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Fly to

Kilimanjaro (for Northern Tanzania), Dar es Salaam (for Selous, Ruaha, Zanzibar)

flying time

11 hours 30 minutes including transit stop

time difference

GMT +3 hours

Visas

Required for UK passport holders

Health Requirements

Yellow fever certificate required

Best time to travel

December - March, July - October

Weather

Due to Tanzania's proximity to the equator the climate is generally warm year round ranging between 25°C to 32°C, there are however regional variations. With two rain seasons, the 'short rains' fall between November and December whilst the 'long rains' between February and into early May. The best time to travel to Tanzania is between December and March and July and October.

 




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Ruaha National Park Safari Holidays

Ruaha National Park is a vast and wild park, actually the second largest in Tanzania, yet perhaps one of the least well-known.  Accessible by air from Dar es Salaam and bordering the Ruaha River, with its spectacular cliffs and pools , there are a variety of habitats including forest and swamp.

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Suggested Ruaha accommodation

mwagusi safari lodge tanzania ruaha 

Mwagusi Safari Camp  

Situated on the banks of the Mwagusi Sand River, this small intimate tented camp overlooks a watering hole in the riverbed. The writer John Hemmingway once wrote that the camp is designed as...