Natural features

Tarangire National Park

Tanzania Manyara

Tarangire National Park
Photo: xorge, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A park of giant baobab trees and huge herds of elephants, especially in the dry season (June to October), when animals gather along the Tarangire River.


It's often combined with Ngorongoro and Lake Manyara on a northern circuit safari from Arusha.

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