Ruaha National Park

Contact

Address


P. O. Box. 369 Iringa

Area,District


Ruaha, Iringa Mjini

Region

Iringa

Mobile


+255 767 536129

Email

ruaha@tanzaniaparks.go.tz

Getting there

Direction

By Bus
There is a daily bus between Iringa and Tungamalenga village, departing Mwangata bus stand. From Tungamalenga, there is no onward transport to the park, other than rental vehicles arranged in advance through the Tungamalenga road camps.
By Car
Ruaha is 115km from Iringa along an unsealed road. About 58km before the park, the road forks; both sides go to Ruaha and the distance is about the same each way, but it is best to take the more travelled and more populated Tungamalenga road.

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Overview

Ruaha is believed to have high concentration of elephants than any National Park in East Africa. It is also a place where, magnificent mammals like Kudu, Sable and Roan antelopes can easily be spotted in Miombo woodland. The park is also a habitat for endangered wild dogs. Other animals in the park include lions, leopards, cheetah, giraffes, zebras, elands, impala, bat eared foxes and Jackals.

Apart from large animals, the park also harbors a number of reptiles and amphibians such as crocodiles, poisonous and non-poisonous snakes, monitor lizards, agama lizards and frogs
The park is characterized by semi-arid type of vegetation, baobab trees, Acacia and other species. There are over 1,650 plant species that have been identified.

Camping
Wildlife
Birding
Walking Safari
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