4 Days Selous Budget Safari

Birdlife in Selous Game Reserve

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all pictures on this page taken on the same day of game drive on 20 March 2008

Selous Game Reserve Wild Dogs

General History: Selous Game Reserve was gazetted in 1905 by the German colonial administration. Seventeen years later, four reserves were combined to establish what is today "The Selous Game Reserve". It was named after Captain Frederic Courtney Selous, who during WWI, was killed and buried within the Game Reserve.

The Sanctuary: The game sanctuary is one of the largest protected areas in the world and runs in almost five regions of Tanzania, Coastal region, Lindi, Mtwara, Morogoro, and Ruvuma covering an area of more than 50, 000 square kilometers. It is located in the south-east of Tanzania. Today Selous game Reserve is the single largest game reserve of Africa, probably in the world.
Geography: The main geographical feature in Selous game Reserve is the Rufiji River and its tributaries the Great Ruaha River and Kilombero River. It is well fed by different rivers, tributaries and streams.

The vegetations in Selous Game Reserve varies remarkably. Savannah wooded grassland and deciduous Miombo woodland dominate most of the reserve. It is also covered by dense thorn bushes and ground water forests as well as rocky outcrops.
Wildlife: Selous Game Reserve contains the world's largest concentrations of elephants, buffalo, crocodiles, and hippopotamuses. Other animals include leopard and wild dogs (the reserve has one third of world population of wild dogs), as well as lions. The muddy Rufiji River is full of hippo and Massive crocodiles, variety of bird life: fish eagle, African Skimmer, waders, herons, kingfisher and weavers. Antelopes, white bearded wildebeest and giraffes are commonly seen north side of the river. (See the Map)
 Selous Game Reserve Covers 5 percent of Tanzania's land area, though a tourist area has been set aside on the species-rich north bank of the Rufiji River where the widest diversity of the Reserve’s animals exists. Hunting is prohibited in this area and game viewing,, river boat safaris and photo-tourism are encouraged. (See Map of Selous Game Reserve)

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