Selous Walking Camp, Selous Game Reserve
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 This is without a doubt one of the best wildlife experiences in Tanzania. Over a period of 4 days you will explore the northern area of the Selous on foot and by river - in big game country throughout. The Selous is a game reserve and therefore governed by a different set of rules to the national parks. As a result, extensive walking is allowed and this is one of the most rewarding places to get out on foot. These safaris are organised by Sand Rivers camp and are accompanied by competent, well trained armed guides. In the northern area of the Selous Game Reserve there is a rich variety of terrain from the impressive Rufiji River, almost a mile wide at the base camp where you'll spend your first night, through mosaic scrub and Miombo woodland into grass plains and ox bow lakes connected by sand rivers and areas of impenetrable thick bush. Walking here can be enormously exciting, and as much as anywhere, there are areas of the Selous where walking at corridor-creeping pace pays high dividends. The areas surrounding the lakes are home to large numbers of buffalo, elephant and hippo and a competent guide will often be able to put you in a safe position to watch these animals (as well as many others) at surprisingly close range on foot. Walking to and from boats is something that makes walking safaris in the Selous unique and the contrast in getting into a boat and drifting downstream after 3 hour walking is magnificent. You will be supported by a small crew and with your lightweight flycamp you'll walk in the early morning and late afternoon, camping on islands in mid river, in enormous dry riverbeds and in woodland on the shores of lakes. By night you'll eat three course dinners under the stars and sleep in mosquito nets in the open. These flycamps are probably the most exciting, and definitely the lowest impact way to experience the bush. They are a distillation of all the best elements of safari; excellent service by a small dedicated crew, good food and drinks and hot showers, with the promise of complete immersion in the wild. The walks do not follow a fixed route, but tend to move in conjunction with the game movements at that time of year. Below is an example of a possible route: Day 1. Island flycamp. Walk from Sand Rivers to Rufiji River, meet boat and flycamp on Island. Day 2. Sumbene flycamp. By boat to Stigler's Gorge. Walk to Sumbene Sand River, flycamp on dry river bed. Day 3. Lake Tagalala flycamp. Walk from sand river to Lake Tagalala, flycamp by lake. Day 4. Beho Beho River. Walk from Lake Tagalala to Beho Beho River, flycamp on dry river bed. Day 5. Depart
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