http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Centre/Selous-Game-Reserve/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Africa , Tanzania , Centre , Selous Game Reserve en-us Fri, 11 Dec 09 19:48:19 +0000 Fri, 11 Dec 09 19:48:19 +0000 After a leisurely breakfast we got ready to drive back. So it was going to be the twohour track again to the main road. But on the way down we hadnrsquot noticed there was a turn on the way Many parts of Tanzania are so sparsely populated that there is only one little dirt track for hours and nothing else no crossings nothing. Well so went straight without noticing as it was in the middl http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Centre/Selous-Game-Reserve/blog-401925.html With the usual 24hour entry rule we planned for a game drive in the early morning and a second one in the late afternoon. With the camp only 10min from the gate we didnrsquot have far to go to get started. But our joyful mood was dented when we bumped into Katie and Kenny who were scanning the forest with other people for dead animals it turned out the monkeys we saw the previous evening w http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Centre/Selous-Game-Reserve/blog-401894.html Another Bank Holiday weekend so we couldnrsquot really stay in Dar This time the decision fell on Selous Game Reserve the biggest game reserve in Africa. Itrsquos about the size of Switzerland But only the NorthEastern part is open for photo safaris the South is for game hunting with rich Arabs and Westerners going there. We that were my housemates Ellen and Sara Rita and myself ch http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Centre/Selous-Game-Reserve/blog-401869.html I have just 2 weeks ago returned from my first real vacation in Africa and what a great vacation it was. While the schoolsponsored safari and trips around Dar were nice nothing really compares to getting out and exploring a country for yourself. The setup... most of my friends here were scattering around on various trips either to the States for weddings Zambia for elementary education c http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Centre/Selous-Game-Reserve/blog-214566.html Gruess Gott alle zusammen jetzt hab ich endlich mal einen Moment um die Bilder von unserer Safari im Februar ja so lange ist das schon wieder her.... ins Netz zu stellen. Meine Eltern waren fuer fast 3 Wochen zu Besuch und so hatten wir die Zeit zusammen nach Selous auf Safari zu fahren und auch auf Zanzibar ein bisschen Zeit gemeinsam zu verbringen. Ich habe es doch tatsaechlich geschafft 10 http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Centre/Selous-Game-Reserve/blog-141267.html Hello All I will be going to Tabora Tanzania in a few months. For now I'm doing my research and fundraising for the Volunteer Africa program. Please take a look. httpimages4africa.wordpress.com http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Centre/Selous-Game-Reserve/blog-93286.html Hello All I will be going to Tabora Tanzania in a few months. For now I'm doing my research and fundraising for the Volunteer Africa program. Please take a look. httpimages4africa.wordpress.com http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Centre/Selous-Game-Reserve/blog-93285.html Not much to say... just wanted to share a few more pics.... http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Centre/Selous-Game-Reserve/blog-75336.html I have been to some of the great wild life areas of Africa like the Kruger National Park the Okavango delta and many others. I had even visited the Serengeti plains the Ngorongoro crater and Lake Manyara but I had never before been to Selous.Selous is a massive park bigger even than Kruger and 2 years older. It is pronounced lsquose loosrsquo and was named after an English soldier Frederic http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Centre/Selous-Game-Reserve/blog-75154.html So where am I going well the project is based in the Kilombero Valley which lies between the Selous Game Reserve to the east the Udzungwa Mountains Natyional Park to the north and the Mahenge Mountains to the South if you look on a map the middle of no where The Kilombero River forms part of Africas largest river basin joining the the Great Ruaha Rufiji and Luwegu rivers. The southern end http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Centre/Selous-Game-Reserve/blog-67014.html So...the last week I spent at the Selous Mbega Camp www.selousmbegacamp.com about 250km southwest of Dar es Salaam. Selous Game Reserve is the largest reserve in Tanzania and also a World Heritage Site as decided by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization. Being located in the south it is off the beaten path of the tourist track everybody goes north to the S http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Centre/Selous-Game-Reserve/blog-28743.html With a short dhow ride with Mohammed and Mohammed across the channel to the airport on the next island we said good bye to Lamu. We flew to Mombassa on November 25 where we spent two nights to lsquodo businessrsquo i.e. shopping emails planning. We chose a bus company recommended in the Lonely Planet guide and booked two seats to Tanga Tanzania for the following day. After several loops http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Centre/Selous-Game-Reserve/blog-3842.html