Ruaha River

Overview

About Ruaha River

The Great Ruaha River is the dominant waterway of Ruaha National Park and one of the most important wildlife corridors in East Africa, sustaining the park's enormous elephant population — the largest in Tanzania — along with huge buffalo herds, large prides of lion, and the highest density of greater kudu in Africa. During the dry season from June to October, animals concentrate in extraordinary numbers along the river's banks as surface water elsewhere disappears, making the Ruaha River frontage one of the best wildlife-viewing vantages on the continent.

What to Expect

Highlights

• 01 Tanzania's largest elephant population gathers along river
• 02 highest greater kudu density in Africa
• 03 enormous lion prides and buffalo herds
• 04 dry season wildlife concentration June to October
• 05 Ruaha National Park river frontage
• 06 crocodile and hippo pools