Visit Tarangire National Park

Tarangire National Park covers an area of 2, 600 km² situated 120 km south of Arusha. This park is far from being the biggest of the Tanzania parks, but it has unrivalled landscape of open plains, dotted with thousands of its baobab trees and splendid vistas of rolling savannah and acacia woodland and it is mostly known for the largest herds of elephants and buffalo. This is one of Africa's little-known gems and should be on the itinerary of all lovers of wilderness and solitude. The game numbers are staggering: 30. 000 zebras, 25. 000 wildebeest, 5. 000 buffalo, 3. 000 elephants, 2. 500 Maasai giraffes and over 1. 000 fringe-eared Oryx. Predators include lion, cheetah and leopard; birders will want to look out for the endemic ashy starling, Rufous-tailed weaver and black-collared lovebird. Packed lunch is served at the picnic site, later in the afternoon drive back to Arusha.