The Selous Game Reserve was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982 due to its wildlife diversity and undisturbed environment. Encompassing an area of over 21,000 square miles, not counting additional buffer zones, Selous is about three times the size of South Africa’s Kruger National Park and twice the size of Serengeti National Park. To maintain its pristine quality, the reserve permits no permanent human habitation or structures. Because of its location and its size, Selous is much quieter with fewer tourists per square mile than the parks in the northern parts of the country, and so it remains relatively wild and untouched.
Selous’s size makes it difficult to estimate the true extent of the wildlife within its borders. But its rivers and lakes sustain phenomenal wildlife concentrations, including Africa’s largest populations of elephant and wild dog. Along the Rufiji River and beyond, an astonishing number of animal and bird species can be found including waterbuck, reedbuck, bushbuck, crocodile, hippo, and black and white colobus monkeys. Sandbanks are crowded with huge crocodiles, exposed mud banks are shaded under red clouds of carmine bee-eaters, and swampy islands are visited by wandering elephants.
Magnificent sickle-horned sable and curly-horned greater kudu tend to keep to the longer grass and wooded shrubby areas. The dry season sees an ancient elephant migration from the Selous to Mozambique’s Niassa Game Reserves. This journey crosses one of the largest natural trans-boundary eco-systems in Africa, and at the last consensus it was estimated that 64,400 elephants roam the two parks, with 84% happening on the Tanzanian side.
There are plenty of activities to enjoy in the Reserve. As a unique opportunity, walking safaris are permitted in the Selous. Most of the nearby game lodges and safari camps will have daily game drives in 4×4 vehicles for exploring the Reserve with the expert knowledge of a guide and tracker. Of course, boat trips on the Rufiji are also popular. Navigating the network of lakes and rivers by boat provides an unusual perspective on the terrain and allow the animals to remain undisturbed by your presence. Fishing the rivers in the Selous is extremely enjoyable as anglers search for fierce tiger fish and giant vundu catfish which can exceed 100 pounds. The vundu is marvelously equipped with primitive lungs that enable it to cross land for short distances in search of a new home as the pools shrink during the dry season. Fly camping lets visitors set up a small, temporary camp in the bush with an armed guard nearby.


- Bashay Rift Lodge
- Beho Beho Camp
- Chada Katavi
- Chaka Camp
- Chem Chem Lodge
- Dunia Camp
- Ehlane Plains Camp
- Entamanu Ngorongoro
- Ewanjan Tented Camp
- Faru Faru Lodge
- Forest Chem Chem
- Fumba Beach Lodge
- Fundu Lagoon
- Gibbs Farm
- Greystoke Mahale
- Grumeti Hills
- Grumeti Serengeti Tented Camp
- Jabali Ridge
- Jongomero
- Kaskaz Mara Camp
- Kiba Point Selous
- Kichaka
- Kichakani Serengeti Camp
- Kichuguu Camp
- Kigelia Ruaha
- Kimondo Migration Camp
- Kiota Camp
- Kisima Ngeda Tented Camp
- Klein’s Camp
- Kuria Hills Tented Lodge
- Kuro Tarangire
- Kusini
- Kusini Kopjes Kambi
- Kwihala Camp
- Lake Manyara Tree Lodge
- Lamai Serengeti
- Little Chem Chem
- Little Oliver’s Camp
- Manyara Ranch Conservancy
- Mara River Post
- Mara River Tented Camp
- Mara Tented Camp
- Maweninga Camp
- Mkombe’s House
- Mnemba Island
- Mwiba Lodge
- Namiri Plains
- Naona Moru Camp
- Nasikia Mobile Camp
- Ndutu Safari Lodge
- Ngorongoro Crater Camp
- Ngorongoro Crater Lodge
- Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge
- Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge
- Ngorongoro Tented Camp
- Olaado Camp
- Olakira Migration Camp
- Olduvai Camp
- Olduvai Ndogo
- Oliver’s Camp
- Roho ya Selous
- Ronjo Camp
- Rubondo Island Camp
- Sabora Tented Camp
- Sanctuary Serengeti Migration Camp
- Sand Rivers Selous
- Sasakwa Lodge
- Sayari Camp
- Selous Serena Camp
- Serena Mivumo River Lodge
- Serengeti Bushtops
- Serengeti House
- Serengeti Kati Kati Tented Camp
- Serengeti Migration Camp
- Serengeti Pioneer Camp
- Serengeti Safari Camp
- Serengeti Under Canvas
- Serian’s Serengeti
- Serian’s Serengeti Mobile
- Singita Explore
- Siwandu
- Swala
- Taasa Lodge
- Tarangire Ndovu Tented Lodge
- Tarangire Safari Lodge
- Tarangire Sopa Lodge
- Tarangire Treetops
- The Highlands
- The Manor at Ngorongoro
- Ubuntu Migration Camp
- Arumeru Lodge
- Arusha Coffee Lodge
- Baraza Resort & Spa
- Breezes Beach Club & Spa
- Chole Mjini
- Dar es Salaam Serena Hotel
- Kilindi Zanzibar
- Lake Duluti Lodge
- Legendary Lodge
- Machweo Retreat
- Matemwe Beach House
- Matemwe Lodge
- Matemwe Retreat
- Ngare Sero Mountain Lodge
- Onsea House
- Oyster Bay Hotel
- Plantation Lodge
- Ras Kutani
- Rivertrees Country Inn
- The Palms
- Zanzibar Serena Hotel
- Zawadi Hotel
Coming soon!

- Bashay Rift Lodge
- Beho Beho Camp
- Chada Katavi
- Chaka Camp
- Chem Chem Lodge
- Dunia Camp
- Ehlane Plains Camp
- Entamanu Ngorongoro
- Ewanjan Tented Camp
- Faru Faru Lodge
- Forest Chem Chem
- Fumba Beach Lodge
- Fundu Lagoon
- Gibbs Farm
- Greystoke Mahale
- Grumeti Hills
- Grumeti Serengeti Tented Camp
- Jabali Ridge
- Jongomero
- Kaskaz Mara Camp
- Kiba Point Selous
- Kichaka
- Kichakani Serengeti Camp
- Kichuguu Camp
- Kigelia Ruaha
- Kimondo Migration Camp
- Kiota Camp
- Kisima Ngeda Tented Camp
- Klein’s Camp
- Kuria Hills Tented Lodge
- Kuro Tarangire
- Kusini
- Kusini Kopjes Kambi
- Kwihala Camp
- Lake Manyara Tree Lodge
- Lamai Serengeti
- Little Chem Chem
- Little Oliver’s Camp
- Manyara Ranch Conservancy
- Mara River Post
- Mara River Tented Camp
- Mara Tented Camp
- Maweninga Camp
- Mkombe’s House
- Mnemba Island
- Mwiba Lodge
- Namiri Plains
- Naona Moru Camp
- Nasikia Mobile Camp
- Ndutu Safari Lodge
- Ngorongoro Crater Camp
- Ngorongoro Crater Lodge
- Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge
- Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge
- Ngorongoro Tented Camp
- Olaado Camp
- Olakira Migration Camp
- Olduvai Camp
- Olduvai Ndogo
- Oliver’s Camp
- Roho ya Selous
- Ronjo Camp
- Rubondo Island Camp
- Sabora Tented Camp
- Sanctuary Serengeti Migration Camp
- Sand Rivers Selous
- Sasakwa Lodge
- Sayari Camp
- Selous Serena Camp
- Serena Mivumo River Lodge
- Serengeti Bushtops
- Serengeti House
- Serengeti Kati Kati Tented Camp
- Serengeti Migration Camp
- Serengeti Pioneer Camp
- Serengeti Safari Camp
- Serengeti Under Canvas
- Serian’s Serengeti
- Serian’s Serengeti Mobile
- Singita Explore
- Siwandu
- Swala
- Taasa Lodge
- Tarangire Ndovu Tented Lodge
- Tarangire Safari Lodge
- Tarangire Sopa Lodge
- Tarangire Treetops
- The Highlands
- The Manor at Ngorongoro
- Ubuntu Migration Camp


- Arumeru Lodge
- Arusha Coffee Lodge
- Baraza Resort & Spa
- Breezes Beach Club & Spa
- Chole Mjini
- Dar es Salaam Serena Hotel
- Kilindi Zanzibar
- Lake Duluti Lodge
- Legendary Lodge
- Machweo Retreat
- Matemwe Beach House
- Matemwe Lodge
- Matemwe Retreat
- Ngare Sero Mountain Lodge
- Onsea House
- Oyster Bay Hotel
- Plantation Lodge
- Ras Kutani
- Rivertrees Country Inn
- The Palms
- Zanzibar Serena Hotel
- Zawadi Hotel

Coming soon!

The Selous Game Reserve was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982 due to its wildlife diversity and undisturbed environment. Encompassing an area of over 21,000 square miles, not counting additional buffer zones, Selous is about three times the size of South Africa’s Kruger National Park and twice the size of Serengeti National Park. To maintain its pristine quality, the reserve permits no permanent human habitation or structures. Because of its location and its size, Selous is much quieter with fewer tourists per square mile than the parks in the northern parts of the country, and so it remains relatively wild and untouched.
Selous’s size makes it difficult to estimate the true extent of the wildlife within its borders. But its rivers and lakes sustain phenomenal wildlife concentrations, including Africa’s largest populations of elephant and wild dog. Along the Rufiji River and beyond, an astonishing number of animal and bird species can be found including waterbuck, reedbuck, bushbuck, crocodile, hippo, and black and white colobus monkeys. Sandbanks are crowded with huge crocodiles, exposed mud banks are shaded under red clouds of carmine bee-eaters, and swampy islands are visited by wandering elephants.
Magnificent sickle-horned sable and curly-horned greater kudu tend to keep to the longer grass and wooded shrubby areas. The dry season sees an ancient elephant migration from the Selous to Mozambique’s Niassa Game Reserves. This journey crosses one of the largest natural trans-boundary eco-systems in Africa, and at the last consensus it was estimated that 64,400 elephants roam the two parks, with 84% happening on the Tanzanian side.
There are plenty of activities to enjoy in the Reserve. As a unique opportunity, walking safaris are permitted in the Selous. Most of the nearby game lodges and safari camps will have daily game drives in 4×4 vehicles for exploring the Reserve with the expert knowledge of a guide and tracker. Of course, boat trips on the Rufiji are also popular. Navigating the network of lakes and rivers by boat provides an unusual perspective on the terrain and allow the animals to remain undisturbed by your presence. Fishing the rivers in the Selous is extremely enjoyable as anglers search for fierce tiger fish and giant vundu catfish which can exceed 100 pounds. The vundu is marvelously equipped with primitive lungs that enable it to cross land for short distances in search of a new home as the pools shrink during the dry season. Fly camping lets visitors set up a small, temporary camp in the bush with an armed guard nearby.

- Bashay Rift Lodge
- Beho Beho Camp
- Chada Katavi
- Chaka Camp
- Chem Chem Lodge
- Dunia Camp
- Ehlane Plains Camp
- Entamanu Ngorongoro
- Ewanjan Tented Camp
- Faru Faru Lodge
- Forest Chem Chem
- Fumba Beach Lodge
- Fundu Lagoon
- Gibbs Farm
- Greystoke Mahale
- Grumeti Hills
- Grumeti Serengeti Tented Camp
- Jabali Ridge
- Jongomero
- Kaskaz Mara Camp
- Kiba Point Selous
- Kichaka
- Kichakani Serengeti Camp
- Kichuguu Camp
- Kigelia Ruaha
- Kimondo Migration Camp
- Kiota Camp
- Kisima Ngeda Tented Camp
- Klein’s Camp
- Kuria Hills Tented Lodge
- Kuro Tarangire
- Kusini
- Kusini Kopjes Kambi
- Kwihala Camp
- Lake Manyara Tree Lodge
- Lamai Serengeti
- Little Chem Chem
- Little Oliver’s Camp
- Manyara Ranch Conservancy
- Mara River Post
- Mara River Tented Camp
- Mara Tented Camp
- Maweninga Camp
- Mkombe’s House
- Mnemba Island
- Mwiba Lodge
- Namiri Plains
- Naona Moru Camp
- Nasikia Mobile Camp
- Ndutu Safari Lodge
- Ngorongoro Crater Camp
- Ngorongoro Crater Lodge
- Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge
- Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge
- Ngorongoro Tented Camp
- Olaado Camp
- Olakira Migration Camp
- Olduvai Camp
- Olduvai Ndogo
- Oliver’s Camp
- Roho ya Selous
- Ronjo Camp
- Rubondo Island Camp
- Sabora Tented Camp
- Sanctuary Serengeti Migration Camp
- Sand Rivers Selous
- Sasakwa Lodge
- Sayari Camp
- Selous Serena Camp
- Serena Mivumo River Lodge
- Serengeti Bushtops
- Serengeti House
- Serengeti Kati Kati Tented Camp
- Serengeti Migration Camp
- Serengeti Pioneer Camp
- Serengeti Safari Camp
- Serengeti Under Canvas
- Serian’s Serengeti
- Serian’s Serengeti Mobile
- Singita Explore
- Siwandu
- Swala
- Taasa Lodge
- Tarangire Ndovu Tented Lodge
- Tarangire Safari Lodge
- Tarangire Sopa Lodge
- Tarangire Treetops
- The Highlands
- The Manor at Ngorongoro
- Ubuntu Migration Camp
- Arumeru Lodge
- Arusha Coffee Lodge
- Baraza Resort & Spa
- Breezes Beach Club & Spa
- Chole Mjini
- Dar es Salaam Serena Hotel
- Kilindi Zanzibar
- Lake Duluti Lodge
- Legendary Lodge
- Machweo Retreat
- Matemwe Beach House
- Matemwe Lodge
- Matemwe Retreat
- Ngare Sero Mountain Lodge
- Onsea House
- Oyster Bay Hotel
- Plantation Lodge
- Ras Kutani
- Rivertrees Country Inn
- The Palms
- Zanzibar Serena Hotel
- Zawadi Hotel
Coming soon!

- Bashay Rift Lodge
- Beho Beho Camp
- Chada Katavi
- Chaka Camp
- Chem Chem Lodge
- Dunia Camp
- Ehlane Plains Camp
- Entamanu Ngorongoro
- Ewanjan Tented Camp
- Faru Faru Lodge
- Forest Chem Chem
- Fumba Beach Lodge
- Fundu Lagoon
- Gibbs Farm
- Greystoke Mahale
- Grumeti Hills
- Grumeti Serengeti Tented Camp
- Jabali Ridge
- Jongomero
- Kaskaz Mara Camp
- Kiba Point Selous
- Kichaka
- Kichakani Serengeti Camp
- Kichuguu Camp
- Kigelia Ruaha
- Kimondo Migration Camp
- Kiota Camp
- Kisima Ngeda Tented Camp
- Klein’s Camp
- Kuria Hills Tented Lodge
- Kuro Tarangire
- Kusini
- Kusini Kopjes Kambi
- Kwihala Camp
- Lake Manyara Tree Lodge
- Lamai Serengeti
- Little Chem Chem
- Little Oliver’s Camp
- Manyara Ranch Conservancy
- Mara River Post
- Mara River Tented Camp
- Mara Tented Camp
- Maweninga Camp
- Mkombe’s House
- Mnemba Island
- Mwiba Lodge
- Namiri Plains
- Naona Moru Camp
- Nasikia Mobile Camp
- Ndutu Safari Lodge
- Ngorongoro Crater Camp
- Ngorongoro Crater Lodge
- Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge
- Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge
- Ngorongoro Tented Camp
- Olaado Camp
- Olakira Migration Camp
- Olduvai Camp
- Olduvai Ndogo
- Oliver’s Camp
- Roho ya Selous
- Ronjo Camp
- Rubondo Island Camp
- Sabora Tented Camp
- Sanctuary Serengeti Migration Camp
- Sand Rivers Selous
- Sasakwa Lodge
- Sayari Camp
- Selous Serena Camp
- Serena Mivumo River Lodge
- Serengeti Bushtops
- Serengeti House
- Serengeti Kati Kati Tented Camp
- Serengeti Migration Camp
- Serengeti Pioneer Camp
- Serengeti Safari Camp
- Serengeti Under Canvas
- Serian’s Serengeti
- Serian’s Serengeti Mobile
- Singita Explore
- Siwandu
- Swala
- Taasa Lodge
- Tarangire Ndovu Tented Lodge
- Tarangire Safari Lodge
- Tarangire Sopa Lodge
- Tarangire Treetops
- The Highlands
- The Manor at Ngorongoro
- Ubuntu Migration Camp


- Arumeru Lodge
- Arusha Coffee Lodge
- Baraza Resort & Spa
- Breezes Beach Club & Spa
- Chole Mjini
- Dar es Salaam Serena Hotel
- Kilindi Zanzibar
- Lake Duluti Lodge
- Legendary Lodge
- Machweo Retreat
- Matemwe Beach House
- Matemwe Lodge
- Matemwe Retreat
- Ngare Sero Mountain Lodge
- Onsea House
- Oyster Bay Hotel
- Plantation Lodge
- Ras Kutani
- Rivertrees Country Inn
- The Palms
- Zanzibar Serena Hotel
- Zawadi Hotel

Coming soon!
