Destination
Tarangire National Park
Baobabs, and the largest elephant population in northern Tanzania.
What you will find
Elephant in very large numbers, plus lion, leopard, giraffe, and dry-season concentrations along the Tarangire river. The baobabs make it the most photogenic of the northern parks.
When to go
June to October. In the dry season the river is the only water for a long way and the game concentrates on it in numbers that are hard to believe. In the green season the animals disperse out of the park entirely and it can be very quiet. This is the one northern park where the month genuinely decides the experience.
How long
An afternoon and a morning. Tarangire rewards a full day but rarely needs two.
Departures that go here
Ways to see Tarangire
4 days · 3 nights
4-Day Tarangire, Serengeti & Ngorongoro Safari
Tarangire · Serengeti · Ngorongoro
Elephants in Tarangire, a full day in the Serengeti, and the Ngorongoro Crater on the way home.…
5 days · 4 nights
5-Day Northern Circuit Safari
Tarangire · Serengeti · Ngorongoro
Tarangire, two nights in the Serengeti and the Ngorongoro Crater. The fifth day means you unpack once and settle in.…
7 days · 6 nights
7-Day Classic Northern Circuit Safari
Tarangire · Lake Manyara · Serengeti
All four northern parks with enough time in each to be worth stopping. Two nights in the Serengeti, a full crater day, and no day that is only driving…
Questions
What people ask
Is Tarangire worth including in a short trip?
In the dry season, absolutely — it is two hours from Arusha and delivers immediately. Between November and May we would rather put the day elsewhere and will say so.
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