Selous Game Reserve safaris, tours & holiday packages

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Sadly, south of the Rufiji River is a mess – 30 000 square kilometres of hunting and poaching. The Selous in the south of the country is more expensive to visit than the Serengeti yet corrupt administration and government mismanagement of hunting blocks have brought the greater Selous Game Reserve to its knees and many elephants are killed daily. We hope that the efforts of private NGOs and anti-poaching campaigns will tip the scale in favour of Africa's oldest game reserve in its battle against human greed. The same companies that operate hunting and poaching on a massive scale in the south of the country are selling photographic safaris in the north – a blatant conflict of interest. We try not to support hunting companies and owners of hunting blocks; only through collective effort can we have an impact on what happens in the Selous in future. There are some wonderful properties such as Sand River Selous, Beho Beho and Siwandu Camp (Selous Safari Camp) which play an active part in looking after the photographic part of the northern Selous. They are well worth supporting in what looks like a losing battle against hunters.