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Selous Game
Reserves Safaris with Bush Routes Adventures
Selous General Information.
The Selous
Game Reserve is a unique and unusual safari environment;
a vast, thriving wildlife area of forests and woodlands
around the lagoons, sandbanks and lakes of the Rufiji
River. With its diversity of game and scenery the
Selous
is an area that naturally appeals to a photographic
lens, as the waterways and plains reflect the changing
colors of the sun.
Selous: Wildlife.
The Selous wildlife is all the more interesting because
it attracts both East and Southern African wildlife,
both resident and migratory, and over 440 known species
of birds. The waterways of the Rufiji River Delta
attract elephant herds, and are packed full of grunting
hippopotami and yawning crocodile that lumber into the
water at the first sound of a boat. The banks attract
large herds of plains game depending on the season,
dispersing after the rains and regrouping when the water
sources concentrate. To get a good idea of a safari
experience in the Selous
Selous Safaris: Walking, Boating, & Camping.
The conservation area allows walking and boating
safaris, unlike any National Parks, and guiding
standards are high. Many camps will arrange fantastic
fly-camping nights in the bush, book able in advance.
Selous: The Reserve.
Covering
almost 50,000 square km, the Selous Game Reserve is one
of the largest areas set aside for wildlife preservation
anywhere in the world. It accounts for 5% of the land
mass of Tanzania, and yet all options for tourists are
high quality, low-impact lodges that provide a high
standard of accommodation.
Selous: Scenery.
Selous
scenery is widely varied, with unusually green grasses
and tangles of vegetation.
 The river routes are
characterized by legions of tall Borassus Palms along
the banks that grow up to 25m tall, and leave a tall
headless totem when the water courses move to leave them
high and dry. The Selous conserves a surprisingly
colorful African landscape, with white lead wood trunks
in stark contrast to the surrounding vibrancy of
well-watered greens and a ranging palette of sandy
terracotta's.
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07/17/2010
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