Usayizi: 13,000 sq km (5,000 miles miles)
Yakha: 1964
Izindawo zokuhlala ezengeziwe e-Dar es Salaam: 625 km (388 amamayela)
I-Ruaha National Park ingelinye lamahlane eqiniso okugcina eTanzania, eluhlaza, ekude, futhi ecebile ngezilwane zasendle ngendlela engakholakali. Njengepaki kazwelonke enkulu kunazo zonke ezweni, i-Ruaha inikeza abahambi ulwazi lwe-safari oluzizwa lukhethekile, luyiqiniso, futhi luxhumeke ngokujulile emvelweni. Njengoba kunezindawo ezimangalisayo, izilwane zasendle ezichichimayo, kanye nomfula i-Ruaha oyisithombe obumba impilo endaweni yonke, leli paki ligqama njengendawo okufanele ivakashelwe yinoma ubani ofuna uhambo lwase-Afrika olungonakalisiwe.
Izimila ze-Ruaha zishintsha kakhulu zisuka kwenye indawo ziye kwenye, zenza i-ecological mosaic eyingqayizivele engavamile ukutholakala kwenye indawo eMpumalanga Afrika.
Uzohlola:
Ama-savannah amakhulu avulekile
Izihlahla ze-Miombo
Izihlahla eziwugqinsi, ezomile
Amaxhaphozi namaxhaphozi
Amahlathi asemifuleni aluhlaza
Cishe Izinhlobo zezitshalo ezirekhodiwe eziyi-1,650, i-Ruaha iyipharadesi lezitshalo nendawo ekhangayo yabathandi bemvelo.
Ipaki ilele endaweni emangalisayo indawo yoguquko, lapho izilwane zasendle zaseMpumalanga naseNingizimu Afrika zihlangana khona, okwenza i-Ruaha ibe enye yezinto eziphilayo ezinhlobonhlobo kakhulu eTanzania. I-Great Rift Valley iphinde inqamule kuleli paki, iqophe ama-escarpps amahle futhi idale neziphethu zemvelo ezigcina izilwane zasendle unyaka wonke.
I-Ruaha National Park ibizwa nge-majestic Umfula omkhulu iRuaha, amakhilomitha angu-160 azungeze ipaki. Lo mfula uyinhliziyo eshayayo ye-ecosystem ye-Ruaha, ikakhulukazi ngenkathi eyomile lapho ushwabana ube uxhaxha lwemigodi yamanzi esindisa ukuphila.
Ngalesi sikhathi, izilwane ezidla ezinye zizisebenzisa ngokugcwele izilwane zasendle eziminyene ngasogwini. Izihlahla zomfula zidala ikhava yemvelo ephelele:
Lions
I-Leopards
Izingulule
Izinja zasendle zase-Afrika
Izimpisi ezinamabala
Lokhu kwenza indawo yomfula iRuaha ibe ngenye yezindawo izindawo ezinhle kakhulu zokubuka izilwane ezizingelayo kuyo yonke ipaki.
URuaha udume ngokuba usokhaya enye yezindawo eziphakeme kakhulu zezindlovu zase-Afrika eMpumalanga Afrika. Imihlambi yabantu abangaba ngu-200 ivame ukubonakala idla ngaphansi kwezihlahla zasendulo ze-baobab—enye yezinto ezibukwa kakhulu olwandle lwase-Ruaha.
I-Ruaha iphakathi kwamapaki ambalwa lapho ungabona khona zombili izinhlobo ze-kudu:
Okukhulu kakhulu ngezimpondo zazo ezithandelayo ezithandelayo
Iqhude elincane, ayitholakali kalula kodwa ihlaba umxhwele ngokufanayo
Ipaki nayo iyikhaya isihlabathi futhi ama-antelopes, izinhlobo ezimbili zezinyamazane ezifunwa kakhulu e-Afrika nezingavamile ukubonwa.
Abathandi bezinyoni bazojabula ukuthola okungaphezu kwalokho 529 izinhlobo zezinyoni ezirekhodiwe, okwenza i-Ruaha ibe enye yezindawo ezibaluleke kakhulu zokuthola izinyoni eTanzania.
Izinhlobo eziphawulekayo zihlanganisa:
I-Ruaha red-billed hornbill (endaweni yonke)
Izimfishane
Izinyoni zelanga
Izinyoni zothando ezinemibala emnyama
Ashy starlings
Ama-hornbills aphansi
Ama-Bateleurs
Izinkozi zase-Afrika
Zombili izinhlobo ezihlala kule paki nezifudukayo ziyachuma ezindaweni ezihlukahlukene zaleli paki.
Ukugcwala kancane uma kuqhathaniswa namapaki asenyakatho njengeSerengeti
Ilungele i-safari eyiqiniso, engekho-the-beaten-path
Ubuningi bezilwane ezizingelayo ngokubona okuhle kwamakati amakhulu
Ukuhlukahluka okumangazayo kwezindawo
Okunye okuhamba phambili kokubuka izindlovu e-Afrika
Amathuba amahle kakhulu wokubukela izinyoni
Ilungele abathwebuli bezithombe nabathandi bemvelo
Noma ngabe uku-game drive, i-safari ehamba ngezinyawo, noma uziphumulele endaweni yokulala eseceleni komfula, i-Ruaha inikeza ulwazi lwe-safari olungalibaleki olulotshwe imvelo ngendlela emsulwa.
At Kiwoito Africa Safaris, sakha izindlela eziqondene nawe ezikucwilisa ehlane lase-Ruaha elingakathintwa. Abaqondisi bethu be-safari abanolwazi bakuyisa ezindaweni zezilwane zasendle ezikhiqiza kakhulu zaleli paki, beqinisekisa ukuthi uthola okungcono kakhulu ngaso sonke isikhathi.
Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi uhlanganisa i-Ruaha ne-Selous/Nyerere National Park, i-Mikumi, noma uhamba ujula e-Southern Tanzania, sikusiza ukuklama uhambo oluhle kakhulu lwe-safari.
Ulungele ukuhlola i-Ruaha National Park?
Sithumelele izinsuku zakho zokuhamba, futhi ongoti bethu be-safari bazokulungiselela uhambo olwenzelwe wena.