Tarangire National Park

Located south of Lake Manyara within the Rift Valley basin, Tarangire National Park encompasses 2,850 square kilometers of savanna, seasonal swamps, and grand baobab woodland (Adansonia digitata). The hydrological lifeline of the reserve is the Tarangire River, which represents the sole permanent surface water source for wildlife across thousands of square kilometers of the surrounding Maasai Steppe during the dry season from June to October.During dry months, the park undergoes a dramatic wildlife concentration, attracting thousands of migratory elephants, wildebeests, zebras, elands, and impalas to the riverbanks. Tarangire is famous for hosting some of Africa’s largest single elephant herds, with family groups sometimes exceeding 300 individuals. The park’s southern sector features extensive seasonal marshlands that dry into clay beds, serving as critical habitat for over 550 recorded bird species, tree-climbing pythons, and rare dry-country antelopes such as the fringe-eared oryx and gerenuk.