Tarangire National Park

Tarangire National Park is the sixth largest reserve of Tanzania, with a surface of 2,850 sqkm. It is named after the river running through it, and it offers its visitors an incredibly diverse landscape and vegetation. Some areas of the park consist of high grassland, others are covered with forests, and most of the hills are dotted with Baobab trees.

The park is part of the huge ecosystem of the Maasai steppe. During the rainy season, the large herds of herbivores are distributed over more than 20,000 sqkm, but as soon as the rains stop, in June, the animals migrate to the last permanent water point in the region: the Tarangire River. Thus, during the months of August to October, the park is home to a very high concentration of animals, especially elephants, in addition to giraffes, Cape elands, Coke hartebeest, impalas, dik diks, warthogs, wild dogs, large kudus, and predators such as lions, leopards and cheetahs. Some of the lions have even been seen climbing trees.

The park is also famous for its 550 species of birds. From October to April it is an important place for the wintering of the migrating birds from Europe.