Nyerere National Park

At 30,893 square kilometers, the vast Nyerere National Park is actually Africa's largest stand alone National Park, and one of the largest in the world. The park is located in south Eastern Tanzania, roughly 230 kilometers by road from Dar es Salaam city to Mtemere Gate, and was carved out from the Selous Game reserve, a huge wilderness area and safari destination in Southern Tanzania.

Nyerere Park boasts of the largest concentration of wild animals and a rich collection of wildlife that is abundant and diverse. The fact that this park is new and largely less frequented by tourists means that the animals here tend to be less exposed to humans. Good numbers of Big Cats such as Lion, Leopard, Cheetah are to be found here along with other large Game animals such as Elephant, Rhino, Buffalo, Giraffe, Eland, Zebra, Wildebeest and other wildlife.

With the new establishment of this park by the Tanzania Government and TANAPA ( Tanzania National Parks Authority ) in late 2019, it is expected that the park will be developed further and managed more professionally for a better tourism experience.

Nyerere National Park was formed fairly recently in 2019 by taking over the northern part of the famous Selous Game Reserve in Southern Tanzania. A Game Reserve is similar to a National Park except that the latter is administered by a different organization within TANAPA, and is therefore subject to closer and highly professional management. The name of the Park is in recognition and in honor of the memory of Tanzania's founding father of the nation, the late Mwalimu Julius Nyerere.

With a truly massive wilderness area in East Africa, this National park has an undisturbed ecology and can be considered to be more remote, pristine and unspoilt compared to the more visited parks in Tanzania, such as Serengeti, Ngorongoro and Tarangire. The park is home to an intact and diverse range of wildlife exhibiting significant predator and prey relationship. The great Rufiji River, the largest river in Tanzania, which flows into the Indian Ocean and has a healthy population of hippo and crocodiles,flows through the northern part of the park and is one of the tourist attractions here. The river is very picturesque and a designated photographic zone. The Nyerere Park, as this destination is also referred to as, is among the best wildlife areas to spot some of the fascinating wild animals of Africa. Our website, Nyerere National Park.Net , hopes to offer complete information to guide travelers in planning a visit to this beautiful destination, which may well include booking a Safari tour most suited to their preferences. Tourists naturally have many questions when planning a trip here especially as this is a remote part of East Africa, and we often get all kinds of questions ranging from when is the best time to visit Nyerere Park or details on the park entrance fee applicable for tourists or even information on how to get here from Arusha or Dar es Salaam and book a safari to this magical destination. We try to answer most if not all your questions through this website in a timely manner.

As regards Accommodation inside the park, there are several Tented Camps offering a quality experience such as Serena Mivumo River Lodge, Sand Rivers, Selous Serena Camp, Beho Beho Camp, Mbuyu Safari Camp, Rufiji River Camp and Stiegler’s Gorge Camp.