Mammal Tragelaphus strepsiceros
Spiral horns and a ghostly grey coat. Ruaha is the best park in East Africa for this shy antelope.
The greater kudu is one of the most handsome antelopes in Africa, with white stripes down the flanks and horns that spiral two and a half turns. It prefers hilly, wooded country and is hard to see in the north.
Ruaha is different. Kudu are common there, along with lesser kudu, roan and sable, which is why birders and wildlife travellers alike put the south on their list.
Ruaha’s rocky hills and thick bush; occasionally in Tarangire.
Guide’s tipKudu freeze rather than run. Scan the shade under big trees at midday.
Sightings are never guaranteed: these are wild animals in wild places. What we can promise is a guide who knows where to look.
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Huge elephant herds, ancient baobabs and Tanzania’s endemic birds.
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Loxodonta africana
Tarangire’s big herds are the classic sight: families drifting between baobabs to the river in the dry season.
Panthera leo
The Serengeti holds one of the largest lion populations left in Africa. Prides of twenty are not unusual.
Panthera pardus
Secretive and beautiful. The Seronera valley’s sausage trees are the best place in Africa to find one by day.
Acinonyx jubatus
Built for the short grass plains. Watch one scan from a termite mound in the southern Serengeti.
Diceros bicornis
Critically endangered and closely guarded. The Ngorongoro Crater is the most reliable place in Tanzania to see one.
Syncerus caffer
The Big Five’s heavyweight. Herds of several hundred are a daily sight in Arusha National Park and the crater.
Giraffa tippelskirchi
Tanzania’s national animal, with jagged star-shaped patches. Common almost everywhere except inside the crater.
Equus quagga
The migration’s other half. Hundreds of thousands of zebra move with the wildebeest across the Serengeti.
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