Game Reserve

Maswa Game Reserve

Wild Serengeti plains, kopjes and big cats

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Location Tanzania

Park Type Game Reserve

About Maswa Game Reserve

Maswa Game Reserve lies in Simiyu Region across the Bariadi, Meatu and Itilima districts, on the southern edge of the Serengeti. The name comes from a Sukuma word meaning grasses.Open plains, rolling hills, thickets and granite kopjes are cut by seasonal rivers with permanent waterholes that serve as a dry-season refuge for Serengeti wildlife.Category: Game ReserveArea: 2,200 km²Location: SimiyuGa...

Maswa Game Reserve lies in Simiyu Region across the Bariadi, Meatu and Itilima districts, on the southern edge of the Serengeti. The name comes from a Sukuma word meaning grasses.

Open plains, rolling hills, thickets and granite kopjes are cut by seasonal rivers with permanent waterholes that serve as a dry-season refuge for Serengeti wildlife.

Category: Game Reserve
Area: 2,200 km²
Location: Simiyu
Gazetted: 2002 (GN 482); area also given as 2,763.76 km² on the TAWA site

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Tanzania

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Game Reserve

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When to Visit

July to September is the dry season with the clearest visibility; October to March is also possible. June to early September can be cool.

Peak season

Shoulder season

Wet / off-season

Wildlife

Lion and leopard are present in high density. The reserve is part of the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem and the wildebeest migration crosses it in January and February. It is also a last refuge for roan antelope, greater and lesser kudu, black rhino and Robert’s gazelle, which are rare elsewhere in the ecosystem. More than 200 bird species have been recorded, including endemics such as the Fischer’s lovebird, ashy starling and rufous-tailed weaver.

Activities

Game drives, night drives, filming and walking safaris with a professional guide, plus rock viewing points, hippo pools on the Simiyu River and rock paintings near the Sakasaka plains. Trophy hunting also takes place in the reserve.

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Get There

By road via Shinyanga, Maswa, Mwandoya and Sakasaka, or from Mwanza via Bariadi and Itilima. Light aircraft can use the Butuli, Mbono, Makao and Mwamalee airstrips from Kilimanjaro or Mwanza.

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Where to Stay

Tented camps inside the reserve include Subeti, Mbono, Maswa South and Mwamalee in the north.

Information based on the Tanzania Wildlife Management Authority (TAWA) protected-areas listing.

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