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(viii)RUAHA<br />

NATIONAL PARK<br />

LOCATION: The name Ruaha, is derived from the Hehe<br />

word "Luvaha" meaning a river.<br />

AREA: Park covers an area of 12,950 square kilometres,<br />

the second largest in the country. Ruaha National Park<br />

which was established in 1964 is situated some 130 km west<br />

of Iringa town.<br />

MAJOR ATTRACTIONS: The Ruaha River by itself is an<br />

attraction, leave alone some hundreds of species of Flora<br />

which sorround it. Besides there are a lot of Crocodiles,<br />

Hippos, Elephants etc.<br />

(ix) KATAVI<br />

NATIONAL PARK *<br />

LOCATION: It is located in Mpanda District, Rukwa<br />

Region. It was established in 1974.<br />

AREA: The Katavi National Park which is about 40<br />

kilometres South -East of Mpanda town covers an area of<br />

2,253 square kilometres.<br />

MAJOR ATTRACTION: Lakes Chala and Chada plus<br />

other springs and rivers whose waters feed into lake Rukwa<br />

constitute a unique environment. Animals in the park<br />

include zebra, sable, eland, leopard, buffalo, lion, antelops<br />

etc. Animals like, Buffalos, Elephants, Zebras and<br />

BushBucks are a good attraction to visitors.<br />

(x)MAHALE<br />

NATIONAL PARK<br />

LOCATION Located some 120 south of Kigoma town<br />

along the shores of lake Tanganyika, Mahale National Park<br />

is yet another attraction in <strong>Tanzania</strong>'s Natural Heritages.<br />

AREA: Mahale nation Park has about 1,613 square<br />

kilometres and was gazzetted in 1948.<br />

MAJOR ATTRACTIONS:Chimpanzees are a major<br />

attraction. Also there is a good number of monkey species<br />

including red colobus monkeys. It is estimated that there<br />

are 700 Chimpanzees in Mahale and 15 species of monkeys<br />

whose habits tally with those of the Chimps.<br />

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