Tanzania offers wonderful safaris ensuring a perfect Tanzania Safari Holiday. Fundamentally a fly-in safari because of the long distances and bad roads, the southern and western safari areas are, as a result, pristine and untouched, making for a truly wild African safari. Southern Tanzania is considered Africa’s heart of tourism.

You will land in Kigoma and take a boat across Africa’s deepest Lake Tanganyika from where you head to the national parks of Gombe and Mahale.

Gombe Stream National Park is renowned for chimpanzees, no very common anywhere. It is a low key reserve but with a very high international profile as a chimpanzee research area.

On the other hand, Mahale National Park is set against the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika, in a place characterized by exotic and isolated beauty.

It is here that, the clear waters of Lake Tanganyika lap against the sandy deserted shores of Mahale while the forested peaks rise up in the distance and the area is home to the largest number of primate species of any Tanzanian park including more than1000 chimpanzees.

You will absolutely enjoy tracking chimpanzees and various primates through these deep forests and the experience is quickly becoming a world favorite wildlife activity.

Ruaha National Park boasts wildlife populations as grand as they are diverse. It was exploited by poachers in the 1980s, but Ruaha has quickly re-established itself as one of Africa’s best wilderness areas anywhere and it’s no wonder that Ruaha and Selous are considered to offer the best game viewing in the whole of Africa.

Selous game reserve is considered by many to be the future flagship of southern Tanzanian safari travel. A vacation in Selous will live to be the best in your memory.

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Ruaha Climate, When to Visit

Best time to visit
Though the park remain stunning through out the year, it is best to visit it between July and November when the animals gather around the water holes. Their cover is blown a during May to December which is a dry season and animals become easier to spot when when leaves and branches dies down. Eurasian migrating birds normally come and increase the already ;big numbers of exotic and colorful species in the park, and this usually happens twice a year that is in March/April and October/November.

In South-central Tanzania is where Ruaha is situated with the nation park as the boundary and with multiple ecosystems; It is important to note that Ruaha Nation park has Rungwa, Kizigo and Muhesi Game reserves in its north, while its east contains Iringa Highlands plus Rubeho mountains. ‘Ruaha’ is more of a genetic terminology traditionally use dby the natives of the region, and it comes from “Luvaha” which means water stream- this referring to the river that runs through the park. However, the real indigenous name for the Great Ruaha River is “ Lyambangari”. It was in 1964, that Ruaha National park formally came into existence and it was given a National park status. An official boundary survey was forced in 1973 that it now stands 12,950sq km. the reason for this boundary survey was due to the ecosystem relationship it shared with the northern game reserves.

Ruaha National park, the second largest National park after Serengeti, in its pristine ecological condition. It is not so much frequented and this makes any visitors experience a unique ore. Ruaha is a park that deals so much in under taking nature is fact guest to this park you can also spot th speeding fish eagle in motion, a spray of water made by a hippopotamus and so many other experiences

When visiting Ruaha National park, guests can normally use two ways. Guests can either use the road through safari from Dar-es-Salaam taking the A7 high, passing Mikumi National park and Udzungwa mountains National kpark or they can merge off to the west going through the beautiful and gorgeous Iringa Highlands. If you do not use driving methods, then Travel to Tanzania can arrange for flight departures from Arusha and Dar-es-Salaam where accommodation guides meets you as soon as you arrive. The green season usually force visitors to fly dow instead of driving. Between the months of mid May to the end of December are the best months avisable for visiting the Ruaha National park.

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Tandala Tented camp.
Situated at 12km from the Ruaha National park boundary, Tandala a pleasant new camp has got ten spacious, elevated, luxury tents providing a variety of twin or double bed arrangements. There are extra beds to accommodate a third person or for children. Lighting is offered by 24hr solar and there is absolute seclusion and privacy because every tent stands at least eight metres away fro the next one. Gas or solar provides hot showers, while thatch encloses the en-suite bathroom at the back of every tent.

In front of every; there is a sizable verandah which has comfortable seats where people can relax from or view game along the Mdweka sand river.

The camp has got a good diversity of animals for example; Bushbuck, greater Kuddu, Warthog, Dikdik, giraffe, African Dog, baboons, Mangoose, and reedbuck.

Most guests are attracted to Tandala by the many elephants that come and leave regularly as the water holes keep on attracting them (elephants).

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Ruaha Wildlife Safari

Wildlife of Ruaha
The wildlife at Ruaha National Park can be defined in two words of wild and beautiful. According to people in the tourism industry, the southern parks and reserves of Tanzania such as Selous Game reserve are for seasoned wildlife watchers as they are not plains game. In other words, one needs to really drive in search for the animals and this is due to the bush and Miombo vegetation. The park is said to be having animals like African hunting dogs (painted dogs), the lesser and greater Kudu, the silver back Jackal, pelicans lions, plus Zebras. Of recent, the Tanzania park authorities authorized the ability for visitors to undertake an all day walking safari which is assisted by an armed ranger that accompanies the trip, this factor being an additional to the game viewing vehicle.

The all day walking safari experience enables visitors to explore the Africa wildlife on foot as they continue creating a personalized experience of sporting animals tht norally shy away from humans for example the leopards.

There are other unique animals visitors to Ruaha should look out for other tant positive popular ones of zebras, leopards, lions, elephants and hyenas. The uniqie animals to be boked up for are mainly the African huntitn dog and lesser and greater kudu as tey are going to be discussed further below;

The African hunting Dog: because of their beautiful mixed back, white brown and mustard colors, they are also called the painted dog and although some may call them wild dogs as well, this is a wrong reference. They always appear passive in nature, however, they will have to reach if bothered, harassed and disturbed. It is important still to note that there is no relationship between the common domesticated dog (dogs kept at home) and the African dog. Together in packs of between 6 and 20 they live and are moving form one place to another. In fact, they are noted be spend most of their time in the year moving (nine months) and the only 3 remaining months is when they reduce their movement to a home range. The other impressive information about this king of a dog is that during the early century they were considered to be wild animals who could attack farm animals and birds and hence so harmful to livestock keeping and therefore this factor led to the unfair killing of many of them viewing these animals in action is so hard, and so if one gets the opportunity tosees them one should be considred very lucky.

Lesser and greater Kude: these have got the size of the body that make them be appropriately reffered to. They are normally sight in Ruaha National park and spoting them there is easy, however they tend to be shy and affected by the approach of anything that they feel may be of threat. This beautiful animal which is fight easily like the young male impalas who normally fight using their horns. Taking these animals’ photograph will bring out a prized picture because of their beautiful spirated horns and white stripes.

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Ruaha Vegetation and Terrain

Vegetation, landscape and Terrain of Ruaha:
Just a few days spent in Ruaha national park will be enough for you to realize the diversity of the vegetation growth and terrain structure, more so during the dry season when the water levels of the greater Ruaha river bed and reducing the vegatationt to a different color and shape. Ruaha has a mixture of savannah plains grass, acacia trees, miombo woodlands and submontane forest zone, some of which are back dropped against rolling plains, rock out crops or kopjes and hilly forests. Meanwhile, the value to visitors who want to focus on the botany of the region is added due to the presence of over 1600 documented species of flowering andno flowering plant life.

Combining the vegetation and terrain leads to a picturesque view during the sunrise and sunsets more so at accommodations like Ruaha river lodge, which overlooks the east. Driving from Jongomeru region coming back to the main bridge would be the other example where you could spot the pleasing well arranged colors of nature being displayed on the landscape from the southern hillside overlooking the Ruaha river.

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Ruaha Travel Information

Geographic location of accommodation in Ruaha.
There are four main accommodations that visitors who come to the Ruaha National Park choose from, regardless of the way they travel to the park. The accommodations include; Mwagusi Safari camp which is situated on the banks of Mwagusi sand river, Mdongo old river camp which is situated in the remote Mdonga sand river, Ruaha river lodge literally on the Ruaha river and the Jongomero tented camp which is situated in Jongomeru overlooking a sand river.

Every accommodation is situated in its own strategic locations focusing on the various aspects it is to promote or present because of the in depth knowledge and personal visits to these accommodations, an Travel to Tanzanian customer care specialist can therefore help you plan for your specialized programme with ease.

Travel to Tanzania thought its would be of great importance of guests to learn about the location and characteristics which these accommodations bring forth to them, being the fact that they are located in their specific sections of the park.

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Ruaha National park Tour

There are several reasons as to why people need to visit the park, and below are some of the reasons;
High concentration of wildlife; Ruaha National park get boosted in the concentration of wildlife because of the dispersal and migration of other wildlife from its ecosystem coming down from the northern game reserves of Kizigo and Rungwa. There are therefore big numbers of Lions, Elands, Zebra, Buffalos, Kudus, Impalas and Elephants
Preserved vegetation. Ruaha’s vegetation has remained in tact and safe because its ecosystem and its surroundings has seen not been faced with livestock grazing problems.
Increased Biodiversity: Just one-third of the park size is enough for Ruaha National park to show case a reasonable number of biodiversities on any given day. It is possible to spot silver Back jackal, Elephants walking into the camp, Hippos searching for food around the camp at night , African dogs hunting, a pride of 18 Lions hunting the superb Lesser and Greater Kudus. The park is also noted to have more than 1600 plant species and 370 bird species.
Lets. To Discover; visitors have got a greater chance of exploring much of the park where they are permitted. This is because there are no access restrictions in the areas where the park authorities have formal tracks. Even still, the Tanzania park authorities are adding more routes by carefully monitoring the ecological impact thus making sure that the wildlife is not disturbed in any way. Plans to add up to1500km of road networks are made.
Personalized wildlife watching : Ruaha is expanding every year, and because of this chances of bumping into other vehicles that can startle an animal you may be already watching is limited.
Untouched and Prisitve Nature; The wildlife in Ruaha is less adapted to humans because this park is the less frequented one in Tanzania. This park is not so much frequented because; it is incorrectly assumed to be very expensive park to visit yet the fact is that its pricing structure for park charges and accommodations are just a little over industry standards when compared to other parks in Tanzania.
Accommodation fairly priced: Ruaha National Park’s accommodation charges cater for all people to the extent that every one visiting Tanzania will wish to visit the park as well. It is important to note that the slightly increased cost is reflected of the value the park provides of exclusivity and remembrance.
Walking safaris: Ruaha has proved to be one of the very few parks in Tanzania where an armed ranger accompanies a walking safari. This liberty gives outdoors and nature enthusiasts an opportunity to receive an up close and person treatment of the offering in dense places where safari vehicles cannot penetrate.

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Ruaha River

River of Ruaha
Ruaha national park has got two main types of rivers that is to say, flowing permanent arteries of the Ruaha river and its seasonal tributaries and rivers of white sand which are also referred to as sand river during the dry season. It is said that a sand river appears to be a unique concept as to many visiting Ruaha National Park.

There are two opposite directions in which the main rivers in the Ruaha ecosystem appear: the Ns’ombe river located completely on the northern section runs through Rungwa game reserve and a section of its tributary spurs into Ruaha National prk. Te grate Ruaha rives runs on the southern section of Ruaha National park and continues to flow eastwards and joining Njombe and Rufiji river, and dumping itself on the Indian ocean.

Mdonya and Mwagusi sand river are the two main sand rivers of Ruaha National Park. These two rivers act as inlets carrying rainwater into the Ruaha during the rainy season despite the fact that they are white sand beds and carry no fishes. The river has no water on the surface during the dry season, however there is building of water close to the surface of the river bed which is promoted by the presence of granite mineral, that collects the water together. The elephants are normally viewed by the guides as they keep on digging up on the sand rivers trying to get the water. It is very common still to view many other animals on the sand river.

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Ruaha River lodge

Ruaha River lodge, which is believed to be the oldest lodge that Ruaha National Park has. Peter and Sarah Fox manager this lodge, no wonder therefore, in the past no years their family has been visiting the area. The lodge has got a stunning scenery, nearby bods which are filled with crocodiles and hippos plus rapids over which the it looks always have game drinking.

The lodge is build on and around the rocky out crops that surrounds the river bank. The lodge is divided up into two distinct camps each with their own facilities and dining areas tht makes each of them feel personal. The lodge therefore has the new camp which has got ten bandas and the old, original camp which has got eight bungalows.

These bandas which are large have got rooms of good standards with flush toilets, electricity and hot water. They are make of stone and thatch all with a good veranda and plenty of comfy seats.
High on a rocky out crop or on the river bank is where meals are served, the food is wholesome and has a lot of fresh vegetables offered by the family farm in Iringa.

The lodge concentrates more on open-sided game drives which are normally accompanied by a guide and tracker from the local community, although walking Safaris are possible too.

The rive lodge is highly recommended, not because it is not comparable to the more expensive lodges of Jongomero and Mwangusi, but because of its good value for money.

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Ruaha Attractions

Ruaha river lodge within the Mwayangi and Nsembe vicinity.
A superb hilltop view welcomes you to the moment you enter Ruaha National Park from Iringa town. Underneath the new disgned bridge, is the striking mix of dark rocky-river which offers you a chance to spot crocodiles, hippos as well as bird life. Immediately after paying the park charges, one enters Mwanyangi, the closest area to Ruaha river lodge, which is just some few kilometers down to the left.

As you continue with the road heading down t the lodge, you pass some rapids called Nyamakuyy rapids which are caused by the underlying terrain of the river bed. The prefrerable periodfor visiting Ruaha is during the dry season, however Travel to Tanzania will hardly sport the rapids if the visit during this season, and this is because of the water levels that tends to be low at that time.

Nsembe is the area on the opposite side that runs down stream from the Ruaha river lodge and it has got very good sighting points. This section of Ruaha has got vegetation of mixed plains, savannah grass, tall palm trees growing near the river with beautiful horizontal landscape, and a mix of thorny trees is between. Going further towards the Msembe area, you can sport the park headquarters that handles all the administrative and logistics work for Ruaha National Park. The park headquarters has also got airstrips where some of light aircrafts form Arusha and Dar-es-salaam arrive and leave.

There are various animal and bird species in this area of Ruaha National Park and so some of them include; Hippos, Batleur Eagles, Defassa waterbuck, lions, Kudus, Von Der Decks and Wild dogs.

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