SELOUS GAME RESERVE
The Selous, occupying an enormous land area of 55,000 sq.km. is the largest Game Reserve in Africa. The Reserve is
one of Africa's greatest wilderness, where the forest and bush are untamed and the animals unmolested by man. The Rufiji
River system which flows through the Reserve, flooding it during rain season, further limits human trespass into this
animal kingdom which boasts of over a million wild animals including some of the biggest population of elephants in
the world.
Other species commonly seen are lion, wild dog, buffalo, bushbuck, impala, warthog, leopard, hartebeest, rhino, sable antelope, reedbuck, waterbuck, giraffe, eland, baboon, zebra, greater kudu and the countless hippos and crocodiles which flock the Rufiji River (the greatest in East Africa).
Walking safaris accompanied by a ranger can be organised together with game drives and boat trips. The Selous is inaccessible during the rainy season - March to May - due to floods and the best time to visit the Reserve is from June to October.
