Selous Game Reserve
The Selous Game Reserve is a UNESCO World Heritage site in Tanzania. With 54,600 km², it is the largest game reserve in Africa. The northern part of the reserve was designated Nyerere National Park in 2019.
- Type: Wildlife reserve
- Description: game reserve and World Heritage Site in Tanzania
- Also known as: “Hifadhi ya Selous”, “Park Nazzjonali ta‘ Nyerere”, “Reserva de caça de selous”, “Reserva de caça selous”, “Reserva de caça Selous”, “Reserva de caza selous”, “Réserve de Selous”, “Riserva selous”, “Riserva Selous”, “Selous Game naturreservatet”, “Selous game reserve”, “Selous-Game-Reservat”, “Selousin riistansuojelualue”, “Seluso laukinės gamtos rezervatas”, “Ловен резерват Селус”, “Селус (национальный парк)”, “セルー・ゲーム・リザーブ”, “セルース動物保護区”, and “セルー動物保護区”
Selous Game Reserve
- Category: game reserve
- Location: Lindi, Central Tanzania, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-9° or 9° south
Longitude
37.5° or 37° 30′ east
Elevation
393 metres (1,289 feet)
Open location code
6G3V2G22+22
This page is based on GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikivoyage.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Selous Game Reserve” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “محمية سيلوس جام”
- Asturian: “Reserva de caza Selous”
- Azerbaijani: “Selus ov ehtiyatı”
- Bashkir: “Селус”
- Basque: “Selous ehiza-babeslekua”
- Belarusian: “Сэлус”
- Bulgarian: “Ловен резерват Селъс”
- Burmese: “ဆဲလပ်စ် အမဲလိုက်နယ်မြေ ထိန်းသိမ်းရေးဒေသ”
- Catalan: “Reserva de caça de Selous”
- Cebuano: “Selous Game Reserve”
- Chinese: “塞卢斯禁猎区”
- Croatian: “Selous”
- Czech: “Selousova rezervace”
- Dagbani: “Selous Agodzi Korabea”
- Danish: “Selous vildtreservat”
- Dutch: “Selous”
- Esperanto: “Ĉasrezervejo Selous”
- Fanti: “Selous Agodzi Korabea”
- Finnish: “Selous”
- French: “Réserve de gibier de Selous”
- French: “réserve de gibier de Sélous”
- French: “Réserve de gibier de Sélous”
- Galician: “Reserva de caza de Selous”
- Georgian: “სელუსის ეროვნული პარკი”
- German: “Selous”
- German: “Wildreservat von Selous”
- Hausa: “Selous Agodzi Korabea”
- Hebrew: “סלוס”
- Hungarian: “Selous Vadvédelmi Terület”
- Indonesian: “Suaka Margasatwa Selous”
- Italian: “Riserva del Selous”
- Italian: “Riserva faunistica del Selous”
- Japanese: “セルース猟獣保護区”
- Korean: “셀루스 사냥감 보호구역”
- Kotava: “Selous”
- Lithuanian: “Seluso medžioklės rezervatas”
- Malayalam: “സിലൂസ് ഗെയിം റിസർവ്വ്”
- Maltese: “Riżerva Naturali ta‘ Selous”
- Maltese: “Riżerva Naturali ta’ Selous”
- Mossi: “Selous Agodzi Korabea”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Selous viltreservat”
- Norwegian: “Selous viltreservat”
- Persian: “پناهگاه حیات وحش سلوس”
- Polish: “Selous”
- Portuguese: “Reserva de Caça de Selous”
- Romanian: “Rezervația faunistică Selous”
- Romanian: “Selous Game Reserve”
- Russian: “Охотничий резерват Селус”
- Russian: “Селус (охотничий резерват)”
- Russian: “Селус”
- Serbian: “Selus”
- Serbian: “Резерват животиња Селус”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Selous”
- Spanish: “Reserva de caza Selous”
- Swahili: “Hifadhi ya Taifa ya Nyerere”
- Swahili: “hifadhi ya wanyama selous”
- Swedish: “Selous viltreservat”
- Turkish: “Selous Av Sahası”
- Turkish: “Selous Koruma Alanı”
- Twi: “Selous Mmoa a Wɔkora So”
- Ukrainian: “Національний парк Селус”
- Ukrainian: “Селус”
- Vietnamese: “Khu bảo tồn thú săn Selous”
- Waray (Philippines): “Selous”
- Yue Chinese: “塞盧斯禁獵區”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Selous Game Reserve”.
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Miembwe and Makanda.
Central Tanzania: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Dodoma and Morogoro.
Explore These Curated Destinations
Discover places selected for their distinct character and enduring appeal.