Game drive safari in Tarangire National Park
Game drive safari in Tarangire National Park is so interesting as the Tarangire is with the second-highest concentration of wildlife during the dry season, Tarangire has incredible game viewing opportunities, with huge herds of elephant (up to 3,000 come to the park in the peak months) and loads of lions.
Here, you’re sure to see plenty of impala, elephants, warthogs, waterbuck, zebra, wildebeest, and giraffe. Look out for tiny dik-dik in the underbrush and dwarf mongoose in abandoned termite mounds. Look up to find baboon, monkey, and, if you’re lucky, tree-climbing lion. When the rains come in November, Tarangire National Park empties out when many of the animals migrate to the grazing grounds of the Great Rift Valley.
During your Game drive safari in Tarangire National Park, you will enjoy the beautiful views over the Tarangire River, where large families of elephants often gather. The perfect spot for a day game drive. In this region, Hemmingway often went on big game hunting safaris. After the formation of the national parks in 1970, they turned the seasonal marshes and the endless savannah that one sees today into, once again, profitable hunting grounds. Today, however, cameras thankfully have replaced the elephant guns. The Tarangire National Park has the highest density of elephants in North Tanzania and you can view these animals all year round in which the herds often can reach an impressive number of 300 animals. The Tarangire River has water all year-round and during the dry season, between July and October, many animals from the surrounding areas come to the river for drinking. If you visit the park during the dry season, you will witness an unforgettable natural wonder as you can observe wonderful creatures such as lions, giraffes, buffaloes, wildebeests, and zebras as well as various types of antelopes and gazelles and with a little luck, you can also spot a python. There is a great opportunity during your Game drive safari in Tarangire National Park in this area is during the dry season also a haven for bird watchers with over 550 different species including the Masai Ostrich -the world’s largest bird. Around lunchtime, you will stop at a suitable picnic place before the afternoon is dedicated to more wildlife watching.