The Selous-Niassa Wildlife Corridor ('Ushoroba' in Swahili) joins the Selous Game Reserve with Mozambique’s Niassa Reserve, forming a vast conservation area of about 120,000 sq km, and ensuring protection of one of the world’s largest elephant ranges. In addition to the elephants, estimated to number about 85,000, the area is home to one of the continent’s largest buffalo herds, and more than half of its remaining wild dog population, and it is an important resting and nesting area for migratory birds.
The area also encompasses large areas of both the Rufiji and Ruvuma river basins, with the watershed running roughly parallel to the Songea–Tunduru road. Local communities in the area are the Undendeule, the Ngoni and the Yao, who have formed various village-based wildlife management areas to support the corridor. Several of these communities have started small ecotourism ventures, including Marumba, southwest of Tunduru. Guides can be arranged at the Chingoli Society office in the village centre to visit Jiwe La Bwana (with views across the border into Mozambique) and Chingoli Table Mountain and caves , used by locals as a hiding place during the Maji Maji rebellion, as well as for village tours. Tourist infrastructure ranges from basic to non-existent, with a basic campsite just outside the village.
