A Game Drive in Nyerere National Park
Nyerere national park was formerly known as Selous game reserve, the park is the largest game reserve in Tanzania. it’s a protected area that covers an immense area of over 30 square kilometers, it is twice the size of Serengeti. The park was established in November 2019 as part of the legendary Selous game reserve. The park encompasses the mighty Rufiji River, a game drive is an excursion through wild areas to find some of Africa’s most iconic and elusive wildlife in a vehicle. The park is home to the most breathtaking wild wildlife left on the African continent and is far from the crowds. Nyerere has a diverse range of wildlife with huge populations of hippos and giraffes as well as elephants, buffaloes, lions, and over 440 species of birds.
The Game Drive
Nyerere national park during the game drive, you can see most of the big five including, elephants and buffaloes are very numerous, lions too are ever-present, and leopards can be found though with a lot of hard work. The rhinos are the problem, they are very small n number in the park compared to Ziwa Rhino sanctuary in Uganda which has a variety of Rhinos. The park has small black rhinos due to poaching. some of the animals that you should look out for when you get to Nyerere national park include the famous wild dogs which are approximately 1300, giraffes, hippos, buffaloes, lions, greater kudu, bush back, Nyasa wild beasts antelopes, baboons, zebras, baboons, Lichtenstein’s hartebeest. You can also spot hyenas, side-striped jackals, vervet monkeys, and yellow baboons. During the game drive, you can also spot bird species, which would be a great experience for birders. the lake is a home of all kinds of waterfowl, ducks, kite osprey harriers’ hawks, vultures, spoonbills, kingfishers, skimmers, cormorants, storks, ibises, herons, and pelicans among others.
