Impala Camp, run by the Adventure Camps Company was added to their portfolio in 2004 and is a great value semi luxury tented camp in the Selous Game Reserve, Africa’s largest game reserve. Impala Camp offers 8 tents on raised platforms, a central dining area and a swimming pool. Impala Camp specializes in guided walking and boating safaris and can also offer fly-camping options. Unpretentious yet tasteful, Impala Camp boasts a magnificent location. The thatched lounge and communal deck overlooks the river, which is regularly visited by elephants.

Location

The luxury Impala Camp stands at the heart of the Selous National Reserve. The reserve lies in south-east Tanzania, south of Mikumi National Park. Fom Dar es Salaam, the flight takes around 45 minute’s  or 7-8 hours by road via the Kibiti-Mkongo road (which is only partially surfaced) or 8-9 hours via the Morogoro-Matombo-Kisaki road, which enters the northern section of the reserve (4WD required)

Accommodation

Impala Camp offers 8 semi-luxury tents, which are raised on platforms and set amidst the Borassa Palms and Tamarind trees which make up the riparian forest along the banks of the mighty Rufiji River. Each tent offers superb views out across the river, is furnished in colonial safari style, and offers ensuite bathrooms, dressing area and spacious verandah.

Dining and bars

Impala Camp has a central bar and dining area and also operates a mobile safari camp, which is used to stage meals in the bush.

Conference and event facilities

Impala Camp does not offer specific conference facilities but will be happy to quote for small meetings and social gatherings.

Weddings and honeymoons

This Tanzania tented camp makes an ideal Tanzania honeymoon destination. Pristine, undiscovered and the last of the great safari frontiers, it offers a multitude of unique experiences ranging from river safaris to wilderness picnics. 

Child-friendly

Impala Camp welcomes children and babysitting services, children’s meals, additional beds and family accommodation is available. Impala Camp offers one family tent (double tents on same platform). Children over 15 only are permitted to walk in the Selous.

What to see and do

The Selous is unique among Tanzania’s game areas because it is a game reserve, and not a national park. This means that a wider range of activities are permitted such as; luxury boating, walking and camping safaris. More controversially, large parts of the south of the reserve (90% of the total) are reserved for professional game hunting.
Impala Camp offers skilled and knowledgeable guides who lead the game drives, boat trips, walking excursions and fly camping. Fly fishing is also offered.
The choice of things to do and see at Impala Camp includes:
Spectacular game drives around the stunning Selous ecosystem 
Boating safaris down the Rufiji River
A full safari breakfast, cooked in the bush
Bush dinners overlooking the river
Atmospheric ‘Sundowners’ in the wilderness

The boating safari

Utterly unique, the Rufiji River game-viewing experience promises abundant sightings of hippos (both in and out of the water), basking crocodiles and elephants. It also offers the rare chance of seeing a lion come down to the river and drink.  Offering a profusion of water birds, the river is typically lined with thousands of African skimmers and is one of the few places in Africa where one can spot the rare Pel’s fishing owl. In the dense Borassus palms that line the banks, huge numbers of African palm swifts whirl, while the dense tree cover offers sanctuary to black and white colobus monkeys, vultures and African fish eagles.

Typical Tanzania safari experiences at Impala Camp include: safari game drives in especially adapted 4WD safari vehicles (with professionally trained Tanzania safari guides), safari bush breakfasts, lunches and dinners; cocktails around the tented camp safari campfire and guided safari walks through the reserve. Impala Camp also offers East African Safari ornithological tours, cultural performances and visits to the local Maasai people of Tanzania. In the Selous, a particular feature of the East African Safari tented camp experience are the boat safaris down the Rufiji River, offering a unique opportunity to see elephants, lions, and the entire East African Safari wildlife cast at very close quarters of course accompanied by a trained guide and an armed ranger.