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The lesser-known area of Tanzania that will gift your clients their own private game drives

Destinations
Karl Cushing
28 October 2024

With the country’s northern safari circuit, including the famous Serengeti, packed to bursting, our writer joins an educational showcasing the quieter, wilder southern parks of Ruaha and Nyerere

Elephants crossing

Elephants crossing a river in Ruaha National Park © Karl Cushing

Lenses framing faces we sit hushed, stately still, all eyes on the two gently jostling juvenile elephants at play in the river before us. Time slows as we capture their carefree capers, an enthusiastic water spurt or trumpet call here, an ear-flapping sidestep there, occasional water stomps warding off an inquisitive croc. Meanwhile, downriver, an impressive elephant crossing delivers further photography gold.