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World Heritage Site in Tanzania, East Africa
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The Selous Game Reserve is a UNESCO World Heritage site in Tanzania. With 54,600 km², it is the largest game reserve in Africa. The northern part of the reserve was designated Nyerere National Park in 2019.
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Selous game reserve sight seeing, wild animals like wild dogs. Walking safaris and boat safaris. Selous Game Reserve is the World Heritage site where large numbers of elephants, black rhinoceroses, giraffes, hippopotamuses and crocodiles live. Many websites will also say that there are lots of cheetah, but they have only been seen in the reserve a few times in the last 20 years. When looking for jungle Adventure Safaris Tanzania, ecotourism, responsible travel, wildlife viewing tours, photographic safaris African safaris tour, wildlife safaris in Tanzania, choose Selous game reserve. Selous game reserve is offers best wilderness and private safaris for nature enthusiasts.
By road
TAWA lists two principal approaches from Dar es Salaam:
By air
Light aircraft are the quickest way to reach remote areas. Scheduled and charter flights operate from Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar and Arusha to various airstrips serving the wider reserve ecosystem.
The Selous Game Reserve is very remote with limited roads. The drive from Dar es Salaam is about 230km/143mi and takes around six hours.
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