Selous Game Reserve Tanzania(GR) aka the Nyerere National Park is a 21,081 sq. mile park in southern Tanzania, the largest national park in the country. The park is home to one of the world’s largest wildlife sanctuaries. Which makes a Selous Game reserve safari Unique. Get more insight on rhis amazing reserve including the best time to visit the selous game reserve.
Selous Game Reserve Safari are renowned for their picturesque and pristine setting and the reserve itself was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982 as a protected nature reserve.
A safari in Selous Game Reserve offers visitors the chance to go on guided walking safaris and see big wildlife on game drives including large numbers of large animals including lions, elephants, birds, giraffes, and crocodiles on guided safaris, walking safari, and river boat safaris.
Selous GR attracts many visitors due to its vast wilderness with forests, grassy plains, mountains, and open Miombo woodlands and its relative proximity to Dar es Salaam. The reserve was named after the explorer Frederick Selous Courtney.
The rivers and lakes of the Selous are the lifeblood of a park that hosts some fabulous games, including elephants, wild dogs, buffalo, hippos, crocodiles, and the fantastic pride of lions.
In the game reserve, visitors can find some of Africa’s best walking, boat safaris, and fly camping trips, Selous has the greatest diversity of safari activities of all the safari parks.
The boating safaris in particular really set this reserve apart from other Tanzanian parks. Accommodation is also excellent with numerous luxury lodges and camping grounds.
Selous is home to several species of wildlife with the big five present including large numbers of lions, wildebeests, giraffes, zebras, hippos, black rhinos, antelopes, hyenas, African wolves, wild dogs, and more.
The numbers of animals in Nyerere National Park are unprecedentedly high, making the park ideal for an adventurous safari and water-based activities on the superb Rufiji river.
The Reserve also has a wide variety of vegetation zones, from forests and dense thickets to open wooded grasslands and riverine swamps attracting animals from far and wide.
The string of lakes along the main circuit is a good place to see unusually large groups of giraffes and waterbuck.
Over 440 species of birds can be found here, particularly by the Rufiji river waters including African spoonbill, African wattled lapwing, yellow-billed storks, kingfishers, lapwings, colorful bee-eaters, Fish eagles, and palm-nut vultures.
There are multiple activities and things to do in Tanzania that can be added to your safari including walking safaris. Here are some other activities which visitors can consider during their visit to Selous GR:
