Ruaha River Lodge
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Roaring Ruaha
Ruaha NP, TZ's second largest park, was incredibly dry. There were pockets of pools within the main Ruaha river bed where we expected to see quite a few animals but the numbers of animals were not that great. We were really lucky to have found the lions - they were a few metres away from one of the picnic sites and tucked away in the ...
Zebra Down on the Mwagusi
... for our final Ruaha game drive, a report is received that a pride of lion has downed a zebra near the Mwagusi. Marc drives to the river and we find the kill immediately.
We have seen lion kills before but never this close. The lions are totally oblivious to our presence. We are so close Marc could climb out on the hood of the Land Rover and pat several on their head. The lions have disemboweled the zebra. One lion actually has half her body inside the ...
Finding Water on the Great Ruaha
... saved one of their goslings. Today, he waddles along behind his mom and dad but his siblings are gone…all five of them.
We are unable to find the dead leopard on the far side of the Mwagusi so we cross back over the dry river bed. There we find him in the small sand dunes along the bank. The male leopard is a young adult. Marc examines the body and confirms the leopard has been suffocated by lion. We can visualize what happened. We had seen ...
Ruaha National Park (2nd largest park in Africa)
... the only green one, with water enough for hippos to live in. Hippos are not the only inhabitants of this precious pool of water. We counted 6 big crocs, and fish, too many to begin to count, all live here. Birds of all kinds sit around on the rocks as if they were spectators to whatever drama was about to unfold.
We drove on and tried to stick to the river bed as far as possible. We saw Giraffe, Kudu, Impala, Zebra and Elephants. Lots ...
Grumpy's Pride
... We see no large predators but the body language of all animals on that side of the bridge says a threat is near.
What is so interesting about this part of Ruaha is the winding, narrow roads we follow never give a hint of what is around the next bend. It is exciting and so different from the Serengeti or Maasai Mara where one can seemingly see forever. Here, around one bend is a large herd of Cape buffalo contentedly chewing their cuds. Around ...
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