African Wild Dog – Moonlion Safaris

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

Published on March 8, 2020 by Rupi MangatLeave a comment

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 Safari Selous. A hyena giggles and an elephant walks past. It’s a beautiful place to be at for our inaugural entry into this historical park that was set aside as Africa’s first protected wildlife reserve in 1896 by the German colonial power.

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

Published on February 24, 2020February 19, 2020 by Rupi MangatLeave a comment

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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. Selous the mighty with the largest herds of elephants numbering 150,000 and 2,000 black rhinos with lions so many that they outnumbered those in any park in Africa – l read in the 1980 guide book. My eyes dazzled with the sheer immensity of figures.

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Nje ya Selous: On the banks of the great Rufiji

Published on January 13, 2020 by Rupi MangatLeave a comment

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 Indian Ocean. It’s overcast during the December dipole with a light rain but the views from the secluded camp on the Rufiji are to die for.

“I like to do the areas that no one does,” states Leina Lemomo showing off the grand space. “And l’m the first African woman to start a mobile camp in Selous.”