It is the most southern of the accessible park of Northern Tanzania. Name after River Tarangire, the park covers an area of 2,850 sq. Km. On the east bank of Lake Manyara National Park; the Tarangire River crosses the park from north to south and offers annual supply of water in the park. Several circuits are possible. Burungi to the west (80 km), Lamarkan to the South (150 Km) Matete, along the river (60 Km) acacia trees and baobabs forests shelter animals seeking refuge near the river.
The most important vegetation types include; riparian woodland, acacia tortillas parkland wetlands and seasonal flood plains, Acacia-camni phora woodland, Acacia drepanolobiam woodland, deep gully vegetation and Grassland with scattered baobabs trees.
Wildlife at Tarangire
With the second highest concentration of wildlife during the dry season, Tarangire has incredible game viewing opportunities, with huge herds of elephant (up to 3,000 come to the park in the peak months) and loads of lions.
Here, you’re sure to see plenty of impala, elephants, warthogs, waterbuck, zebra, wildebeest, and giraffe. Look out for tiny dik-dik in the underbrush and dwarf mongoose in abandoned termite mounds. Look up to find baboon, monkey and, if you’re lucky, tree-climbing lion.
When the rains come in November, Tarangire empties out when many of the animals migrate to the grazing grounds of the Great Rift Valley.