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User Reviews of Tarangire National Park (347 Reviews)

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Male avatar icon Abdul Jabbar Soomro Pakistan flag PK       Visited: April 2025 Reviewed: Apr 23, 2025

Email Abdul Jabbar Soomro  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

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Tarangire National Park is a fantastic safari destination, known for its large elephant herds and picturesque landscapes dotted with baobab trees. The park offers a more intimate experience compared to other major parks, with diverse wildlife and excellent birdwatching opportunities, making it a must-visit in Tanzania’s northern circuit.

Female avatar icon Olivia & Chad United States flag US       Visited: February 2025 Reviewed: Apr 8, 2025

Email Olivia & Chad  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

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Best park we went to--SO MANY ELEPHANTS!

Male avatar icon Simon United Kingdom flag GB       Visited: February 2025 Reviewed: Mar 19, 2025

Email Simon  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

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Elephants seen in large numbers and lots of bird life for birdwatching

Female avatar icon Gosia & Lorenzo Ireland flag IE       Visited: February 2025 Reviewed: Mar 18, 2025

Email Gosia & Lorenzo  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

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Wasn’t interested in birding - but we still had a chance to see some.
The wild life was amazing- our first safari and we saw much.

Male avatar icon David Barnett United Kingdom flag GB       Visited: February 2025 Reviewed: Mar 7, 2025

Email David Barnett  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

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A great place to start our trip

Female avatar icon Jan United Kingdom flag GB       Visited: January 2025 Reviewed: Mar 2, 2025

Email Jan  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

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Our first national park, very large Elephant population which was fantastic.

Female avatar icon Jan Jones United Kingdom flag GB       Visited: February 2025 Reviewed: Mar 2, 2025

Email Jan Jones  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

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A very health elephant population.
A fantastic first introduction to Safari

Male avatar icon Joel United States flag US       Visited: February 2025 Reviewed: Mar 1, 2025

Email Joel  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

A nice safari introduction among the baobabs

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We had a fantastic experience on the first day of our safari in Tarangire. In retrospect it didn't compare to Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, and Lake Manyara, but I still think it was a good safari starting park. Here we spent a long time marveling at seeing our first giraffes, our first elephants, and our first lions, but they definitely aren't present here in quite the numbers as the other parks. A part of this could be because we came in green season in February; Tarangire is much more ideal in the dry season compared to the other parks which are good in all seasons.
That being said, Tarangire did have some things that the other parks didn't have. In terms of scenery, it has a ton of really impressive baobab trees! We saw a whole lion pride walking right past our car (in other parks the prides were sleeping and when we saw lions on the move it was usually just 1-2 of them). We saw ostriches up close while in other parks we only saw them far away. We also saw a lot
Read more of vervet monkeys, while in other parks it was usually one at a time. This is the only place we saw hyraxes and the northern red billed hornbill.
Overall, it's worth a visit, I assume especially if you go in the dry season, but it'd be okay to skip it if you're short on time.
Female avatar icon Emily Randall United States flag US       Visited: January 2025 Reviewed: Feb 14, 2025

Email Emily Randall  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

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Lots of elephants and giraffes here!

Female avatar icon Ana Portugal flag PT       Visited: January 2025 Reviewed: Feb 8, 2025

Email Ana  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

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The park and the animals were incredible! However I felt that the park is very crowded and the guides/drivers don't receive information or guidelines to keep a respectful distance from the animals. At some point we were 30 cars chasing a group of elephants, and some of these cars blocked their passage, dividing the group of elephants in 2 and making them scream and go through the cars. The security of the cars and those inside wasn't respected either, since the cars were blocking each other. If the elephants attacked, dozens of cars could not leave the area, since the only road was blocked.
It should be mandatory to respect the wildlife!