Lying to the east of Lake Manyara, this excellent national park is included on many northern circuit itineraries.
It preserves a classic piece of dry African woodland studded with plentiful baobabs and transected by the perennial Tarangire River.
Best known for the prodigious elephant herds that congregate along the river in the dry season, Tarangire also harbours a rich birdlife and such localized antelope species as fringe-eared Oryx and gerenuk.
