Ruaha National Park
Baobabs, kopjes and wide rolling grassland, Ruaha is a little visited but scenically stunning park that offers some of the best dry season game viewing in Tanzania.
One of the last great unspoilt wildlife meccas of Africa
Ruaha is where Nomad can be very Nomad. It's the largest national park in Tanzania -nearly 50% bigger than the Serengeti, yet with a tenth of the number of visitors. That makes us pioneers, bringing critical tourist incomes to a little visited park, a secret Africa that is properly wild. This untouched kind of territory suits us down to the ground, bringing out the explorer in us.
Amongst its lonely plains, sweeping sand rivers and swathes of woodland, elephants occur in large herds.There are abundant predators: lions, leopard, hunting dog, hyena. And great crocodiles in the Ruaha River, the park’s lifeblood. It’s also fantastic walking and driving country for our guides - who are a particularly independent-minded lot, and have the freedom of these vast, diverse tracts of habitat.
Kigelia
Kiba Point
Sand Rivers
Charlie, Ruaha
In the field with Nomad
What makes Ruaha National Park special for me is the way everything here comes together. This is where different parts of Tanzania meet, so you see wildlife you don’t always find in one place. The Ruaha River controls life here — if you understand the river, you understand the animals.
The lions hunt in rocky hills and dry riverbeds, not just open plains, and Ruaha is also one of the best places for leopards if you know where to look. I love the light here too — early morning and late afternoon, it turns everything gold.
Prim Mlay
Kigelia, Ruaha, Southern Tanzania
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This is one of the few parks where you can walk and fly-camp – all that’s between you and the dark is a sheet of canvas.
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For people seeking a next level Africa adventure, this is it.
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This stylish but rustic camp has nabbed the most beautiful spot in Africa’s biggest wilderness park, the unheralded Selous.
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Safari game drives are commonplace on the continent, but few do them like Nomad. Its camps are not only located in some of the most far flung corners of the country, but are a mix of permanent sites, removable tents that disappear with the seasons, and mobile camps that mirror migration routes.