TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK

Located 120km from Arusha, Tarangire is the sixth largest park in Tanzania. The beautiful Tarangire National Park stretches southeast of Lake Manyara around the Tarangire River.

Tarangire is a popular stop for safaris travelling through the northern circuit on their way to Ngorongoro and the Serengeti. It is the vast number of Baobabs that first capture the eye as you enter Tarangire national park. The gently rolling countryside is dotted with these majestic trees, which seem to dwarf the animals that feed beneath them.

The Park owes its name to Tarangire River, which flows across the area. It is characterized by dense vegetation of acacia and mixed woodland; huge baobab trees and old doum palm trees however, dominate the area around Tarangire River to a lesser prominence.

The annual animal immigration takes place during the dry season. Tarangire National Park has some of the highest population density of elephants anywhere in Tanzania, and its sparse vegetation, strewn with baobab and acacia trees, makes it a beautiful and special location. The park extends into two game controlled areas and the animals are allowed to move freely throughout.

During the dry season, particularly between August and October, Tarangire has one of the highest concentrations of wildlife of any of the Country’s parks.Large herds of zebra, baboon, blue monkey, wildebeest, antelope, oryx, gerenuk, buffalo, gazelle, lion, leopard, phyton, impala, hartebeest, elephant and 550 bird varieties can be found.

 

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