Selous Game Reserve

The game reserve name derives from the famous hunter and explorer Frederick Courteney Selous, a keen naturalist and conservationist as well as a hunter. Selous was killed in the first World War in the Beho Beho region of the reserve. Larger than Switzerland in size, the reserve is the largest in Africa and is second only to the Serengeti in its concentration of wildlife. One of the single largest remaining elephant populations in the world is in Selous. The reserve can be reached from Dar Es Salaam by road, air charter and rail (TAZARA). The best time to go to Selous is in the cool season between the end of June and the end of October. Walking safaris can be taken from the camps in the reserve in the company of an armed guide.