Tarangire National Park is located along the northern circuit of Tanzania lying within the greater Tarangire biodiverse ecosystem, it is popular for its large herds of elephants feeding on the growing many baobab trees and elephant beer (Sausage trees), the park covers an area of space of approximately 2,600 square kilometres featuring thickets, shrubs, dotted acacia woodland, rivers and Marshy swampy areas. Tarangire is named after River Tarangire, flowing along the floor of the ecosystem, it is the only permanent river within the national park which animals rely on during the dry season.
How to reach Tarangire National Park is one of the most asked questions, there are 2 ways that travellers can reach the conservation area one is by driving through from Arusha, which takes approximately 140 square kilometers a drive of about 3 hours, and you can use a tour operator, take public means or consider doing a self-drive. Tarangire National Park is one of the most rewarding places to take a drive, it is beautiful to combine driving to the national park together as an all-circuit drive, to the Serengeti National Park, Lake Manyara National Park and the Ngorongoro crater.
Driving from Lake Manyara takes approximately 110 kilometres, along the floor of the Great Rift Valley region, from the park to the Ngorongoro crater is about the same distance while driving just as you would be transferred from Arusha.
How to reach Tarangire National Park by flying, there are scheduled or charter flights daily that can be arranged through a tour operator, it is the fastest and quickest way of getting to the ecosystem, it involves flying into Kilimanjaro International Airport, first to the Dar-es-Salaam airport, it is from here that you will get a domestic flight arranged for you. The domestic flights land at a nearby airstrip serving the Serengeti. Flights to Tarangire National Park are offered by Coastal Aviation, Air Tanzania, and PrecisionAir to mention a few.
How to reach Tarangire National Park can be all year round but best during the dry season between the months of June-September and December-February, weather conditions during this time are favourable and hence easy to reach the national park, the trails tend to be less slippery, the grasses shorter which makes it easy to spot wildlife, water sources dry up and only one river Tarangire is dry, most animals gather around here to drink water and graze on new pastures.
Both ways are effective on how to reach Tarangire National Park, this will take you to participate in activities like game drives through the well-distributed trails of the ecosystem, Birding experiences, and Visiting the local Masai people, the most done tourism activities here are guided nature walks, these give rewarding views of wildlife and lots of bird species, over 500 birds have been recorded in the national park to date.
In conclusion, Tarangire National Park can be reached even by use of public transport from Arusha, there is available accommodation at the park ranging from the best budget to Luxury Facilities.