Maswa Game Reserve is an extraordinarily beautiful game reserve. There are wide open plains along the southern edge of the Serengeti. Rolling hills covered in thickets and rock kopjes are interspersed with seasonally dry rivers containing permanent water holes. The Game Reserve has plenty and varied wildlife including the big five game with a high density of lion and leopard.
Originally a hunting concession, the reserve has now been converted into a multi-use area. The safari operator in this area has since the 1980s, done an exceptional job keeping poachers away and animal numbers have increased dramatically. Maswa is one of the most important buffer zones separating villages to the West from Serengeti National Park.
The trophy hunting business is complex and expensive for those few who seek the luxury of hunting. In recent years, there has been a push away from hunting towards non-hunting tourism in viable areas. Maswa Game Reserve is a superb destination and there is every sign non-hunters are going to win the battle.
Where to Stay on a Holiday to Maswa Game Reserve
Maswa Game Reserve has some top quality tented camps. Visitors can access thousands of square kilometres of the bush, almost entirely to themselves. Here you can go on a game drive, walk in the bush with a professional guide, head out on night drives and do almost any other bush-related activity you can think of. This is very different from the neighbouring parks which have more restrictions. https://bwindiforest-nationalpark.com/
A visit to Maswa should ideally be combined with a stay in Serengeti and Ngorongoro or some of Tanzania’s other spectacular parks like Tarangire, further south. Maswa Game Reserve is divided into several concessions controlled by Tanzania’s Wildlife Department. Being a Game Reserve, human settlement and domestic animals are not permitted. h
