Tarangire

Tarangire National Park is the sixth largest national park in Tanzania. It is located 120 km from Arusha. It covers 2,850 square km of grassland and floodplains, and a large proportion of tall acacia woodland just south of the open grass plains of southern Maasai land.

The name of the park originates from the Tarangire River that runs crosses through the park. The river is the only source of water for wild animals during dry seasons.

The park has spectacular wide views to distant volcanic mountain ranges. The landscape and vegetation is incredibly diverse in Tarangire National Park with a mix that is not found anywhere else in the Northern Safari Circuit. The scattering of baobab trees and abandoned termite mounds cover the gently rolling park hills. Tarangire is also the best place in Tanzania to see large herds of elephant (up to 300 at a time) and buffalo In fact, the game numbers overall are staggering: zebras -30,000, wildebeests - 25,000, buffalos - 5,000, elephants – 3,500, maasai giraffes - 2,500 and over 1,000 fringe-eared oryx (gemsboks). Predators include lions, cheetah and leopards.

The Tarangire Park is also famous for great avian diversity in which it is surpassed only by Lake Manyara.

The best time to visit Tarangire National Park is from June to November when the animals can be seen in the greatest concentrations.