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TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK
One outstanding feature of Tarangire is the huge number of enormous baobab trees. These giants, also known as upside down trees, are a strange and wonderful sight in themselves.
The Park is at its best in the dry season, when many of the migratory wildlife species come back to the permanent waters of Tarangire River. Huge herds of wildebeest, zebras, elephant, eland and oryx gather in Tarangire until the start of the rains when they migrate again to good grazing areas.
There is a fine variety of game to be seen here, and the year round availability of water also attracts a great number of bird species . |
The park is relatively small at 2,600 square kilometres but is only a part of a much larger game conservation area. The scenery is beautiful with rolling countryside and a lovely river valley.
Access to Tarangire is good with the park being a two to three hour drive from Arusha, and it makes an ideal first or last stop on any safari.
Many safaris by- pass Tarangire on the way to the better known attraction further North, but the excellent quality of the Sopa lodge and the rewards of the scenery and game viewing here mean that a stop here, particularly in the dry season, is really worthwhile. |
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