Is 490 km. south-west of Dar es salaam and it takes about 40 minutes to fly to the reserve from Dar es Salaam or 4 hours by TAZARA. It contains some of Africa’s largest and most important populations of elephants, buffaloes, and hunting dogs. Other large mammals that are found there include Roosevelt’s sable (rarely seen), rhinos, hippos, giraffes, elands, sable antelopes, white-faced wildebeest, waterbucks, warthogs, leopards, and lions (which are darker in color than their cousins in the northern circuits). The Selous male lions also have short, almost punk-like manes, very different from other lions in Africa.