049 A Family of elephants seek shade in the parched Ruaha savannah

050 Flat topped acacias in the Ruaha river valley

051 In early September the flow of the Great Ruaha river is much reduced. From April to June it would flow right across here

052 Gallery forest at the side of the Ruaha river

053 Dry grassy savannah

054 A memorable African red Sunset

055 Ruaha is renowned as one of the best places in Africa to see baobabs

056 Aerial view of Ruaha

057 A huge Baobab, its trunk has been deeply gouged by elephants in search of the water it holds

058 The Park is underlain by granite which produces the poor soils. Hyraxes colonise the outcrops. Spot the agama Lizard!

059 Giraffe and banded mongoose in the gallery forest

060 False ivory palms in the late afternoon

061 A beautiful sunset in Ruaha

062 This baobab was hollow and for years was used as a base for poachers

063 Elephants making their way to the Mwagusi sand river for an evening drink

064 View across the sand river

065 A full pride of lions resting in the sand of the dry river bed in the late afternoon

066 View of the Ruaha river valley

067 Indigo Sunset

068 Sunset over the Ruaha river. In a few more weeks this trickle will stop until it rains in November

069 Sunset over the escarpment

070 Camping Tanzania style! No roughing it here and it was great to wake to the sound of lions roaring down by the river

071 Wild flower

072 The bottle brush flower held lots of water at its base and was a favourite food of the browsers