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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
Tor Arne Fallingen
NO
Visited:
April 2018
Reviewed: May 6, 2018
Email Tor Arne Fallingen | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The park displayed a lot of what I feel African nature is like, it has dense vegetation areas and sparse vegetarion areas. It has the common animals, but you may not get to see the more rare ones. As our guide said, Selous you might not see everything, but you get close to the animals you see. In Mikumi you drive in hills and mountains, you may see more, but need good spectacles to make out what animal it is. This is 2 reserves easily accessible from Dar es Salaam, its not Serengeti og NgoroNgoro, which I understand is something completely different in many ways. But when we visited, there were 1 other car in the park, we saw it at the gate going in, so we didnt drive in a Safari convoy, this I appreciate.
Jaume
ES
Visited:
July 2018
Reviewed: Aug 4, 2018
Email Jaume | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great safari in Selous, last July 2018. Three days/two nights. We saw all the animals expected, including lions, buffalo, hippos, and a elephant. The weather was great in july: no rain and a great temperature. Selous occupies an enormous territory, so is difficult to find others vehicules, except in the encounters with lions and elephants because they are more difficult to find. Selous is an area not overcrowded by tourism.
Beatrice Svanström
TZ
Visited:
July 2018
Reviewed: Aug 14, 2018
Email Beatrice Svanström | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Everything was great, the staff was wonderful, lovely nature and we saw animals all the time!
Martina Menicucci
IT
Visited:
November 2018
Reviewed: Nov 5, 2018
Email Martina Menicucci | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
VERY GOOD SAFARI!!
here you can really see the pristine savannah and wild animals.
Lyn Arnold
US
Visited:
June 2019
Reviewed: Aug 7, 2019
Email Lyn Arnold | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Fantastic Reserve: Full of Animals, Not Full of People
Selous Game Reserve is a real jewel, full of wildlife and birds and intriguing flora with the added bonus of very few visitors. I stayed at Asilia Africa's Roho Ya Selous and it could not have been better. As a solo traveler, I look for places which allow me to be on my own (for meals or individual safari vehicles) and Roho was very accommodating. I could do as I pleased.
Selous' geography, with its river, plains, and abundant flora was a completely different experience than the Serengeti. I saw many hippos, giraffes, lions, and baboons there, along with the always-charming impalas. You will see almost all the great predators (if luck is on your side!).
The Northern Serengeti and the Ngorongoro Crater are fantastic to see; but if you are looking for a safari that does not resemble a drive-through 'zoo', with countless other vehicles surrounding a beautiful animal, Selous is worth visiting.
Susana Dente
AR
Visited:
January 2020
Reviewed: Feb 11, 2020
Email Susana Dente | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Reserva que te permite ver a gran cantidad de animales.
Experiencias muy lindas
Carry
NL
Visited:
August 2022
Reviewed: Sep 4, 2022
Email Carry | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
We did not spot the big 5, but Al lot of great animals. When one of the guides spotted lions, it suddenly gets very crowded. The rest of the day you will hardly see any other drivers. We had a beautiful boat safari and two fantastic full game drive days. The bush walk was okay, but not great.
Andy Bees
GB
Visited:
September 2022
Reviewed: Oct 3, 2022
Email Andy Bees | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The large area of this park means that the wildlife can be a bit more spread-out and the animals can be a bit more timid of vehicles. But in my opinion that is a good thing and exactly as it should be. Another plus is that the scenery is amazing and appears largely unspoiled. You could easily lose yourself if you were not with a guide. We really liked Nyerere (Selous).
Matt Webb
CA
Visited:
November 2022
Reviewed: Dec 31, 2022
Email Matt Webb | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
We were able to see all of the wildlife we had hoped to see. A beautiful park.