Year Reserve Gazetted: 1954
Year SGDRN Established: 2000
Area: 42,000 square kilometres
Approximately 20,000 Elephants, 14,000 Sable, 800 Lion, 350 wild Dog
Number of Recorded Bird Species: 400+
Lugenda River (~400km)

Number of people residing in Reserve:  approx 35,000
Two District Administration: Mecula and Mavago
Number of Reserve Staff: ~120
Number of Concession Scouts: ~130
Length of Core Road Network: approx 1,200km

Number of Hunting Safaris since 2000: 274
Average Number of Hunting Tourists per year: 100
Estimated Total Gross Infrastructure Investment by Concessions since 2000: US$7.4 million