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Rufiji River Camp

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BenPon
Calgary, Canada
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12 reviews
5 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 2 February 2012
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Hosts Sally and Carl made us feel welcome and the other staff contributed greatly to a pleasant experience. Game drives were expertly guided and we saw many animals, some, such as wild dogs, quite rare. Tents were extremely comfortable. Vehicles were comfortable for our group of four and the view from the dining area over the Rufiji river, especially at... More

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Dennis R
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
1 review
1 helpful vote
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 2 January 2012
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person found this review helpful

Whilst on a six month secondment to Dar I took the opportunity to fly my wife and children (aged 10-15) out to Tanzania for a Christmas holiday and spent 2 nights at Rufiji River. The airstrip was surrounded by giraffe as we arrived and after a 5 minute drive to the camp we were shown to our accommodation which was... More

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angolasue
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5 reviews
3 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 19 November 2011
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This was our second visit to Rufiji with my husbands 2 boys. Last time we stayed in 2 tented huts & needed to separate the adults as the boys were too young to be by ourselves. As this is one of the few parks that allow children, we came back, expecting to do the same even though they are older... More

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bigbang56
emilia
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20 reviews
4 helpful votes
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 19 October 2011
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person found this review helpful

After a fantastic experience in Zambia in the summer of 2009, our tour operator proposed us a visit of the parks of southern Tanzania. The resort initially appeared very comfortable with swimming pool and large rooms with a beautiful view of the river. The program proposed boat game drives, walking safaris and game drives by car. Animals in this area... More

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Petra Z
Oslo, Norway
1 review
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 19 October 2011

Wonderfull place. Wonderful people, both management and employees. Time for our visit was beginning October, and before the rains. The pictures on the web-site are, for the time beeing, not updated, and do not show the higher quality and standard we experienced. Also visit http://www.tanzaniasafaris.info/ Stayed in a family-tent with separate bedroom for our three teens, and had two baths.... More

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Koen A
Rotterdam
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5 reviews
6 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 17 October 2011
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person found this review helpful

Overlooking the river you will witness truly amazing sunsets. The Foxes recently took over this camp and completely refurbished it. The new tents (huge with en suite bathrooms) are great and completely new. It's pretty close to Dar e Salaam (only a 30 minutes flight) and it serves as a great safari starter! The staff and the guides are very... More

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Elgringounet
London, United Kingdom
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3 reviews
4 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 15 October 2011
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we stayed for 4 nights at the camp and had a lovely time there. The location is very good, close to the airstrip, next to the selous park, the scenery is great. Safari and guides were perfect. We have been also very happy with the staff, very friendly, genuine and professional. Bungalows are also superb, very calm and clean. Highly... More

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bunnco
Brooke, Norfolk, UK
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25 reviews
29 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 27 August 2011
3
people found this review helpful

Having spent 5 nights at the Lazy Lagoon, a 30 minute plane ride from Dar es Salaam took us to the Rufiji River Camp in the Selous Game Reserve, the largest in Africa. The camp was acquired about a year ago [2010] by Foxes African Safaris from the previous owners and since then a massive program of refurbishment, investment and... More

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popoldc
Zele, Belgium
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23 reviews
7 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 10 August 2011
1
person found this review helpful

After some days in Tanzania, being in a tented camp inside the selous game park, was awesome, giving the impression of being alone with the nature, although the time frame for having electricity might have last a half hour longer, else the tents were huge and well maintained with very good confort, staff was very friendly, good bar and very... More

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geogs
Liverpool, United Kingdom
2 reviews
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 25 July 2011

From start to finish our our trip to Selous and Rufiji camp was truly unforgettable for all the right reasons. Our arrival was made all that more special by a hyena crossing the runway as we touched down. We went straight into a game drive with our favorite guide Oscar whose knowledge knew no limits as we threw all our... More

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