Welcome to Ruaha National Park and the Rungwa Ecosystem. This is one of the most remote and beautiful areas in Tanzania. Currently visitor numbers are low and you will frequently be the only car on the landscape.
This large conservation area is currently comparable to the Serengeti National Park in size at 10300 sq km and is Tanzania's second largest National Park. The Rungwa ecosystem contains six protected areas, most famously Ruaha National Park. It is situated in the center of Tanzania about 130km west of the town of Iringa. Ruaha National Park is accessible year-round either by light aircraft from Dar es Salaam, the Selous Game Reserve, the Serengeti National Park, Arusha, Iringa and Mbeya, or by road through Iringa from Dar es Salaam (about 10 hours) via Mikumi or from Arusha via Dodoma.
Ruaha National Park will shortly combine with the Usangu Game Reserve to cover an area of over 15,000 km square making it the largest National Park in Africa.
Ruaha, which is home to 10,000 elephants (the largest population of any East African national park), protects a vast area of dry savanna. Typically there is Miombo woodland, Acacia woodland, Terminalia scrub and riverine forests. It depends on the Great Ruaha River, which marks the Eastern boundary of the park.
The Ruaha and Rungwa area is the home to over 450 bird species. The Usangu Game Reserve includes the Ihefu Wetland, the natural water reservoir and regulator for the Great Ruaha River.
For more information on visiting Ruaha National Park please contact us.
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Ruaha National Park extends for over 10,300 sq.km, to the west of Iringa. Ruaha is often described as the country's best-kept secret. As the southern circuit slowly opens up Ruaha will become very popular, but at the moment it is still inaccessible enough to keep away the big tour groups, and has an untouched atmosphere.
Rungwa Game Reserve more info ->
Rungwa is mainly a stopover destination between the northern and southern circuits.
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