Kuonera masewerawa kumayamba ndege ikangofika pansi. Njati ikuthamanga pafupi ndi bwalo la ndege, miyendo yonse ndi khosi, koma yokongola modabwitsa m'malo ake ovuta. Mzere wa mbidzi ukudutsa pabwalo la ndege motsatira njati. Patali, pansi pa mtengo wa baobab wokulirapo, njovu zingapo za ku Ruaha - zomwe ndi chiwerengero chachikulu kwambiri kuposa paki ina iliyonse ya dziko la East Africa - zimapanga gulu loteteza ana awo.
Yachiwiri kwa Katavi chifukwa cha chipululu chake chosagwedezeka, koma chosavuta kufikako, Ruaha imateteza dera lalikulu la dziko louma komanso louma lomwe limadziwika pakati pa Tanzania. Mtsinje wa Great Ruaha, womwe umadutsa m'mphepete mwa malire akum'mawa ndi madzi osefukira nthawi yamvula, koma pambuyo pake umachepa mpaka kufika pa maiwe amtengo wapatali ozunguliridwa ndi mchenga ndi miyala yowala. Misewu yowonera nyama imatsatira Great Ruaha ndi mitsinje yake ya nyengo, komwe - nthawi yachilimwe - impala, nswala ndi abuluzi ena amaika miyoyo yawo pachiswe chifukwa cha madzi opatsa moyo. Ndipo chiopsezo chake ndi chachikulu: osati kokha kuchokera ku mikango yoposa 20 yomwe imalamulira savannah, komanso kuchokera ku akalulu omwe amatsata udzu wotseguka ndi akambuku omwe amabisala m'nkhalango zosakanikirana. Gulu lodabwitsa la zilombo zazikuluzikulu limalimbikitsidwa ndi afisi okhala ndi mizere ndi madontho, komanso magulu angapo odziwika bwino a agalu aku Africa omwe ali pangozi kwambiri.
Kusiyanasiyana kwakukulu kwa antelope ku Ruaha kumadalira malo ake, komwe kumasintha kupita ku savannah ya acacia ku East Africa ndi dera la nkhalango ya miombo ku Southern Africa. Mbalame za Grant ndi kudu zazing'ono zimapezeka kum'mwera kwenikweni kwa malo awo, pamodzi ndi antelope ya sable ndi roan yogwirizana ndi miombo, komanso imodzi mwa mitundu yayikulu kwambiri ya adu ku East Africa, chizindikiro cha paki, chodziwika ndi nyanga zazikulu za corkscrew zamphongo. Mbalame zofananazi zikupezeka mu mndandanda wa mbalame 450: mbalame ngati crested barbet - mbalame yokongola yachikasu ndi yakuda yomwe kumveka kwake kosalekeza ndi phokoso la chitsamba chakumwera - imapezeka ku Ruaha pamodzi ndi mbalame zapakati pa Tanzania monga mbalame yachikasu yokhala ndi makola ndi nyenyezi ya ashy.
