Duration: 3 Days / 2 Nights
Tours and Safaris to Tarangire National Park
Duration: 9 Days / 8 Nights
From US$ 2200
per person sharing
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Tarangire National Park
Tarangire National Park is eponymously named by the river that carves through it. Tarangire is located about 120 km (75 miles) southwest of Arusha and is roughly 2900 km2 (1100 square miles). The landscape is gently rolling, with a scattering of baobab trees and abandoned termite mounds. There is ample wildlife in Tarangire year round with a particular abundance of elephants as the national park is now used as refuge for these once over hunted and poached animals. There’s now estimated to be over 3500 elephants, which makes Tarangire particularly attractive to elephant lovers.
Elephants, Tarangire National Park
There are two main seasons at Tarangire National Park - the wet and dry season. The dry season runs from around mid June to mid October and is the recommended time of year to visit for those wishing to see the big animals.
During the dry season, particularly towards the end of the dry season, nearly all of the water sources have dried up forcing animals to congregate around the remaining available rivers, marshes and swamps. This is the best time to see prides of lions, herds of buffalo and dazzles of zebra all within the park limits and the concentration of animals is on par with that of Ngorongoro Crater. The rainy season gets in to full swing around March.
Mongoose, Tarangire National Park
Although the concentration of animals in the park is lower than during the rainy season, the rains turn the park a vibrant green and there is a more peaceful, tranquil feel to the area as fewer visitors come during the rainy season. There are still many elephant around and the chances of seeing buffalo, zebra, giraffes, lions, warthogs and hyenas are still very good.
