Tarangire National Park Day Trip
Tour Overview
Enjoy a full-day Tarangire National Park safari, one of the best wildlife destinations in northern Tanzania and a top choice for travelers seeking an authentic African safari experience. Tarangire is famous for hosting some of the largest elephant herds in Tanzania, along with iconic ancient baobab trees, wide open savannahs, and diverse ecosystems that create a truly classic safari landscape.
Spend the day exploring the park on guided game drives, following the Tarangire River, a vital water source that attracts wildlife throughout the year. This area offers excellent opportunities to spot elephants, lions, giraffes, zebras, wildebeest, buffalo, and a wide variety of birdlife, making it ideal for wildlife viewing and safari photography. Travel comfortably in a 4×4 safari vehicle with a professional Safari Stride driver-guide, whose local knowledge and experience bring the park and its wildlife to life. Enjoy a relaxed picnic lunch inside the park, surrounded by nature, before continuing your afternoon game drive and returning with unforgettable memories of Tanzania’s wilderness and Tarangire safari adventure.
Included/Exclude
- Transportation in a comfortable 4×4 safari vehicle specially equipped for game drives
- Services of a professional, English-speaking guide/driver throughout the safari
- All meals as specified in the detailed itinerary (typically full board: breakfast, lunch, and dinner)
- Unlimited bottled drinking water during game drives and at meals
- All national park entrance fees and conservation charges, including Tarangire National Park fees
- Scheduled game drives, activities, and transfers as outlined in the itinerary
- International and domestic flights to/from Tanzania (including any connecting flights or airport taxes)
- Meals not specified in the detailed itinerary (e.g., lunches or dinners outside the planned schedule)
- Alcoholic beverages and soft drinks (unless explicitly stated otherwise)
- Optional activities and excursions (such as hot air balloon safaris, walking safaris, cultural visits, or additional add-ons)
- Tips and gratuities for guides, drivers, camp/lodge staff, and other service providers
- Personal expenses, travel insurance, visas, laundry, and items of a personal nature
Day by Day
The day begins early in the morning with a pick-up from your hotel or lodge and a scenic drive to Tarangire National Park. Upon arrival, you enter the park and start your game drive, discovering vast savannahs dotted with baobab trees and teeming with wildlife. Throughout the day, you may encounter elephants, giraffes, zebras, wildebeests, buffaloes, lions, leopards, and many species of birds.
Around midday, you take a break to enjoy a picnic lunch at a designated site inside the park, surrounded by nature and the sounds of the wild. After lunch, the safari continues with more game drives as you explore different areas of the park and follow wildlife movements along the river.
In the late afternoon, you begin your journey back to Arusha or Karatu, arriving in the evening with unforgettable memories of your day in Tarangire National Park.
