At the moment the great Ruaha river is not worthy of its name.  Deep in the dry season now, its waters have dropped and slowed resembling more of a stream than a mighty river.  A month from now the flow will stop completely.  Thankfull there are many permanant pools which last the dry season keeping our Hippos and Crocodiles happy and maintaning a population of fish.

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With the season at Ras Kutani in full swing, time was taken to deliver some generous donations from one of our guests to the clinic and school at Gomvu village, where many of our staff hail from. The nurses were extremely happy with the supplies they received, and the children eager to use their new books and pencils that were donated.

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With the dry season in full swing, now is the time of bush fires.  The time for managed burning by the park authorities has gone, now it is too dry to start intentional bush fires.  However many fires can be caused by accident in several ways: An early morning dew drop clinging to the surface of an old elephant turd can concentrate the suns energy like a magnifying glass and set the turd alight.

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As the dry season takes its grip the game has started to concentrate around the lakes and river system in large numbers, the predators following in their wake. The sightings have been really good but on this morning they were spectacular! Within twenty minutes of leaving camp a troop of baboons was spotted in the canopy of several trees, all were staring intently towards a bush.

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