The Selous with many breeds of african lion safaris may be one of the greatest, least visited reserves in Africa but the Ruaha National Park must run it very close. Most people I mentioned it to had never even heard of it. Keep it that way. Whisper its name very, very quietly, and only to those you know and trust. It is wild, unsophisticated, little visited. No smart lodges, no candlelit, black-tie dinners, very few vehicles. It is on no one's route to anywhere. You come only because you love the Ruaha.