4-Day Ruaha National Park

• A transfer from the airport can be arranged for an extra cost.
• Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Iringa | Ruaha Game Drive

Today, you will start with your departure from the hotel in Iringa town at around 8:00 am and head to Ruaha National Park. Upon arrival, you will check in at your accommodation for refreshments and later go for afternoon and sunset game drives to catch up with sights of wildlife species.

Later, you will return to your booked accommodation for dinner and an overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Ruaha National Park

Best Time To Visit June to October (Best wildlife viewing)

High Season June to October (Ruaha is rarely crowded)

Best Weather June to October (Rains are very rare)

Wildlife in Ruaha NP

ElephantAbundant

GiraffeCommon

BuffaloCommon

ZebraCommon

HippoCommon

LionOccasional

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LeopardOccasional

HyenaOccasional

Wild DogOccasional

CheetahRare

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

WildebeestNone

Accommodation:

TANAPA Ruaha Bandas

• Budget banda located inside Ruaha NP

Meals & Drinks:

• Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Ruaha National Park

On this day, you will leave at 6:30 am for a sunrise game drive, with breakfast taken in the bush. After breakfast, you will continue with game drives searching for wild animals in different locations in the park. Expect to spot some predators like lions, cheetahs, large numbers of wild dogs, and numerous animals until lunch break.

Enjoy your picnic lunch in the park as you rest, and thereafter, you will continue with the game drive until the evening. Driving along the Great Ruaha River, you can expect to see animals, such as buffaloes, giraffes, wildebeests, zebras, impalas, warthogs, elephants, hippos, crocodiles, greater and lesser kudus, sables and roan antelopes, and different birds, plants and reptile species. Return to your lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Ruaha National Park

Accommodation:

TANAPA Ruaha Bandas

• Budget banda located inside Ruaha NP

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Ruaha National Park

After breakfast, you will head out for a morning game drive in the park, watching the wild dogs and other animals. You will return for lunch and have some rest as you wait for your afternoon game drive. You can also have a night game drive (with additional charges), giving you chances to spot several predators.

You will overnight at your booked accommodation.

Main Destination:

Ruaha National Park

Accommodation:

TANAPA Ruaha Bandas

• Budget banda located inside Ruaha NP

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Ruaha | Iringa

Lions live here in large prides, often numbering over twenty individuals! Leopards and cheetahs love hunting on the open plains, while many smaller species are equally at home here – serval, caracal, civet, genet and banded wildcat. Cheetahs are remarkably common, making seeing the three main cat species very likely – something rare in Africa nowadays.

Other mammals also thrive in Ruaha in abundance. The park’s elephant herds are absolutely humongous! Buffalo are plentiful too, as are zebra, giraffe, hippopotamus and an exciting assortment of antelope species such as roan, sable, eland, impala, gazelle, reedbuck, hartebeest, klipspringer – and the largest population of greater kudu in all of East Africa! Predators, besides the cats, include black-backed jackal, spotted hyena and (less common) striped hyena. The park is also an important area for wild dog, hosting over a hundred dogs at last count.

You will be dropped off in Iringa.

Main Destination:

Ruaha National Park

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• A transfer back to the airport can be arranged for an extra cost.