RUAHA NATIONAL PARK

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Ruaha National Park is a wilderness area that combines excellent game viewing with spectacular landscapes. The park’s unexplored ecosystem means that safari experiences are more private and authentic than those in the Serengeti and Ngorongoro. The Great Ruaha River, and the Mwagusi, Jongomero, and Mzombe Rivers are the main source of water for wildlife during the dry season. Waterbuck, impala, and Grant’s gazelle risk their lives for water as the shores of the Ruaha are a permanent hunting ground for lion, leopard, cheetah, jackal, hyena and the rare and endangered African wild dog. Highlights: •Ruaha National Park is renowned for its excellent wildlife-sighting opportunities. Combined with the low number of visitors, this makes it a spectacular destination. •The wider Ruaha area hosts 10% of the world’s lion population and has been a Lion Conservation Unit since 2005. It’s not uncommon to find prides of more than 20 lion in the park. •Other predators that can be found in the park include; almost 100 endangered wild dog and leopard, cheetah, wild dog, hyena and black back jackal. •There are more than 570 species of birds, including the eponymous Ruaha red-billed hornbill. Migrant birds from Europe, Asia, Australia and Madagascar arrive during the rainy season between February and April.