At a massive 44,800 square kilometres ... bigger than Switzerland ... Selous is one of the largest and most important game reserves in Africa.
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 tropical and languid atmosphere.
The numbers here are astounding. The reserve is thought to contain up to 70,000 elephant ... around 8% of the total population ... 120,000 buffalo, 40,000 hippo, 4,000 lion ... the list goes on.
In recent years the reserve has been badly mis-managed and there has been a great deal of poaching, but a new regime seems now to be getting things back under control.
Selous North may only represent about 20% of the land area, but is the only part of the reserve open to the general public and contains almost all of the safari camps.
Selous South, the remainder of the reserve, is a vast and virtually uncharted wilderness, largely comprised of hunting blocks and therefore off limits until recently ...
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 tropical and languid atmosphere.
The numbers here are astounding. The reserve is thought to contain up to 70,000 elephant ... around 8% of the total population ... 120,000 buffalo, 40,000 hippo, 4,000 lion ... the list goes on.
In recent years the reserve has been badly mis-managed and there has been a great deal of poaching, but a new regime seems now to be getting things back under control.
Selous North may only represent about 20% of the land area, but is the only part of the reserve open to the general public and contains almost all of the safari camps.
Selous South, the remainder of the reserve, is a vast and virtually uncharted wilderness, largely comprised of hunting blocks and therefore off limits until recently ...
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