RUAHA NATIONAL PARK:
Ruaha National Park is Tanzania's least accessible parks and poorly visted and as result it is
totally untouched and remains one of the most exciting game reserves (almost as large as the Serengeti)
in Tanzania. We do include Ruaha National park on many of our off track safaris.
Ruaha is exciting and regarded as a birdwatcher's paradise as there are 350 species
of bird that are not found in northern Tanzania and as the river runs through spectacular
gorges and majestic trees it is specially appealing to photographers. The new Ruaha
Redbilled( Tanzania Redbilled ) Hornbill, another one of the Tanzanian endemics is localized in Ruaha.
Most of the big game: elephant; buffalo; hippos; crocodiles; lion; cheetah;
leopard; wild dog and lots of antelope; Greater and Lesser Kudu; roan and sable
antelope; and Grants gazelles are found in the Ruaha. Ruaha's unusually high diversity of antelope is a function
of its location, which is transitional to the acacia savannah of East Africa and the
miombo woodland belt of Southern Africa. Grant's gazelle and lesser kudu occur here at
the very south of their range, alongside the miombo-associated sable and roan antelope,
and one of East Africa`s largest populations of greater kudu, the park emblem,
distinguished by the male's magnificent corkscrew horns.
BEST TIME TO VISIT:
For predators and large mammals, dry season (mid-May-December) and for bird-watching,
lush scenery and wildflowers visit in January through June.
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