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Being located on the humid coastal plateau and with the great Rufiji river winding its way through the heart of the landscape, Selous has an unusually languid atmosphere. This is a very high quality game area, with superb birdlife along the river, good populations of elephant, lion and some decent packs of wilddog.

The reserve naturally lends itself to a slower pace of safari ... flying in to luxury camps, spending days out on the river, with early and late game-drives punctuated by lunches and siestas.

At the top end Sand Rivers Camp is generally considered to be the leading lodge, just ahead of Selous Safari Camp. In the mid-range both Lake Manze Camp and Impala Camp offer good value.