TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK;
Days of cloudless skies.
During this period, the fierce sun sucks the moisture from the landscape, thereby baking the earth a dusty red and the grass itself becomes so miserable, while the Tarangira River shrivels to a shadow of its wet season self, however, it is filled with animal life. Normally, many animal keepers trek to lot of kilometers to this place looking for water, as they assume that there is always water in this place.

Tarangire Wildlife Safari
Large herds of about 300 elephants scratch the riverbed for underground streams, which at this moment are so dry, while migratory wildebeest, impala, gazelle, zebrala, eland, hartbeest as well as buffalo gather around the shrinking lagoons. It’s the greatest concentration of wildlife outside the Serengeti ecosystem-a smorgasbord for predators-and the one place in Tanzania where dry-country antelope for example the stately fringe-eared oryx and peculiar long-necked gerenuk are often spoted.

The seasonal visitors scatter over a distance of 20,000 sq. km (12,500 sq. miles) range during the rainy season, and here they consume the green plains until they get them exhausted while the river calls once more.

The most breeding species in one habitat anywhere in the world normally crowd the swamps, which are believed to have an added green colour throughout the year. Infact, these swamps are said to shelter about 550 bird varieties.

Some birds however, like crowding the drier ground and these include; the heaviest flying bird, the stocking-thighed ostrich, the small parties of ground hornbills blustering such as turkeys, kori bustard, as well as the world’s largest bird.

There are also colonies of the endearing dwarf mongoose, and pairs of red-and yellow barbet, which draw attention to themselves by their clockwork-like duetting that they make loudly, and these are believed to normally frequent the termite mounds, which are no longer used.

Still, there are species that prefer climbing trees. For example, Tarangire’s pythons climb trees, as do its lions and leopards, lounging in the branches where the fruit to the sausage tree disguises the twitch of a tail.

Noting more about Tarangire National Park, it is basically of 2,600 sq. km (1,005 sq. miles) and it is located 118 km (75 miles) South West of Arusha. Getting to Tarangire National Park requires one to mainly use two means of transport that is to say, Charter flights from Arusha and the Serengeti, or just an easy drive from Arusha or Lake Manyara following a surfaced road to within 7 km (four miles) off the main entrance gate; and here you can even continue to Ngorongoro Crater and the Serengeti.

Holiday and Adventure Tarangire
Much as guests may visit Tarangire National Park throughout the year, the dry season of June-September is preferably better for larger numbers of animals. The park has got activities which include; guided walking safaris, day trip to Mbarara and Barabaig villages, as well as to the hundreds of ancient rock painting in the vicinity of Kolo on the Dodoma Road.

With accommodation at Tarangire National Park, we can note that the park has got one lodge, one luxury tented camp inside the park, one tented lodge, campsites in and around the park, another half-dozen exclusive lodges and tented camps immediately outside its borders.

Its got a large number of baobabs-the majestic trees which occupy the gently tolling countryside and they seem to dwarf-the animals that feed beneath them yet even at entering Tarangire National Park, they are the first capture of the guest’s eye.

It is important to note that the park got its name from Tarangire River that flows across the area. The park has got very thick vegetation of acacia and mixed woodland while the area around Tarangire River is so occupied by huge baobab trees and old doum palm trees to a lesser prominence, plus black cotton grass. With its unique aspect of the arrival animal migration that takes place during the dry season, Tarangire is believed to provide the same attractions as other parks in the north, though still, it is not as well known as other parks in the north.

Accommodation
Tree Tops Tarangire Conservation Area
Tarangire Sopa Lodge
Tarangire Safari Lodge
Porini Camp
Tamarind Camp
Swala Tented Camp
Oliver’s Camp
Naitolia Eco Lodge
Kikoti Camp