1 day Tarangire Safari

Elephants crossing

Animal Encounter

Wildlife Experience

Arusha National Park

Buffaloes in the wild

Highlights

Explore Tarangire's colossal termite mounds and ancient baobab trees

Witness the great elephant population and varied wildlife, including lions and giraffes

Spot 545 bird species, including stunning yellow-collared lovebirds

Moshi, Arusha, Arusha National Park

bird, safari, Wildlife

Group Tour

1 Day

Easy

English, German, Swahili

Description

We will depart from Arusha in the morning and travel to the Tarangire National Park where you can marvel at the colossal termite mounds and the ancient baobab trees. The picturesque scenery and diverse bird-life assist in creating the tranquil ambiance of the Tarangire National Park. The great elephant population is an extremely remarkable sight. African elephants are the largest land mammal and adult males can weigh as much as seven tonnes. Tarangire’s varied wildlife includes lions, giraffes, warthogs, ostriches, impalas, cheetah, mongoose, buffaloes, and baboons.

Itinerary

Arusha National Park Day Trip
- Make sure you have an early (and good) breakfast because you leave Arusha town 8:00 am sharp for the hour’s drive to Tarangire national park Park with your Tanzanian guide.
- After a tasty lunch, hop in the Land Cruiser for a game drive that will take you through a wider scope of the park, you are most likely to spot buffalo, waterbuck, giraffe, warthogs, zebra and gazelle as well as a host of different bird species. If you’re lucky, you will catch a glimpse of the shy leopard or elephant. Don’t forget your cameras!
- After the game drive, you’ll be driven back to Arusha.

What's Included

Transport (4x4 Land Cruiser) with open roof

Park fees

Professional English speaking Tanzanian safari guide

Lunch box

1,5l bottle of water

Professional guide

What's Excluded

Personal items

Travel insurance

Gratuities/tip for safari guide

Increases in park fees where applicable

Know Before You Go

Ranking as the 6th largest National Park in Tanzania and covering an area of 2,600 square kilometers, The Tarangire National Park is most popular for its large elephant herds and mini-wildlife migration that takes place during the dry season which sees about 250,000 animals enter the park. Located slightly off the popular northern Tanzania Safari Circuit, the park lies between the meadows of Masai Steppe to the south east and the lakes of the Great Rift Valley to the north and west. Within the northern part of Tarangire is the permanent River Tarangire also known as the life-line of the park particularly in the dry season when most of the region is totally dry. This flows northwards until it exits the park in the northwestern corner to pour into Lake Burungi. There are a number of wide swamps which dry into green plains during the dry season in the south.

Tarangire Vegetation

The permanent Tarangire River is the most dominant feature here and it’s after this river that the park was named. there are a number of large swamps that feed off some of its tributaries however, these are usually dry for most of the year but get very impassable during the rains .The Tarangire park is usually very dry, in fact drier than the Serengeti, however its vegetation is much more green especially with lots of elephant grass, vast areas with mixed acacia woodlands and some of the wonderful ribbons of the aquatic forest not to forget the giant baobab tree that can live up to 600 years storing between 300 and 900 liters of water

Wildlife in Tarangire National Park

Because Tarangire is manly a seasona national park, its wildlife differ depending on the season and also considering that It is part of a bigger ecosystem. As earlier mentioned, the dry season is the best time to visit Tarangire and you will be able to encounter various animals. This park is home to one of the largeset elephant populations in Africa with several herds of up to 300 members per herd. In addition, there are large numbers of impalas, elands, buffaloes, giraffes, Bohor reedbuck, Coke’s hartebeest, Thompson’s gazelle, the greater and lesser kudu and on rare occasions, the unusual gerenuk and fringe –eared Oryx are also seen. A few black rhinos are also thought to be still present in this park. You will obviously see big numbers of elephants gather here as well as the wildebeests and zebras. Among the other common animals in the Tarangire are the leopards, lions, hyenas, and cheetah that seem to be popular within the southern open areas. The wild dogs are only seen once in a while

The birds within the Tarangire are also quite many, there are over 545 species that have been identified here. The stunning yellow collared lovebirds and the shy starlings are in plenty here in addition to other species.

Activities in Tarangire National Park

Game Drives and walking tours: The primary safari activity in this park is game driving however if you live outside the park boundaries you might be able to enjoy walking tours. and night safaris. Currently Oliver’s Camp organizes walking tours as well as fly camping safaris.

What To Bring

Activities in Tarangire National Park

Meeting Point

Kilimanjaro International Airport, Kilimanjaro Airport Road, Tanzania

Cancellation Policy

For cancellations upto 2 days before the tour -

Refund of 80% of the tour price.

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1 to 4	/person
5 to 50	/person
Child
1 to 50	/person
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Arusha National Park Day Trip

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