Selous Game Reserve

Size: 55,000 Square kilometers, about four times the size of the Serengeti National Park.

Location: South East Tanzania

Getting here: Charter flight from Dar es Salaam (aprox. 50 mins flight time); not accessible by road.

To do: Take a cable car across Stieglers Gorge which is 100 meters deep and 100 meters wide; bird watching with over 350 species in the reserve; fishing for Vandu and Tiger fish to the West of the reserve; walking safaris accompanied with an armed ranger; boat trips are possible from some of the luxury tented camps.

Best time: June to October. It is inaccesible from March to May due to heavy rains and floods.

Accommodation: Mainly based in the north of the reserve : 2 Luxury Tented Camps, 2 safari camps.

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The remote game reserves, parks and sanctuaries in Southern Tanzania are vast areas of untouched virgin bush. The Selous Game Reserve is just this. The reserve, which carves out a huge portion of Southern Tanzania, makes it the largest Game Reserve in the world - 4 times the size of the Serengeti, it possesses a diverse landscape from hot volcanic springs, sporadic lakes and channels from the Great Rhaha and Rufiji rivers. Walking within the reserve is permitted, with an armed ranger, and with over 2,000 species of plants, 350 species of birds and over a million wild animals including various species of antelope as well as the big five and some of the biggest population of elephants in the world, makes this the most heavenly sanctuary to explore.