Vi har “høstferie”, og er akkurat kommet hjem fra en spennende tur i Selous Game Reserve:
“Selous – Africa’s largest protected area uninhabited by man, where Tanzania’s greatest population of elephants wander in an area bigger than Switzerland! The Selous (pronounced “Seloo”) is considered important enough to be World Heritage Site, in which the lucky few can experience a safari in absolutely wild and unspoiled bush.
The park is named after Englishman, Frederick Courtney Selous – conservationist, hunter, explorer and author, whose adventure books on Africa became best sellers in Victorian England.
The park varies from rolling grassy woodlands and plains, to rocky outcrops cut by the Rufiji River – the lifeblood of the park, whose tributaries form a network of lakes, lagoons and channels. Volcanic hot springs even burst forth in places. The Rufiji offers a superb method of game viewing especially during the dry season when animals congregate.”
Etter en lang safari, fant vi de varme kildene i en åsside ikke langt fra der F. C. Selous falt i krigen mot tyske soldater i 1917. Vannet var virkelig varmt, ikke akkurat oppfriskende når termometeret viser 39 grader i luften!
Nå pakker vi badetøy, og gleder oss til siste del av høstferien. I morgen reiser vi til øya Mafia, der vi håper å få svømme med de store hvalhaiene.
