Ruaha National Park
Ruaha National Park is Tanzania's largest national park and is home to baobabs, grasslands and rolling hills.
The Great Ruaha River runs through the park, which is home to lions, leopards and wild dogs who, due to the hot, dry, climate, tend to stay close to watering holes.
With only a limited number of camps within the park, there are relatively few tourists.
Wildebeest migration safaris
An essential guide to planning a migration safari in Tanzania and Kenya
Sometimes called ‘the greatest show on earth’, the wildebeest migration sees mega herds of almost two million wildebeest, zebras and gazelles continuously travel thousands of kilometres in a broadly clockwise direction from the southern Serengeti, north into Kenya’s Maasai Mara, and back again. The migration is one of Africa's classic safari experiences, drawing visitors year round to witness this magnificent spectacle. Along the way the herds experience the full circle of life, from mating, to calving, to death – often in the jaws of their many predators: the crocodiles and big cats who are themselves sustained by Mother Nature’s beautiful, if brutal, cycle...read more