By Air – There are both scheduled and chartered flights into the park mainly from Arusha, Dodoma, Kigoma and Dar es Salaam. Park’s airstrips are located at Msembe and Jongomero

By road-It is about 130km drive from Iringa town and 625km from Dar es Salaam city.
The road into the park is passable throughout the year.

Walking Tours, Day and Night time game drives.

The park is renounced for Greater Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) which cannot be found in any other national park.

June to October. Because Wildlife viewing is easier since the bush thins out and animals gather around rivers and waterholes.

The park is one of the Tanzania birds’ paradise with more than 571species and some of them are known to be migrants from within and outside Africa. Birds migrating from Europe, Asia, and Australia are found here.

Ruaha is believed to have high concentration of elephants than any national park in East Africa.

It is also a place where, magnificent mammals like Kudu (both Greater and Lesser), Sable and Roan antelopes can easily be spotted in Miombo woodland.

There are over 1650 plant species that have been identified.

The park is the transitional point of two vegetation zones, the Zambezian (characterized by Miombo vegetation) and Sudanian (characterized by Acacia vegetation).

Ruaha also has interesting historical and cultural sites that visitors can explore. Most of these sites were occupied by some significant Southern Tanzanian tribes.

The tribal rituals and traditions, drop by Painting rock at Nyanywa, ‘Ganga la Mafunyo’, and Mapenza’ grave at Mpululu are awe-inspiring.