Unforgettable Safaris to Tarangire National Park

Tarangire National Park Tanzania

If you’re seeking an unforgettable safari in Tarangire National Park, you’ve come to the right place. Our selection of Tarangire tours and safaris explore this lesser-known gem of the northern Tanzania safari circuit, renowned for exceptional dry-season game viewing of up to 250 000 animals.

Tarangire is easily combined with nearby destinations like Lake Manyara, the Serengeti, and the Ngorongoro Crater, making it perfect for a diverse safari experience. With a range of accommodations to choose from, including family-friendly lodges and intimate tented camps, there’s something to suit every preference. Explore our curated tour packages to Tarangire National Park here.

Visit the unforgettable Tarangire National Park on a captivating safari for sightings of lions lounging in trees when you plan your tour to Tanzania. Tarangire is the sixth-largest national park in Tanzania, spanning 2,600 square kilometers. It is also known for its impressive elephant herds and seasonal wildlife migration. During the Tarangire dry season, approximately 250,000 animals gather here, creating a spectacular sight as they move into the park in search of water and grazing.

Safaris to Tarangire National Park include superb Tarangire accommodation within this wild region that often rival those of the famous Serengeti. The larger safari lodges are strategically positioned in prime locations, offering stunning views of the park’s landscapes. From your pic of the Tarangire accommodation, enjoy panoramic vistas and easy access to wildlife sightings and an unforgettable safari experience. 

Find the enormous Tarangire in Tanzania’s Manyara Region, a vital refuge for wildlife that takes its name from the Tarangire River crossing the region. This primary source of fresh water for wild animals is central to the Tarangire ecosystem during the annual dry season when thousands of wildebeest and zebra concentrate in Tarangire National Park from the surrounding wet-season dispersal and calving areas.

This Tanzania wildlife retreat covers nearly 3000 square km of picturesque granitic ridges, river valley, and swamps. Game drives explore a mix of Acacia woodland, Combretum woodland, seasonally flooded grassland, and baobab trees.

Highlights

A Tarangire safari is best enjoyed when combined with other iconic destinations in Tanzania to create a diverse and enriching holiday experience. Located perfectly for this, in northern Tanzania – Tarangire is ideally situated to pair seamlessly with the renowned stops on Tanzania’s ‘northern safari circuit.’ These include the Serengeti National park and the Ngorongoro Crater. Combined  these destinations offer a spectacular safari and game viewing. Enjoy Tarangire’s vast elephant herds with Big Five safaris in Ngorongoro and the wildlife-rich plains of the Serengeti, famed for hosting the world-famous wildebeest migration.

  • Look out for the unusual termite mounds that dot the landscape, the abandoned ones often becoming inhabited by dwarf mongoose.
  • Visit Tarangire just to see the famous lions, the elephants and the baobab trees and if you choose the June to November dry season, expect to see large herds of thousands of zebra, buffalo, wildebeest, all the big cats, wild dogs and honey badgers. 
  • More than 550 bird species make birders ecstatic so it is worth exploring.
  • A white giraffe was spotted in the park in 2015, exhibiting a phenomenon called leucism. 

Did you know?

Home to the largest and most magnificent population of African elephants in northern Tanzania, Tarangire hosts approximately 2,500 elephants. This number is rapidly growing at an estimated annual rate of 6%.

Tarangire National Park is the home of the oldest known elephant at 57 to give birth to twins. A successful birth of elephant twins in this breathtaking habitat is a fine example of how the arrival of these two healthy and thriving calves can beat the odds. 

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