Selous Nature Reserve

You might not know this, but Selous Game Reserve is the biggest game reserve in Africa and covers a vast area of about 54,600km2, putting it at 1.5 times the size of Belgium, about three times the size of South Africa’s Kruger National Park and twice the size of the Serengeti National Park. In a fitting tribute, it is also one of Tanzania’s three World Heritage Sites. The park was names after the great explorer and hunter, Frederick Courtney Selous. Large numbers of elephants, black rhino’s, cheetahs, giraffes, hippo’s and crocodiles live in this immense sanctuary. This park has a variety of vegetation zones, ranging from dense thickets to open wooded grasslands. The Selous offers a heady mix of good game, diverse terrain and lots to do, whether it be walking, boating, fishing or fly camping as well as game driving.