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4-Day Ruaha Fly-in Safari
Tanzania's second-largest park and the wildest of the mainstream safari destinations — huge elephant and buffalo herds, big lion prides,...
At about 20,226 km², Tanzania's second-largest park and the anchor of the Southern Circuit — big elephant and buffalo herds, both kudu species, large lion prides and 570-plus birds.
Ruaha became a national park in 1964 and expanded in 2008 to roughly 20,226 square kilometres, making it the second-largest in the country after Nyerere. It lies about 130 kilometres west of Iringa, in a transition zone between East and Southern African ecosystems — which is why it holds species from both, including greater and lesser kudu in the same park.
Game viewing centres on the Great Ruaha River along the park's south-eastern edge, where dry-season concentrations of elephant, buffalo and antelope draw large lion prides — Ruaha has been a recognised Lion Conservation Unit since 2005 — along with leopard, cheetah and one of Tanzania's larger wild-dog populations. More than 570 bird species have been recorded. Despite its size and wildlife, Ruaha sees only a few tens of thousands of visitors a year, so game drives are often solitary.
Things To Do
The core of every safari — tracking wildlife across the parks in a pop-top or open-sided…
Exploring the bush on foot with an armed ranger and a walking guide — tracks, plants,…
After-dark drives with a spotlight to find the nocturnal animals — genets, civets, bushbabies, aardvark and…
Tanzania has over 1,100 recorded bird species — from the flamingos of the Rift Valley lakes…
Safaris built around the light and the shot — later starts turned into longer stays at…
