Journeys Through Africa

Into Nyerere National Park – Tanzania’s Newest National Park in the vast southern side

Above: At Africa Safari Selous. Courtesy Africa Safari Selous Published: Satmag Nation newspaper 22 Feb 2020 The four days in Africa’s largest national park that has been re-named after the founding father of Tanzania, Mwalimu Julius Nyerere in 2019 is adrenaline-filled. The night glows as fireflies flit over the wetland at our abode, the African […]

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Journeys Through Africa

South to Southern Tanzania: To reach Selous now Nyerere National Park

Above: Published: Saturday Nation magazine Day three of the road trip into Tanzania that’s about twice the size of Kenya, we’re nearly at the gates of Selous, a World Heritage Site and Africa’s greatest wilderness area, more than twice the size of the two Tsavos in Kenya. I’m beyond excited. I’ve reached my dream destination. […]

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Discovering Tanzania’s South – An exciting road trip to the secluded Selous

Part 1 of 3 Above: The Usambara peak from Kilimanjaro Highway Motel, Tanzania. Copyright Rupi Mangat Published Saturday Magazine Nation media 1 Feb 2019 Over a thousand kilometres south of Nairobi, the road less travelled is to southern Tanzania to explore Africa’s first and largest wildlife protected area. It is what used to be Selous […]

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Nje ya Selous: On the banks of the great Rufiji

Above: The rare African Wild Dog in the newly created Nyerere National Park carved out of Selous Game Reserve, southern Tanzania. Copyright Rupi Mangat Published: The East African 11 – 17 January 2019 On the banks of the great Rufiji, the earth-brown river flows past little isles and sand banks on her way to the […]

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