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Reviews of Roho ya Selous

Wildlife sightings and reviews

10 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Roho ya Selous and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa

Wildlife sightings by our travellers
Starting in Feb-2019, 7 of our travellers have recorded their wildlife sightings at Roho ya Selous.
Lion

71% success

Leopard

33% success

Wild dog

33% success

Buffalo

100% success

Eland

100% success

Elephant

100% success

Giraffe

100% success

Hippo

100% success

Wildebeest

100% success

Zebra

100% success

Spotted Hyena

83% success

Striped Hyena

60% success

Aardvark

17% success

Black Rhino

14% success

Pangolin

0% success

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Duration
Arrival date
The VD family
London

"Roho ya Selous review"

3 nights Arrived 18 Nov 2023
"Roho ya Selous, an Asilia camp, so we knew what to expect and like always overall fabulous experience with friendly staff making it so special. Again great to have the camp leader Wilfred being Tanzanian with a lot of insight.

After Ruaha where it was dry season, Nyerere was a nice contrast being the rainy season where everything was green with plenty of cubs and pups around that time. The safari started already as soon as we were picked up at the airport.

The rooms are traditional tents which we loved and just hoping Asilia will keep a balance between their camps of traditional tents and rooms. The tents had a stunning view on a river, very comfortable and besides the indoor bathroom there was also an outside shower. We had the elephants one night just in front of our room with the next night hippos.

Nyerere is beautiful. Just a shame that on the main road leading to the different camps there are so many plastic bottles. This road leads to where a dam is being built and plastic are thrown away I assume by the builders. We would have expected the safari guides from different compagnies picking up those bottles like the guides are doing in Kenya but that wasn’t the case here. Someone has to start somewhere and to see this plastic against this stunning nature was a bit of a spoiler.

Luckily once we left the main road, it is stunning nature without any plastic. Nyerere has the advantage that you can do water safaris and this was a real treat by Asilia to see the hippos & crocs in the water from a different angle." See all these reviews: 14n in Tanzania
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Sightings Report

Buffalo

Multiple sightings

Eland

Multiple sightings

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Hippo

Multiple sightings

Striped Hyena

Multiple sightings

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

K and B
Oregon

"Roho ya Selous review"

4 nights Arrived 12 Nov 2023
"The rooms here are a gem! They consist of a huge screened front that overlooks a channel chock full of wildlife visitors: hippo, giraffe, elephant, waterbuck, kudu, water buffalo...you almost wish you could sit and gaze out all day!

The chef is amazing and the soups, main course and dessert are incredibly tasty and elegantly presented. The bush breakfasts are a feast!

Although there seemed to be less wildlife than visits in the area two previous years, the scenery is stunning and there is still a wonderful experience sighting many species." See all these reviews: 14n in Tanzania
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Buffalo

10 sightings

Eland

3 sightings

Elephant

4 sightings

Giraffe

10 sightings

Hippo

10 sightings

Spotted Hyena

2 sightings

Wildebeest

4 sightings

Zebra

2 sightings

Ms G.
Brussels

"Roho ya Selous review"

6 nights Arrived 12 Jul 2023
"Great camp, beautiful location, very friendly and helpful staff, excellent food and wonderful atmosphere.

Felix is the best guide I ever had on safari, so knowledgeable and caring!

My six days in this fantastic place went by far too quickly!

Asante sana to everybody , and Maiesha Marefu" See all these reviews: 13n in Tanzania
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Buffalo

Multiple sightings

Eland

1 sighting

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Hippo

Multiple sightings

Lion

Multiple sightings

Spotted Hyena

1 sighting

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Ms F
California, USA

"Roho ya Selous review"

4 nights Arrived 20 Sep 2022
"Our stay here was extraordinary. We had close encounters with lions and with an elephant that was absolutely thrilling.

Our guides, Felix and Levian, were outstanding and made our game drives exciting, fun, and informative.

Our tents were fantastic--incredibly spacious and comfortable. And, the air conditioning system around the bed was genius.

I don't know how the thing works, but it worked wonders as it was quite warm." See all these reviews: 13n in Tanzania
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Flying Dutchmen
NL

"Roho ya Selous review"

3 nights Arrived 22 Oct 2021
"Our whole experience with this Asilia camp was excellent. From the moment you arrive at the airstrip you feel welcome as a family member. Because of COVID we almost had the whole camp for ourselves and free private safari drives during our stay. We dont know why so few people decide to visit Tanzania now, we found the testing and procedures easy. Coming into Tanzania we needed half an hour to show all the forms and buying the visa, going out nobody asked us anything.

Felix was a very skilful guide, we saw every animal we could imagine. There were magnificent sunsets and a nice pool to cool down in the afternoon. One morning on our way from our tent to the main area we encountered an elephant. He of course was just eating and didnt mind us walking by. At night we once woke to see the huge silhouettes of three elephants eating one meter from our tent! Later that night the same happened with a giraffe..

In anticipation of the rains almost all the animals had babies. Small playful lions, hippos, elephants and all the other animals were abundant. Only thing is to select the nicest pictures when you are at home!" See all these reviews: 7n in Tanzania; 6n in Zanzibar
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Buffalo

Multiple sightings

Eland

Multiple sightings

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Hippo

Multiple sightings

Leopard

1 sighting

Lion

Multiple sightings

Spotted Hyena

Multiple sightings

Striped Hyena

Multiple sightings

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Mr & Mrs P
Barcelona

"We loved Roho."

4 nights Arrived 22 Feb 2020
"We loved Roho. The staff were amazing, the tents as well.
The restaurant was very good and we enjoyed the different sceneries for dinner each night." See all these reviews: 9n in Zanzibar; 5n in Tanzania
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Aardvark

Multiple sightings

Black Rhino

Multiple sightings

Buffalo

Multiple sightings

Eland

Multiple sightings

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Hippo

Multiple sightings

Lion

Multiple sightings

Striped Hyena

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Mr & Mrs T
Sevenoaks

"A class bushcamp in the Selous"

6 nights Arrived 3 Sep 2019
"This is a class camp with good facilities and very good staff working to the Asilia template.

There are a couple of small things that they could maybe change - more choice on dinner menu? - reorganize the morning coffee routine ? but really this is nitpicking and overall the camp works to a very high standard for the benefit of their guests" See all these reviews: 7n in Tanzania
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Buffalo

7 sightings

Eland

5 sightings

Elephant

5 sightings

Giraffe

10 sightings

Hippo

10 sightings

Lion

6 sightings

Spotted Hyena

4 sightings

Wild dog

2 sightings

Wildebeest

10 sightings

Zebra

10 sightings

Mr A & Mrs V
London

"Roho ya Selous Review"

4 nights Arrived 19 Feb 2019
"An amazing location, wonderful people and superb food.

The game drives with Mashaka were all top notch." See all these reviews: 9n in Tanzania
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Buffalo

Multiple sightings

Eland

Multiple sightings

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Hippo

Multiple sightings

Leopard

1 sighting

Lion

Multiple sightings

Spotted Hyena

Multiple sightings

Wild dog

Multiple sightings

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Mrs P.
Cumbria

"A real gem in the middle of the reserve"

3 nights Arrived 18 Nov 2018
"This was my first safari and I didn't know what to expect. We were greeted by genuinely happy staff with welcome drinks and shown to our tent, which was very comfortable. It was wonderful to be so close to the wild.....no fences and animals roaming around, but always I felt that there were staff who were 'keeping watch'. The tent was very comfortable and I particularly liked the 'evening Breeze' system of cooling the bed at night.

The food at this camp was superb. Every lunchtime and evening, we had a varied, well prepared and tasty meal. Breakfasts out on safari were magical....as were the sundowners. I felt that there was nothing that the staff wouldn't do to make our stay as memorable as possible. Our guide Penuel, was experienced, knowledgeable and again, wanted us to have the best experience from our safari.It was lovely to arrive back at camp to be met by smiling staff with cool flannels, who seemed genuinely interested in what we had seen on our game drives. I would thoroughly recommend this camp." See all these reviews: 10n in Tanzania; 2n in Zanzibar
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs BH
W Sussex

"Palatial tents in the bush!"

3 nights Arrived 21 Sep 2017
"Having arrived by air at the airstrip we were met by our guide, Emmanuel, and he asked us if we wanted a drink prior to setting off on the first game drive en route to the camp. I have to admit I was keen to get going but glad I changed my mind as he quickly erected a table with cloth and placed chairs out before proceeding to brew a cafetière of fresh coffee and pot of tea taken in stainless steel cups. I though it was so quintessentially English to be taking tea and biscuits in the bush having just flown into the middle of nowhere - great start!

We shared our drive transport with another couple who we didn’t know which worked very well as we gelled together from the start: we all arrived on the same plane and discovered we lived 5 miles away from each other in Sussex - bizarre!

Accommodation at the camp was extremely good and set a balance between luxury and minimalist. A real plus was the privacy afforded each tent as you could not hear your neighbour or see their accommodation. The netting side of the accommodation which is the view from the bed was wonderful in that one awoke to dawn and the sounds of nature only inches away. Nighttime was interesting as one can hear the animals moving quite close and you don’t know what or where they are! Hippos ambled quite close by as evidenced by the tracks and dung.

The food was good and neatly presented. The staff were very nice and attentive throughout. Amissy and Robert were always on hand to provide any refreshments and ensured that there was always someone on hand to help or serve you. The game drives were fun and thorough in searching out the animals. Emmanuel was a super guide and nothing was too much trouble (10/10 for him). We stayed 3 days and 4 nights. However as you effectively do a game drive inbound and outbound to the airstrip we felt that we had 5 days of safaris. We completed a short walking safari and fishing boat trip which were both worthwhile. Sundowners were hard to beat and the views coupled with a G&T were literally intoxicating!

Overall we had absolutely no complaints about our experience at Roho ya Selous. It is quite a while since I have ever stated that about a location!" See all these reviews: 6n in Tanzania; 4n in Zanzibar
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Excellent
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