With an area of 2,850 sq. km located at 118 km southwest of Arusha along the Great North High road. Tarangire National Park is one of the parks with the greatest concentration of wildlife outside the Serengeti system. Looking down from the ridge, it is not difficult to see why; the Tarangire river winds away into the distance, through open undulating landscape, the Tarangire River, wetlands, gently rolling hills rocks outcrops and swamps add to the fascinating beauty of the park.

The Tarangire river from which the park derive its name, run throughout the park as it supplies park’s lifeblood and becomes the dry season magnet for the vast heads of up to 300 elephants, migratory wildebeest, zebra, impala, buffalos, gazelle, and hartebeest and over 500 bird species that must come down to drink while tall Maasai giraffe are visible as they make their way elegantly through the trees on the river’s edge. As you watch the events unfolding below, vervet monkeys and unstriped ground squirrels play nearby.

Tarangire pythons climb trees as do lions and leopards. Baobab trees credited by legend as holding up the sky can be found in many parts of Tarangire Park. It is said that God deliberately planted the baobab tree upside down so that you see the roots and not the branches. Less visible than the ubiquitous baobabs are the Sausage trees found along watercourses and Acacia tortilis (umbrella trees) that excellently frame a picture at sunset.