Day Trip Tarangire

All about the Day Trip Tarangire

Tarangire National Park

Do you have a free day, maybe before a Kilimanjaro trekking adventure, or are you waiting for a flight to your next destination? This 1-day African safari and tour provide you with an opportunity of visiting Tarangire National Park. This tour will be very enjoyable but yet a highlight of African adventure which will bring you to plan for more days next time.

Size: 2850 sq. km (1,096 sq. miles).
Location: 118 km (75 miles) southwest of Arusha. You will drive alonng the Dodoma/Babati road, which will take 2 to 3 hours to reach the Tarangire main gate.

After breakfast you are met by our tour guide/driver, who will deliver a short safari briefing. After briefing you will depart for Tarangire National Park with picnic lunch. Tarangire derived its name from the Tarangire River which crosses along the center of the park and which provides permanent water for the wildlife and birdlife of the park round the year. It is here where a large group of different species of animal concentrate during the dry season and the best place to take photographs. In this area, Hemmingway often went on big game hunting safaris. After the formation of the national parks in 1970, they turned the seasonal marshes and the endless savannah that one sees today into, once again, profitable hunting grounds. Today however, cameras thankfully have replaced the elephant guns hunting.

It’s natural vegetation mainly consists of Acacia woodland and giant African Baobab trees, with huge swamp areas in the south. The Tarangire National Park is reputed to contain some of the largest elephant herds in Africa. Also it is in Tarangire by chance you can see the tree climbing African pythons.

Tarangire National Park accommodated migratory and resident birdlife and believed to be a paradise of birdwatchers as more than 350 different species have been recorded to-date. Other wildlife that Tarangire accommodates includes the rare Oryx, impalas, giraffes, zebras, lions, leopards and different types of gazelles.

You will enjoy a picnic lunch inside the park followed by a short afternoon game drive, along the Tarangire River. Late afternoon you will depart for Arusha Town or airport depends on your itinerary.

Departure dates
We depart every day to Tarangire National Park. Kindly contact us and we will be happy to arrange a safari for you.