Selous Game Reserve Accommodation
Selous Game Reserve,
the largest game reserve in Africa. It was founded in
Tanzania some time before 1914, and refounded in 1951.
It covers about 45,000 sq km (17,400 sq mi). Selous Game
Reserve lies along the River Rufiji and its tributary,
the Luwegu, and is located 200 km (125 mi) southwest of
Dar es Salaam. The reserve contains open grasslands
alternating with dense forests of hardwood trees.

It
contains more than a million large animals, of which
50,000 are elephants. Owing to the activities of
poachers, the elephant total has decreased since 1976,
when a government survey put it at 110,000. Other large
animals include hippopotamuses, rhinoceroses, buffaloes,
and giraffes. There are colonies of baboons and monkeys.