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Ruaha National Park

Located at the Southern circuit of Tanzania , the park offers an amazing landscape with baobab studded hills and rocky escarpments, with superb wildlife.
The beauty of Ruaha
Ruaha is known for offering a rugged wilderness experience. Its dramatic terrain features rolling hills, large baobab trees, and the Great Ruaha River.
Ruaha National Park

Home for the Gentle Giants.

Ruaha has the largest concentration of elephants in East Africa with a population of around 10,000 of these gentle giants. It’s also home to 10% of global lion populations.

The hidden gem in Tanzania

Ruaha unspoiled natural beauty provides a backdrop for diverse wildlife and spectacular birdwatching, making it a hidden gem in Tanzania.

Ruaha National Park key facts

Ruaha is a classic dry season park. Game gets progressively better towards the end of the dry season as the water holes and rivers dry up and the game concentrates around water
Size

7,809 square miles (20,226 sq km

Best time to visit

May - December

Main rivers include

The Great Ruaha, Mzombe, Mdonya, Mwagusi and Jongomero.

Rift valley

It is considered that the valley of the Great Ruaha River is an extension of the Great Rift Valley.

Natural springs

These are dry season refugees for wildlife and most of when the rivers get dry.

baobab forests

Open Savannah

Ruaha River

Sable antelope

Kudu

Elands

Leopard

Dry season

The sky is blue and it hardly ever rains. It gets very dry and dusty toward the end of the season.

Wet season

Wet season is hot and humid. Average temperatures range from 29°C in daytime to 17°C at nighttime
Dry season

May to October

Wet season

November to April

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