BAILEY’S BANDA PRIVATE HOUSE – SELOUS GAME RESERVE

Bailey’s Banda is a luxury private 2 bedroomed house in a remote part of the Selous Game Reserve with and is located just up the hill from Beho Beho which was the first camp to be sited in The Selous Game Reserve. The camp was set not on the banks or the flood plains of the Rufiji River – but in the cooler highlands so as to enjoy the ‘cooling breezes’ from which its name derives.

Bailey’s Banda enjoys uninterrupted panoramic views over the Rufiji river flood plain and is unique in that it sits in the centre of five different eco-systems – riverine; mountainous; water systems; open and lightly wooded savannah; and mixed to miombo woodland. Located 145 miles south west of Dar es Salaam, the camp is 3 miles from the grave of Frederick Courteney Selous after whom the reserve is named

Beho Beho also offers a private house – Baileys banda – and the chance to sleep in a unique Tree House!

LOCATION

Beho Beho is located in the Selous Game Reserve in southern Tanzania.

HOUSE

The house offers total privacy with exclusive guiding and safari vehicle and a full complement of house staff to look after you and your family or group. Facilities include its own plunge pool, TV/DVD, WiFi together with spectacular views. A perfect ‘hideaway’ for up to five people.

Additionally, the Treehouse is an optional extra and a wonderful experience that will certainly enhance your stay and give you an even greater fund of stories to take home.

The Treehouse experience starts in mid-afternoon when you will leave the camp on foot accompanied by an armed guide to walk for approximately two hours through the splendid isolation of the Selous wilderness until they arrive at your home for the night – The Treehouse.

The Treehouse is within a giant ancient leadwood tree overlooking a dry riverbed and comes with a proper ‘four poster’ double bed swathed in mosquito netting and an ensuite bathroom complete with hot and cold water and a flush toilet. The whole platform is shaded and protected from the elements by a canvas pavilion – the bed has fine bed linen and a comfortable duvet – in fact everything you could wish for when sleeping up a tree in the middle of the African wilderness.

ACTIVITIES

There are three main components of a Beho Beho safari each guided by highly trained and experienced wildlife guides:

Game Drives – these are taken in the specially adapted 4WD open sided vehicles which offer shaded raised seating for better game viewing. Game drives are taken early in the morning or late afternoon and are conducted by our driver/guides.

Game Walks – only permitted accompanied by an armed guide, the walks start directly from the camp and can last between two and five hours depending on the time of day and weather conditions. Sensible shoes (walking boots not required) and a sun hat are required. White is not a suitable colour to wear on walks.

Lake Tagalala  – Lake Tagalala is about 45 minutes’ drive (longer whilst game viewing) across the reserve, the shaded boat trip on the lake  takes approximately one and a half hours. Very good, close up sightings of hippos, crocodiles and water birds. Breakfast is taken on the lake shore.

BAILEY’S BANDA IS CLOSED FROM 21^ST MARCH – 12^TH JUNE EVERY YEAR

BAILEY’S BANDA WELCOMES FAMILIES WITH CHIDLEN AGED 12 YEARS.  HOWEVER AS THIS HOUSE IS NORMALLY TAKEN ON A PRIVATE BASIS THERE MAY BE SOME FLEXIBILITY – PLEASE ASK!