Selous Impala Camp
Small solar-powered tented camp · Rufiji River, eastern sector · Deograsias and co-owners
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Mid-range
Inside the park
Locally owned
The strongest local ownership story in Nyerere: Deograsias holds the majority stake and is, by the camp's own account, the first Tanzanian to own a camp inside this park, alongside European co-owners. It is a small solar-powered tented camp on the Rufiji in the eastern sector, built in 2005 and priced well below the lake-circuit names. If you want your bed money to stay in Tanzanian hands without leaving the park, this is the option.
Why you'd pick it
- Majority-owned by a Tanzanian, the first in this park
- Nine tents, solar powered, built in 2005
- The cheapest proper camp inside the boundary
What's here
- Family rooms
- Campsite
- En-suite bathrooms
- Solar or 24h power
Arranged from the lodge:
- Game drives
- Boat trips
- Guided walks
- Birding
- Fishing
Read from Selous Impala Camp's own website in July 2026. Anything not listed we could not confirm, which is not the same as it being absent.
What the park charges on top
The rate above buys you a bed. Nyerere National Park charges its own entry fee for every day you are inside. Here is what that adds up to.
- Park entry$70 plus 18% VAT, charged per 24 hours.
- $82.6per person, per day
- Vehicle$40 plus VAT, foreign registered.
- $47.2per vehicle, per day
Three nights means three days inside, so two adults sharing one vehicle pay $637.2 in park fees before anyone pays for a bed.
The full fee schedule for Nyerere National ParkRates
On request. The camp publishes no current rate card. Older third-party listings show roughly $230 to $290 a night, which may well be out of date, so ask the camp for a written quote.
What the rate covers is not confirmed. We do not know yet whether meals, drinks and activities are included, so read this as the bed only.
Every figure on this page is in US dollars.
Indicative 2026 rates gathered in July 2026 from operators' own rate cards, and from the best third-party sources where an operator publishes nothing at all. No published rate means 'on request'. Always confirm with the property. Two things shift the real comparison in this park. First, park fees are extra almost everywhere: a camp inside the boundary carries the $82.60 conservation fee plus a $59.00 to $70.80 concession fee per adult per night, both including VAT, and most in-park camps bundle these into an all-inclusive rate while the camps outside the gate charge entry, boat and walking fees separately on the days you go in. Second, ignore any camp still advertising night game drives: they are not permitted inside the national park since the 2019 regazettement. Names you may still find in older guides but that we do not list: Azura Selous, which appears permanently closed, plus Selous Kulinda, Ol Moran, Jimbiza Lodge, Selous Great Water, Selous Mbuyu, Selous Mapumziko, The Retreat Selous and Amara Selous, none of which we could verify as currently trading.