Kuona mutambo kunotanga panguva inongosvika ndege pasi. Twiza inomhanya padivi penhandare yendege, makumbo ese nemutsipa, asi ine runako rwakasiyana muhunhu hwayo hwakaipa. Mutsetse wembizi unotenderera uchitevedza nzira yekumhanya uchitevera twiza. Nechokure, pasi pemuti wemubaobab une maruva, dzimwe nzou dzeRuaha dzinosvika zviuru gumi - huwandu hwakawanda kupfuura dzimwe dzese paki yenyika yeEast Africa - dzinoumba boka rekudzivirira rakakomberedza vana vadzo.
Ruaha, iri yechipiri kubva kuKatavi, ine nzvimbo yayo isina migwagwa yakawanda, asi iri nyore kuiwana, inodzivirira nzvimbo yakakura yenyika ine masango akaomarara, isina mvura yakawanda iyo inoratidza pakati peTanzania. Rwizi rwayo rukuru ndiRuaha, runoyerera nemuganhu wekumabvazuva mumvura ine mvura yakawanda panguva yekunaya kwemvura, asi rwuchizodzikira kusvika pakuva nemadziva anokosha akakomberedzwa nejecha nematombo. Migwagwa yakawanda yekuona mhuka inotevera Great Ruaha nenzizi dzayo dzemwaka, uko - munguva yekusanaya kwemvura - mhara, waterbuck nedzimwe mhara dzinoisa hupenyu hwadzo panjodzi nekuda kwemvura inochengetedza hupenyu. Uye njodzi yacho yakakura: kwete chete kubva kushumba dzinopfuura makumi maviri dzinotonga pamusoro pesango, asiwo kubva kushiri dzinofamba-famba munzvimbo ine uswa hwakashama uye ingwe dzinovanda mumakwenzi akakombama erwizi. Rudzi urwu rwezvikara zvikuru runoshamisa runotsigirwa nemhizi dzine mitsetse nedzakatsvuka, pamwe nemapoka akawanda embwa dzemusango dzemuAfrica dziri munjodzi huru.
Ruaha ine mhando dzakasiyana-siyana dzemhuka dzesango dzinokonzerwa nenzvimbo yadziri, iyo inoshanduka kuenda kuAcacia savannah yeEast Africa uye musango reMiombo kuSouthern Africa. Mhara dzaGrant neLesser Kudu dzinowanikwa pano kumaodzanyemba kwenzvimbo yadzo, pamwe chete neshiri dzeGreat Kudu dzinobatana neMiombo, uye imwe yenzvimbo dzakakura dzeGreat Kudu muEast Africa, chiratidzo chepaki, chinosiyaniswa nenyanga dzechirume dzeCorkscrew. Kuwirirana kwakafanana kunoonekwa muchinyorwa cheshiri dzinosvika mazana mana nemakumi mashanu: dzakadai seCrested Barbet - shiri inoyevedza yero nenhema ine ruzha rwakafanana nerwekumaodzanyemba - inowanikwa muRuaha pamwe chete neshiri dzepakati peTanzania dzakadai seYellow-Collared Lovebird neAshy Starling.
