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Ciril
CH
Visited:
February 2018
Reviewed: Apr 15, 2018
Email Ciril | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Andrey Lopatinskiy
RU
Visited:
March 2018
Reviewed: Mar 31, 2018
Email Andrey Lopatinskiy | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Selious is big wild territory with wild roads, is more naturally, more real as I like.
Simon Betterton
AE
Visited:
December 2017
Reviewed: Jan 11, 2018
Email Simon Betterton | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great birds and hippos on the Rufiji River, a highly entertaining and informative safari walk with Ndidi, and so many lovely animals in the Reserve. A great start to our trip, only surpassed by Mikumi.
Michele
OM
Visited:
September 2017
Reviewed: Oct 24, 2017
Email Michele | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing wildlife in a lush waterworld
The Selous Game Reserve is a vast wilderness conservation area just South of Dar Es Salaam. The 30-minutes flights that leaves Dar for the park is managed by Coastal Aviation, one of the best airlines in the whole continent.
We stayed at Lake Manze lodge, managed by Essential Destinations and our stay was just perfect. The food was incredibly creative and never boring (especially considering the remoteness of the location), the management was extremely professional in making our stay memorable and keep us busy for the 2.5 days that we spent over there. The lodge organizes both jeep safaris as well as short but interesting walking safaris, fishing trips and, what is probably the most delightful experience of all, a boat safari on the lake at sunrise or sunset. Our guides were funny, professional, experienced and they too contributed in making our trip one to remember.
Winfried
KE
Visited:
June 2017
Reviewed: Aug 20, 2017
Email Winfried | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
3-Days safari
amazing experience for a short trip. communication was good and our Driver/guider was friendly and very knowledgeable. we saw many animals lions, elephants, girraffes et-cetera. Our experience was good and plan to come back next year.
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Eleanore Avery
US
Visited:
February 2012
Reviewed: Apr 19, 2017
Email Eleanore Avery | 65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
The Selous is huge and not visited as much as northern parks that can be very crowded at certain times and certain areas. We had wonderful experiences of big lion prides, large elephant herds and huge buffalo herds interacting. Lodges are excellent.
Jumbokedama
JP
Visited:
August 2016
Reviewed: Dec 8, 2016
Email Jumbokedama | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
I think this has been my favorite park so far. Hellish drive on a loooong, bumpy dirt road in order to get there, but the place is remote and there are few visitors. One can see a very wide variety of wildlife, including birds.
Richard Kingsbury
GB
Visited:
July 2016
Reviewed: Oct 29, 2016
Email Richard Kingsbury | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great family safari including big 5 and river safari
For us it was the opportunity to do a river safari that attracted us to the Selous and our trip up the Rufiji River was a nice change from game drives. The game drives were also excellent with very few other vehicles on the road and they are allowed to go off road which is great fun and allows you to get close to the wildlife. This is not allowed at some other parks. We were lucky to see elephants, lions, hippos and a leopard. There are some spectacular birds too. We stayed at the Serena Selous Camp which we would recommend. Accommodation is in luxury tents and there is a spectacular bar/restaurant/deck which overlooks a watering hole that hippos frequent. The service was attentive but unaffected and the staff even let our boys join in their daily football match. The food was excellent and we had no side effects. Another unexpected bonus of the Selous is that there are no mosquitoes which is one less thing to worry about. The weather was pleasant and not too hot in the last week of August.
My visit occurred at the end of January when the temperatures reached 98 degrees. The shaded pool at Rufiji River Camp was a welcome respite from the heat as was the cooling breeze created by our safari vehicle. Vervet monkeys rule the camp. Pay respect to the alpha male with the blue scrotum! The best predator viewing is in the Lake Manze area where I spotted a hyena with a fresh wildebeest leg in its jaws. Birding is excellent and crocs are everywhere. One person in camp saw a crocodile take down a buffalo!