Tarangire National Park is located on a distance of 140km from Arusha City. Asking yourself how to get to Tarangire National Park is a good question since most visitors fly into Kilimanjaro International Airport, which is 60 kilometers/35 miles away. Most the main gateway for all destinations in the country within the northern circuit. Majority of airlines that come to Tanzania has flights to Kilimanjaro International Airport, including KLM, Brussels Airlines, Ethiopian Airlines, Kenya Airways, precision air, Qatar Airways, Rwandair, Turkish Airlines and Tanzanian’s national proud, its flagship carrier Air Tanzania. Majority of clients land in Nairobi or in Kigali and they connect with the direct flights within the region which are Kenya Airways, Precision Air, Air Tanzania, and Rwandair. Tanzania also can be connected with domestic flights namely Air excel, Auric Air, coastal aviation, Regional air and Zenair.
How to get to Tarangire National Park is a good thing to know since the park is part of the popular northern safari circuit and is typically visited together with Serengeti and the Ngorongoro Crater. Most safaris start from the town of Arusha.
There are regular flights from Arusha and the Serengeti to Tarangire, but it is a comfortable two-hour drive from Arusha to the entrance gate, of which only the last 7km is not tarred. Moving on, it is an easy drive to Lake Manyara (100km/60mi in about two hours) or the Ngorongoro Crater (180km/110mi in about four hours).
Enclose Africa Safaris will provide road transportation to Tarangire National Park from either Arusha City or Kilimanjaro International Airport.
TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS
Requirements for entry into Tanzania differ from country to country and are subject to change. Prior to departure, always check with your government and your nearest Tanzanian embassy or consulate what documents you need to travel to Tanzania.
- You need a valid passport. The passport must be valid for six months after entry into the country. You need one blank page on your passport for entry stamps.
- You need a visato enter Tanzania. 30 days tourist visas are available on arrival for $50 USD. You can pay in cash (sterling, US dollars or Tanzanian francs) or by Visa/ MasterCard.
- Yellow fever vaccination is also essential to carry it with you.
Also, you can contact us for recent updates but when you book the tour with us, we provide all the required information for better getting to Tanzania which is the way for getting to this park.