Ruaha National Park
Ruaha Tanzania – vast and unexplored part of Tanzania rich with wildlife without the tourist crowds seen in the northern region.
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Ruaha National Park - Vast and unexplored
Ruaha National Park has recently been combined with the Usanga Game Reserve making the largest National Park in Africa covering over 15,000 sq km. This new park itself is at the heart of a much larger ecosystem covering over 40,000 sq km. The highlights of a trip to Ruaha are watching the huge elephant herds (the greatest concentration in Africa) gathered around the mighty Ruaha River; the lifeblood of the park.
Ruaha is a visually stunning park with an undulating plateau about 900m with occasional rocky outcrops and mountains reaching heights of 1900m. Running through the park are “sand rivers” which dry up completely in the dry season and act as roads for the game to move from waterhole to waterhole.
Although the eastern camps get full during the high season, Ruaha does not experience visitor numbers like its more illustrious neighbors in the north of the country. Large sections of the park are unexplored and during much of the year you will have the place to yourself.
We recommend spending a minimum of three days at Ruaha. Ruaha National Park is a good place for seeing Lion, Buffalo, Elephant and Painted Dog (African Wild Dog). Grants gazelle, ostrich and cheetah may be seen on the plains.
For bird enthusiasts, the park offers over 465 species. The rainy season from January to June is particularly spectacular as the normal abundant birdlife is enhanced by numerous migrant species.
Best time to visit
The best time to visit is between July and November when the animals congregate around the water holes, but the park is stunning all year round. Their cover is blown during the dry season (May to December), when the foliage dies down and animals become easier to see. Twice a year in March/April and October/November, Eurasian migrating birds arrive to boost the already high numbers of exotic and colorful species in this park
Accommodation
One lodge | Ruaha River Lodge |
Two luxury tented camps | Mwagusi Safari Camp |
| Mdonya Old River Camp |
Jongomero Camp | |
Outside the Park | Tandala Tented Camp |
Several Park Run Self-Catering Bandas | |
Two camp sites | |
