Selous Game Reserve

Pros: friendly people, fantastic beaches and game viewing
Cons: none

Arriving in Tanzania armed with a Lonely Planet guide and no fixed agenda beyond an authentic safari, Zanzibar beaches and minimum cost is perhaps not a sound basis for holiday planning. However having previously visited Kenya I knew that advance...

Pros: Good wildlife viewing if you go during the dry season.
Cons: Game tends to be more shy than in other African national parks.

In early October we spent 6 days in this reserve, splitting our time between the Rufiji River Camp and the Selous Safari Camp (formerly known as Mbuyuni Luxury tented camp). Only a small portion of the north of this vast reserve has been developed for...

Pros: Good wildlife viewing if you go during the dry season.
Cons: Game tends to be more shy than in other African national parks.

In early October we spent 6 days in this reserve, splitting our time between the Rufiji River Camp and the Selous Safari Camp (formerly known as Mbuyuni Luxury tented camp). Only a small portion of the north of this vast reserve has been developed for...

Pros: Stunning wild life, tropical views and raging river
Cons: El Nino damage, needs renovation and unhappy workers make for uncomfortable venue

While spending a wonderful honeymoon traveling around Tanzania and Kenya, we spent a long four days at the Selous Game Reserve.

Most of our trip up to that point had been spent luxury camping and at private lodges during the first part of...

Pros: great wildlife, wonderful variety of landscapes, Sable Mountain Lodge's setting and service are superb
Cons: not enough time spent there

My son and I visited Selous in June 2005. We stayed at the wonderful Sable Mountain Lodge for one night before setting out on a flycamp and walking safari experience. While we had read quite a bit about Selous, nothing compared to the feeling that ...

Pros: off the beaten path, superior guiding, private camping in wildlife rich areas
Cons: acacia thorns in the bush

A new mobile camping operation has started in Selous Game Reserve in 2005. 2 campsites have been selected in different locations providing the opportunity to walk from one to the other, sleeping in 2 different locations.
There are 2 'star nest' platforms at each site, beds are raised 12 feet in the air giving great gameviewing directly from your bed. Traditional bucket showers and wooden thunderbox toilets make this a truly authentic African safari in the wilderness.
This is essentially your own private camp in one of the remotest sections of Selous. One site overlooks a seasonal riverbed where animals come to the waterholes to drink, the other is on the banks of the Rufiji River.
The walking safari connecting the 2 camps is about 8 kilometers and takes about 3 hours. Shorter walking safaris are taken from both campsites as well.
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