar-es-Salaam
After breakfast, Game Drive, Boat Safari or take a Walking Safari, Lunch and then Fly back to Dar es Salaam arriving late evening for onward flight.
Tour Map
Inclusions
- All domestic flights in an executive aircraft
- Airport transfers
- All statutory fees for the flights
- Full board accommodation
- Shared daytime game drives in specially adapted 4 x 4 game drive vehicles
- Safari activities
- Bean to coffee tours
- Game walk( Serengeti camp only) sundowner in the bush, night game drive, horseback riding, mountain biking, massage
- Emergency evacuation cover
- Drinks: Mineral water, soft drinks, juices, tea/coffee, beer, house wines and selected spirits.
- Park entrance fees.
Exclusions
- International flights
- Entry visas
- Extra meals not specified on itinerary
- Gratuities
- Any items not listed above
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