The
Selous Game Reserve is one of the largest faunal reserves of the world, located in the south of
Tanzania. It was named after Englishman Sir
Frederick Selous, a famous big game hunter and early conservationist, who died at Beho Beho in this territory in 1917 while fighting against the Germans during
World War I. Scottish explorer and cartographer Keith Johnston also died at Beho Beho in 1879 while leading a RSGS expedition to the Great Lakes of Africa with Joseph Thomson. The Selous was designated a UNESCO
World Heritage Site in 1982 due to the diversity of its wildlife and undisturbed nature.