Overview
About This Safari
This 1-Day Nyerere National Park Safari from Zanzibar offers a convenient way to experience Tanzania's southern wilderness without an overnight stay. Fly from Zanzibar to Nyerere National Park, meet your private safari guide and spend the day exploring the park by 4×4 game vehicle and, where flight and activity schedules allow, by boat on the Rufiji River before returning to Zanzibar.
A day safari from Zanzibar to Nyerere National Park is ideal if you’re looking for space, quiet, and a truly wild feel. Nyerere is part of the former Selous ecosystem and ranks among Africa’s largest protected wilderness areas.
Why Nyerere?
Landscape: rivers, woodlands, and open plains — noticeably wilder and more expansive
Wildlife highlights: elephants, lions, giraffes — and with some luck African wild dogs
Safari feel: often fewer vehicles than in the north — more room for immersive nature moments
This day tour is designed so you spend maximum time inside the park and enjoy an intense safari experience in a short time — no overnight stay and no detours.
Best for: safari lovers, off-the-beaten-path travelers, and a more authentic wilderness feel
Zanzibar -> Zanzibar
1-100 people
Easy
2+
Safari Snapshot
A quick look at the route, day by day.
Flight from Zanzibar, Picnic lunch Return flight to Zanzibar Game drive
Ways to Customize This Trip
This private itinerary can be tailored to your travel dates, preferred pace, accommodation style, dietary needs and special interests. Ask our Tanzania specialist to adjust transfers, activities and room arrangements before booking.
- Adjust the balance of safari, beach time and optional Zanzibar activities
- Upgrade accommodation and add private activities or extra safari nights
Day by Day
Here is how the days run. We can adjust the route around your dates and the pace you want.
1 Day 1 Zanzibar to Nyerere National Park – then back to Zanzibar Lucnch
Your Zanzibar day safari takes you early in the morning by flight to southern Tanzania and into Nyerere National Park. After landing, you head straight into a vast landscape of river systems, floodplains, and woodland.
On the game drive, you’ll often see elephants, giraffes, buffalo, and lions. Along the waterways, hippos, crocodiles, and many waterbirds are commonly spotted. Nyerere is also known as one of the parks with a chance to see rare
African wild dogs. At midday, you enjoy a short picnic break inside the park.
In the afternoon, the safari continues before you return to the airstrip and fly back to Zanzibar compact and well-paced, with maximum time in the park, no overnight stay, and no detours.
- Main stop: Zanzibar to Nyerere National Park – then back to Zanzibar
- Meals: Lucnch
- Activities: Flight from Zanzibar, Picnic lunch Return flight to Zanzibar Game drive
Tour Rates
This is the starting price for this trip. Your final quote is confirmed once we check your dates and availability.
Standard Season From$695
- Solo
- On request
- 2 people
- From $750
- 3 people
- From $740
- 4 people
- From $730
- 5 people
- From $710
- 6 people
- From $695
- 7+ people
- On request
Prices are per person in USD and based on shared double/twin accommodation unless stated otherwise. Final pricing depends on travel dates, lodge availability, group size and route adjustments.
What's Included
Included
- Park fees
- All activities (unless labeled as optional)
- A professional guide/driver
- All transportation (unless labeled as optional)
- All domestic flights during the tour
- All taxes/VAT
- Roundtrip airport transfer
- Meals (as specified in the day-to-day section)
- Drinks (as specified in the day-to-day section)
Not Included
- International flights (From/to home)
- Visa fees
- Additional accommodation before and after the tour
- Tips (the tipping guideline is $ 25.00 pp per day)
- Personal expenses and items (souvenirs, travel insurance)
- Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees