Tarangire National Park is one of the most beautiful and my favorite park in Tanzania. The park is famous for the huge herds of elephants, the big baobab treess and the high number of predators that can be spotted during a game drive.

The most common routes for game drives are near Tarangire River, Silalei and Lake Burunge where you can spot waterfowl including flamingos. In addition to that, you can experience a balloon safari, a walking safari and a night game drive inside the park with qualified guides and park rangers. I recommend spending 1-2 nights inside the park or in the lodges outside of the park. It’s possible to visit the park for a day trip and then continue to overnight in Karatu.

I recommend taking unforgettable photos at the main gate around the huge baobab tree when the guide completes the entry formalities.

Size: 2850 sq km.

Location: Northern Tanzania, 114 km from the town of Arusha. Driving time is around 2 hours on a good tarmac road. The rest is a rough road up to the park.

Tarangire weather: There are two well-defined seasons. The dry season starts from June to October/November and the wet season from November to May with less rain from December to February.

Tarangire Activities: You will have a chance to experience a game drive in a well-organized road network and a sunrise balloon safari.

Outside the park, I recommend a natural walk early in the morning with Maasai guides to learn more about the environment, all the plants, and possible uses in medicine and traditions of this tribe. The walk can end with a visit to a Maasai boma (Maasai village) much less touristic than those we find in Ngorongoro and where we can learn about the lifestyle, culture and traditions of this tribe.

Tarangire Lodges and Camps

Since this is my favorite park, my favorite accommodations are the Tarangire Safari Lodge for its location and amazing Tarangire river view, the sunset over the river is the best way to end your safari day. The lodge also offers walking safaris and night game drives with highly professional guides.

Ready to explore the park? Below are the maps of Tarangire in the dry and wet seasons.

Tarangire National Park Map In Dry Season

The dry season begins in June and ends in November, the animals are concentrated near the river because it is the unique water source. This is the best period for Tarangire National Park, you can’t miss it especially in August, September and October and a 2 nights stay is a very good idea. All the animals migrate inside the park and aggregate in the Tarangire River Valley where you can experience the game drives spotting different species like zebra, wildebeest, buffalo, elephant, lion, leopard and many others.

During dry season you can spend the last night close to lake Burunge, tented lodges there have amazing view on the lake and the next day you can proceed to Manyara park following a secondary road so that you enter Manyara park from the other side, cross all the park and exit from the main gate.

Tarangire National Park Map In Wet Season

The wet season in Tarangire National Park runs from November to May, the vegetation is lush due to the rains, your guide will drive you discovering the most fascinating corners. During this period there are seasonal waterholes and new pastures outside the park, wild animals are spread on a bigger area but you still experience very nice game drives. Tarangire has huge concentrations of wild animals compared to average parks in Africa and it’s not busy all over the year like Serengeti and Ngorongoro, birdwatching is simply amazing with a lot of resident and migratory birds, here we can count more than more than 550 bird species.

All The Tanzania National Parks Maps

• • Northern Circuit National Parks  – this map includes all the parks
  • Arusha National Park – you can experience nice walking safari
  • Tarangire National Park – you can see teh biggest elephants
  • Manyara National Park – the home of biodiversity
  • Ngorongoro Conservation Area – the highest wildlife density all over Africa
  • Serengeti National Park – the endless plain

Safari in Tarangire

Safari in Tarangire is something you can’t miss during your trip to Tanzania, you can experience game drives inside the park but also walking with Maasai guides in the Wildlife Conservation Area as well as Maasai boma visit where you can learn about culture, traditions and life style for this famous tribe. There are different lodges inside and outside the park, if you overnight inside the park my suggestion is you experience an early morning game drive before you leave the park while if you overnight in the Conservation Area you can experience a morning walk with a Maasai guide in the middle of nature.

We offer various safari programs which include a visit to Tarangire park. During the game drive in the park, you can spot the typical African mammals including the huge elephants, and with a bit of luck the lions, rock python, and many other species. To start planning your safari in Tarangire park I propose 3 programs:

• Ndutu Serengeti Great Migration Safari
• Mara River and The Great Migration Safari
• Big Five Safari

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