
Sand Rivers Selous Blog
A snapshot of life in Nyerere National Park, one of the most vast tracts of African wilderness and our home for the past two decades.
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It’s been a year of so many changes, and on a seemingly minor front we’ve been ticking along in the background updating all our ‘Selous Game Reserve’ references to ‘Nyerere National Park’. This...

Silk scarves for Sandrivers
When Mavis Holmes came to stay with us for the 3rd time a couple of weeks ago, she left us with a wonderful gift. She used the pictures from her safari with us last year and painted them onto...

Tea time at Sand Rivers
It's tea time at Sand Rivers and Eliza and Regi wanted to show off our new tea range that we serve to guests as well as sell in our curio...

Ladies Day out
Last week we had a day with only a couple of guests in camp.
After such a brilliant and busy season it was time to thank some of the staff in...

Italian Cuisine in Tanzania
Italian vs Tanzanian cook-off!
On Thursday night we had roast stuffed chicken served with homemade tagliatelle pasta. We also had two awesome...

The Crocodile Goalkeeper
The crocodile goalkeeper Last week, the staff were playing their weekly game of football on the 'soccer sandbank.'
Gilead, our electrician...

Lentil, apple and feta mint salad with Mango and baobab sorbet
Lentil, feta, apple and mint salad
Serves 4
250g green or brown lentils I big onion 2 tomatoes 1 apple 200g Feta cheese Handful of fresh...

The photography internship arrives in Sand Rivers
Sand Rivers was home to our second photography internship towards the end of 2018, and we were so excited to have them to stay. Have a read...

RECIPE!
Hope everyone’s year has kicked off with a bang and after all that Christmas feasting and over indulging, we thought we’d share some of our fresh,...

Making elephant dung paper
At Sand Rivers, we always try and do something different, coming up with clever ideas, involving the local community.
Last month we invited...

Kids safari to Sand Rivers
Last week we had a day with no guests in camp and we thought what a wonderful opportunity to invite some children from our local village,...

Tagalala pride - all grown up.
This incredible pride with three lionesses and cubs are really part of the family at Sand Rivers Selous. This is their story.
Once upon a time...

Nighttime Life
My morning pleasure in that beautiful early light is checking what the nighttime camera caught! And I have to say, almost every single night you...

Back on track
Here we are season is starting again at Sand Rivers Selous! We're back in camp after a quiet couple of months for camp, and we were greeted by our...