Tarangire National Park lies 120 km south of Arusha, along The Great North Road highway, and is very popular for day trips from the town. Tarangire offers a wide variety of wildlife in its area of 2,850 sq. km. Tarangire, has many African Elephants per square kilometers than any other national park in the country.

The Park got its name from Tarangire River that flows through the centre of the Park and form the dry season refuge for wildlife especially elephants!

It is in this Park that visitors will be able to see threatened as well as endangered species of such as ebony trees, Python, cheetah, elephants, African wild dogs, lesser and greater Kudu, Beisa Oryx, Gerenuk and others
Birdlife in Tarangire is just Amazing. About 550 species of birds have been recorded in the park, which is larger number of bird species than the famous Serengeti.

The most common animals found in the park include zebras, wildebeest, lions, leopards, waterbucks, giraffe, elephants, gazelles, impala, gerenuk, lesser kudu and the beautiful fringe-eared Oryx. You may be lucky to spot the tree-climbing python, for which the park is famous, or the greater kudu and the roan antelope which are rare species in Northern Tanzania.