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Coral Beach Hotel
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Situated on the shores of The Indian Ocean in the exclusive Msasani Peninsula area, set amidst...
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Selous Game Reserve
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The Selous Game Reserve is one of the largest fauna reserves of the world, located in the south of Tanzania. It was named after Englishman Frederick Selous, who died in 1917 while fighting against the Germans in World War I. It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982 due to the diversity of its wildlife and undisturbed nature.
It has a total area of 54,600 km². Some of the typical animals of the savanna (for example elephants, hippopotami, Lycaon pictus and crocodiles) can be found in this park in a larger numbers than in any other African park.
Selous contains about one third of all the wild dogs (often called painted dogs), in the world. Their need to roam vast areas and their formidable hunting skills have caused many to be shot by farmers, but here in Selous they have boundless woodlands and savannahs in which to roam. Besides it is where Tanzania's greatest population of elephants wander in an area bigger than Switzerland!
In the dry season an ancient migration of elephants takes place between the Selous and Mozambique's Niassa Game Reserves. This is one of the largest natural trans-boundary eco-systems in Africa and at the last consensus it was estimated that 64,400 elephants roam the two parks, with 84% on the Tanzanian side.
The area became a hunting reserve in 1905. Nowadays it has a touristic importance and most of it is rarely visited by humans. The strong presence of the Tsetse fly discourages visitation.
Interesting places in the park include the river of Rufiji, which flows into the Indian Ocean in front of the Mafia Island and the Stiegler, a canyon of 100 metres depth and 100 metres width. Around this canyon can be found most of the touristic facilities.
In the Selous Reserve safari by foot is permitted. This type of exploration is forbidden in most other national parks of Africa.
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