The sixth largest park in Tanzania. The name of the park originates from the river that crosses it, being the primary source of fresh water in the ecosystem during the annual dry season (long distance migration of wildebeest and zebras).

The landscape is composed of granite ridges, river valley and swamps. And famous for the number of baobab trees and elephants.

We saw a beautiful sunset after a long day’s safari, (and a faint rainbow that followed a brief downpour).

A silver backed hyena surprised us as it hurried across the grasses. 

Mariana and I stopped off at a women’s collective, displaying beautifully beaded works in their rather humble tin gallery – and were prepared to pose for a photo so long as one of us dressed up in their garb. Good on you Mariana! :).  And we saw some young Maasai men herding their animals as one of our last memorable vistas of that area.