Remote, rugged and vast, Ruaha protects some 20,000 square kilometres of baobab-studded hills and sand rivers in Tanzania’s southern highlands. It shelters roughly a tenth of the world’s lions, large elephant and buffalo herds, and both greater and lesser kudu — with a fraction of the visitors the north receives.
The park’s baobab-studded hills and the seasonal Great Ruaha River support large elephant and buffalo herds, alongside both greater and lesser kudu, species rarely seen together elsewhere.
Best time to visit
June to October for concentrated dry-season game viewing along the Great Ruaha River.
How to experience it with us
A fly-in safari for travellers who want wild Africa to themselves; superb paired with Nyerere for a full southern-circuit itinerary.