Experience safaris to Ruaha National Park in Tanzania that you will never forget and stay in some of the most attractive and comfortable lodges in East Africa for dream accommodation on a dream tour.
This famous and accessible conservation region comprises pristine African bushveld stretching a staggering 20 226 square kilometres, making it the largest national park on the continent. The Great Ruaha River is the lifeblood of spectacular Ruaha National Park, carving its way through the centre of the reserve where it sits in central Tanzania.
Visitors can reach the park by car or land on one of two airstrips – Msembe airstrip at Msembe (park headquarters), and Jongomeru Airstrip, near the Jongomeru Ranger Post. The minute you land, take note of the birds around you – more than 571 species of birds have been identified in the park. An excellent wildlife safari will bring you thrilling sightings of lion, cheetah, leopard, spotted hyena, giraffe, hippo, buffalo and sable antelope and Ruaha has been a lion conservation unit since 2005.
Twice daily game drives and wilderness walks take keen nature loving guests into the larger Rungwa-Kizigo-Muhesi ecosystem that covers an area of 45,000 square km including Ruaha, two other game reserves and a wildlife management area. Find all the information you need on Ruaha National Park holiday accommodation and safari camps here – book your luxury safari of a lifetime with Voyage2Africa – the Tanzania specialists.
Lions tend to hunt more elephants in the Ruaha National Park than other smaller species such as antelope or zebra. The prides are large so they need more meat and the charismatic, strong males do more roving than usual.
In the dry season, the Ruaha River shrinks and the animals come down in their herds so visitors should choose this time to game drive and enjoy the landscapes. Look out for gatherings of the large mammals and drive into the Mdonya woodlands to find hartebeest, sable, and roan antelope. Make sure you explore the Mbage-Mwagusi circuit, for great sightings of elephants – the largest collection of elephants in all of Tanzania – and for the beautiful Great Kudu with its statuesque spiral horns.
Plan a tour to Ruaha National Park during the dry seasons, May to December, to use good roads and to see the animals gathering around the drying rivers. Predators will be following all kinds of antelope and large mammals like elephants will be congregating. If you are a bird lover, on the other hand, choose the wet season to find the birds enjoying the spring flowers and insects, the watery habitats and more.
The dry season is also a good time to visit the rocky koppies in the Ruaha wilderness as it was here that Chief Mkwawa of the Hehe tribe hid away after he killed a German Captain in an ambush in 1895. The foliage dies down and things are easier to find and to see.
Find Ruaha National Park in south-west Tanzania, about 625km from the vibrant Dar es Salaam metropolis. Explore several cultural and historical sites of southern Tanzanian tribes in the park. The Arab caravans crossed here on their early trade routes, travelling further north by 1830. Then came European explorers, Burton and Speke, in 1857 to 1858. Later, Chief Mkwawaalso used these same routes to visit his chiefdoms in Sangu and Gogo.
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Plan a Tanzania tour and safari with Voyage2Africa, the African travel experts, and enjoy signature experiences to the premier wildlife destination south of the equator. We bring you thrilling adventures in the Serengeti and Tarangire National Parks, the vast Selous Game Reserve and the spectacular Ruaha National Park. We offer you the best of the best safari accommodation in Tanzania, in lavish lodges, family resorts, modern hotels, eco villas and rustic wild campsites in nature. Bring your camera and you hat, your binoculars and your sense of spirit to an African land that is home to humankind.
