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The Selous, at 50,000 sq. km, is the largest reserve in Africa. Nevertheless,
the Selous is home to the continent's greatest populations of elephant, buffalo
and wild dog and the landscape is largely untouched by man. The northern Selous
offers river trips and unhurried walking safaris for those looking for a more
rounded wildlife experience. The terrain is predominantly miombo woodland but
there are also lakes and swamps, hot springs, sulphurous pools and the
spectacular Steigler's Gorge.
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on a Selous Safari and experience huge numbers of hippo wallowing in
the cooling waters along the shores of the lakes and Rufiji river
and crocodiles abound. Much of this landscape is a vast inaccessible
swamp, where enormous populations of game exist unhindered by
mankind. Only a relatively small corner of the park is accessible to
the visitor and there are just six camps licensed to operate within
the park boundaries. Although you will travel to
the largest conservation area in Africa on a Selous Safari,
you'll probably only experience a very small proportion of this
mighty park. Most of Selous is dedicated to private hunting
concessions and scientific research. Only about 10% of the Selous is
dedicated to tourism.
There are over 800,000 mammals in the park, including elephant,
buffalo, zebra, impala, wildebeest, hartebeest, waterbuck, giraffe,
kudu, warthog, grysbok, lion, leopard, cheetah, hyena, jackal, wild
dog, bush baby, baboon, vervet monkey and various mongooses. Some of
these populations are absolutely huge. There are so many giraffe in
some areas that the Selous is known in Dar as giraffic park.
Additionally the rivers play host to large populations of hippo and
crocodile, as well as an elusive population of dugong down in
 the
Rufiji delta. On the other hand though, it is one of those parks
where you can drive for abolutely ages without seeing a living
thing.
You can do walking safaris here as well
seeing game from a boat and the more conventional landrover
safaris. There are several very good camps and exclusive lodges
here to choose from. Selous is best between June and October and
in January and early February, but is also good in the green
season, being March and mid-November to mid-December.
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