6 Days Nyerere National Park & Kilwa

Package Overview:

Nyerere National Park (formally the Selous Game Reserve) offers a wide range of activities that give visitors opportunities to enjoy its beauty. Some of the most popular activities include game drives, bird watching, walking safaris and boat safaris. The many waterways in the park provide an excellent natural setting for boat safaris, both for big game viewing and bird watching. 

Kilwa town historical site: is the former Islamic city-state, located on an island off the coast of Kilwa masoko. The city was founded in the 10th century by settles from Arabia and Persia (now Iraq) . It became one of the most commercial centers on the east coast of Africa. 

Itinerary:

Day 1: Dar es salaam to Nyerere National Park

After breakfast 08:00am picked up and drive to Selous(Nyerere National Park) through Kisarawe main road approx. 3-4 hours about 185kms, upon arrival check inn at Selous Hippo Tented Camp, hot lunch rest a bit wandering around the camp spotting the mongoose, yellow baboons,blue monkeys, velvet monkeys,at 16h00 start boat safari with skipper(guide) along the mighty RiverRufijiwatching hippos, crocodiles,buffalos,zebras,giraffes, impalas and other different animals which drift down to the river for water till sunset. Dinner and overnight at the Selous Safari Lodge

Meals: (Lunch and Dinner).

Day 2: Nyerere National Park 

After breakfast 06:30am going for a full day game drive with packed lunch and enough mineral water, served at the picnic site and proceed with the plentiful game drive into different spectacular places till the sunset to explore more about the wildlife especially the lions,elephants,sable antelopes,waterbucks,bushbucks,warthogs,wildebeests,kudus,african wild dogs and more. Dinner and overnight at Selous Safari Lodge.

Meals: (Breakfast/Lunch and Dinner).

Day 3: Nyerere National Park to Kilwa town

Pre-breakfast (hot coffee) walking safari with an armed ranger 06:30am and bushman for 2 hours, this adventure is a touch with nature in different style beside your game drive, back to the camp at 08:30am for full breakfast rest a little bit and drive to Kilwa town about 162.5kms takes approx. 2 and half hours, upon arrival check-in at Kilwa ruins Lodge/Kilwa Dreamers Beach Lodge, walking around the beach shore with beautiful coconut lined beach. The sea is warm and completely safe for a swim – which is just what you may need after the road journey.

The lodge offers a variety of accommodation options all of which are scattered along the beach and positioned to take maximum effect of the cooling sea breeze that blows throughout the day.  Dinner and overnight at the same place.

Meals: (Breakfast /Lunch and Dinner)

Day 4: Kilwa Town Historical Site

An early start allows for a half day trip to Kilwa Kisiwani ruins, which were designated a UNESCO World Heritage site due to their influence on the birth of Swahili culture. What is now a fishing village was, a thousand years ago, a major port occupied by Shirazi Arabs.

In around 800 AD the Shirazi Arabs travelled by dhow from modern-day Oman, when Europe was still embroiled in the dark ages.

They minted gold and sold spices, jewellery and slaves, whilst holding licentious parties under the light of the moon.

Within a few years these entrepreneurs amassed an unimaginable fortune by trading in gold mined deep in the African interior – modern day Zimbabwe. You will travel over in a traditional dhow and will be shown round the island by a local, English-speaking guide. On the way back from the ruins it is possible to return via the mangrove-lined river channel, with the chance to spot hippos and crocodiles along the way or to go snorkeling on one of the adjacent patch reefs.

Day 5: Kilwa Historical Town

At Kilwa Kisiwani after your breakfast experience underwater the water world of texture and colour: metallic-blue starfish, giant clams with royal-purple lips and baby puffer fish floating past. You may see a lionfish lurking under a shelf, his mane-like tentacles fanning out along his backbone. These waters also shelter five species of turtle, including the rare loggerhead turtle, as well as dolphins and whales, although sightings are rare. Dinner and Overnight at the Same place.

Meals: (Breakfast/Lunch and Dinner)

Day 6: Kilwa town to Dar es salaaam

Leave early morning to return to Dar Es Salaam, stopping on route at Kilwa Kivinje. This was the German administrative capital of the southern region. You will see the boma which was apparently built to provide office space, although its specific functions are still the subject of speculation. Like grass growing over a ruin, it has been incorporated it into daily life. Kilwa Kivinje is now a fishing port with a very picturesque bay.

Kivinje also bears witness to a grimmer aspect of German colonisation. The Mwembe Kinyonga memorial was built by the town’s inhabitants on the site where Tanzanian participants in the Maji-Maji rebellion were hanged. This uprising took place at the turn of the twentieth century and sowed the seeds of Independence. From Kivinje you continue your transfer back to Dar es Salaam hot lunch on the way, arriving early evening.

Meals: (Breakfast and Lunch)

Cost:

$1,500 pp

Group Size: Minimum 2 Pax

Price Includes:

  1. All meals(3meals) per itinerary given
  2. Mineral water during the trip
  3. Safari vehicle(4x4 Toyota Land Cruiser)
  4. Professional English speaking driver
  5. Guide fees
  6. Government tax(VAT) 18%
  7. All the Park entry fees
  8. Accommodation
  9. Pick up and Drop off

Not Include:

  1. Tips
  2. Things of personal needs such as
  3. beers, wines, cigarette and more
  4. International flight
  5. Visa
  6. Medical Insurance


Booking reference
https://turracoexpeditions.co.tz/itinerary/6+days+nyerere+national+park+-amp-amp;+kilwa