Camp069 - Tarangire National Park
Camp069 - Tarangire National Park - visit the Land of the Giants!
Tarangire is a long, thin park covering 1360 sq km running along the length of the Tarangire River. Although it is relatively small, Tarangire is easy to access and has some of the greatest concentrations of game in Tanzania - second only to the Ngorongoro Crater - and there are not nearly as many tourists.
Often referred to as the “land of the giants”, Tarangire National Park is dominated by huge, somewhat surreal, baobab trees, many rubbed raw from the large herds of resident elephant. Also much in evidence are the lovely acacia tortillis trees with their characteristic flat-topped silhouette.
Game viewing in Tarangire is largely affected by the presence of water, and during the dry season many animals congregate at the Tarangire River, the park's only permanent source of water. Tarangire is the best place in Tanzania to see large herds of elephant(up to 300 at a time) and buffalo, numbers overall are staggering: 30,000 zebra, 25,000 wildebeest, 5,000 buffalo, 3,000 elephant, 2,500 Maasai giraffe and over 1,000 fringe-eared oryx (gemsbok). Predators include lion (prone to tree-climbing just like their Lake Manyara cousins), cheetah and leopard.
The park is also known for its great bird-life diversity, in which it is surpassed only by Lake Manyara. Birders will want to look out for the endemic ashy starling, rufous-tailed weaver and black-collared lovebird. Tarangire National Park is quickly growing as the place to kick off an epic east Africa safari.
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Highlights
- Dense elephant populations, and animals in their thousands congregating regularly at the Tarangire River.
- Impressive bird checklist, with over 550 species of birds.
- Tree climbing species, including pythons, the lion and leopard.
- Strategically placed quality safari lodges.
