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Ruaha
National Park is
the 2nd largest in
Tanzania,
covering an area of more than 13,000 square kilometers in the Iringa
Region. Many who visited this park at the right season, rate it as
favorite anywhere in the continent. The name Ruaha owes to Great Ruaha
river which flows along the eastern border.
The Friends of Ruaha Society,
a British bilateral aid program is funding a project on
community based wildlife, a management plan for Ruaha ecosystem and a
project to direct the benefits of tourism to the people who live
around the park.
Ruaha
National Park is is extremely interesting as it presents the transition
zone where southern African and eastern African Species of flora and
fauna overlap, therefore, it has unique variety of animals, birds and
vegetation.
Main Vegetation in Ruaha National
Park are Miombo woodland, acacia grassland and baobab trees. However, the
park is very rich in big games. it is well-recognizable for the
large herds of Elephant, Giraffe, Buffalo and Impala, and numerous
Greater lesser Kudu as well as wild dogs, . lions and leopard are also
common. The Great Ruaha River, that border the park in the east, provide
habitation for hippopotamus and crocodiles. Birds can be watched along
the river banks too (the park has recorded more than 540 species of bird,
which is one of the highest bird species diversity in East Africa).
The best time to visit is during
the dry season (June-April) when roads are passable and game viewing
around the river courses and waterholes become excellent. Providing
opportunity for close range animals admiration. However, year round game
viewing is possible; there
are well defined network
of game-viewing roads follows the Great Ruaha and its seasonal tributaries. See the Special
Itinerary for Ruaha
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INFO:
African
elephants are highly aggressive and, cannot be tamed. They are the main
hazard in the Ruaha National Park.
The National Park is also
accessible by schedule & charter planes from Dar, Zanzibar, Lake Manyara,
Serengeti, Selous and Iringa
Special
Offer 5 Days Mikumi - Ruaha Safari
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