The Rufiji river delta is one of East Africa's most beautiful and ecological significant areas though its also every bit as hot large mangrove forest as well as seasonally flooded woods, saline, swamps tidal, marshes and sandbanks with the sound of frogs, birds and cicadas.

This large unspoiled wilderness forms an integral part of a much large ecosystem running from the western woodlands of the Selous Game Reserve to the coral reefs around Mafia Island; a 25 km offshore along with East Africa's largest mangrove forest covering some 5300 sq km. The River and its flood plain support all most a population of over 150,000 people depend on the river product majority substring on cultivation, fishing and mangrove-pole extraction. During the long rains the river can increase in width by up to 15 km.