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TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK

Tarangire National Park covers 2,600 square kilometers of open plains dotted with thousands of baobabs and is on the traditional migration route of several species of the wildlife – particularly elephants which in months can be seen in large herds.

At dry times, the concentration of animals in Tarangire rivals that of the much better known Serengeti.

Herds of migratory wildebeest, gazelle, zebra and buffalo gather to drink around the only source of permanent water in the Park – Tarangire River.  The waters are shared by flocks of birds: green wood hoopoes, fisher lovebirds, tallish herons, white bellied go-away birds and giant kingfishers. Resident lion, giraffe, elephant, and black rhino are common at any season; Tarangire is noted for its baobab trees and splendid vistas of rolling savannah and acacia woodland. The strange-looking, centuries-old baobab trees are believed by the Maasai to be the first tree in creation.