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Selous Game Reserve is one of the leading wildlife reserves in Tanzania. Located in southern Tanzania, the wildlife reserve became a World Heritage Site in the year 1982. The most important and attractive feature of Selous Game Reserve is that the place has not yet been tampered by human civilization and raw nature at its best can be seen in Selous Game Reserve. Spread over a wide area of 54,600 square kilometers, the place has wide diversity of wild animals and birds.
The physical features that enhance the beauty and charm of Selous Game Reserve are the surrounding sandbanks, lakes, forests and woodlands. The ambience in and around Selous Game Reserve is absolutely suitable for safari and the place has become one of the leading safari destinations in Tanzania. Not only opened as a tourist attraction, Selous Game Reserve is also a leading place for wildlife preservation in Africa and a place for professional photographic tourism.
There are both types of wildlife found in Selous Game Reserve-permanent as well as migratory. Elephants, lions, leopards, antelopes, buffaloes, wildebeests, zebras, monkeys, crocodiles and many more animals have made the national park their permanent home. There are almost 440 varieties of birds that are found in Selous Game Reserve. Many of these birds are migratory too. Many scientists and researchers related to wildlife study get immense help from the national forest due to the wide variety of fauna that is present in Selous Game Reserve.
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