Trip Type
Game drive
Group Size
Min: 1 Max: 25

Tarangire National Park Day Tour
Overview
A trip to Arusha is not complete without a visit to Tarangire National Park, one of the largest in the region. Spend a day exploring this destination, home to a wide variety of wildlife—especially during the dry season, when the park is a favorite spot for thousands of migrating animals.
Summary:
- Tour duration: 1 day (approximately 8 hours)
- Start: Tour start from Arusha
- End: Arusha
- Destination visited: Tarangire National Park
- Accommodation: Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour can be arranged
- A transfer from and back to the airport/hotel is included.
- We can help select your international flights and also book for you.
- Fly to/from Kilimanjaro Airport (JRO ) near Arusha. Or fly to/from Arusha Airport (ARK) via Dar es Salaam or Nairobi (Kenya)
Tour Highlights
- Herds of elephants, wildebeests & tree climbing lions
- Location: 74.5 miles (120 km) from Arusha and southeast of Lake Manyara
- Wonders of the national park’s diverse flora & fauna
- Abundance of wildlife migrating during the dry season
- Home to over 550 species & popular with bird enthusiasts
- Expert guide for in-depth & comprehensive tour
- Wildlife: buffalos, elephants, tree-climbing lions, warthogs, wildebeests, elands, fringe-eared oryx, lesser and greater kudu, gerenuk, impalas, tree-climbing pythons, and much more.
Day to day itinerary
Tarangire National Park Day Trip Details
Your tour starts with you being picked up from your hotel in Arusha town and then heading south to the stunning Tarangire National Park. You will arrive at the Tarangire national park for game viewing. In the afternoon you will stop for a picnic lunch. Your afternoon game-drive will reveal all the wonders of Tarangire, with the highest number of elephants in the whole of the northern Tanzania parks, exceeding Lake Manyara and Serengeti. There have also been an estimate of 550 bird species recorded there, making it a great attraction for any bird lover.
Tarangire National Park displays a diverse number of wildlife such as: elephant, lesser and great kudu, African buffalo, cheetah, fringe-eared Oryx, leopard, lion, Masai giraffe, spotted hyena, common zebra, white-bearded wildebeest, warthog, eland, olive baboon, bat-eared fox, impala, common waterbuck, bushbuck, coke’s hartebeest, gerenuk, and bohor reedbuck.
Explore the park and admire its flora, including the baobab trees, and take unique photos of the animals. Keep an eye out for the rare birds such as the yellow-collared lovebirds and the myriad of further bird life before you pause for lunch.
Conclude your tour back in your hotel in Arusha.
Meals included: Lunch
Accommodation: None
Items Included:
- Day trip according to the itinerary
- Transportation in a 4×4 safari vehicle
- Professional-driver guide
- Meals according to the itinerary
- Mineral water
- All mentioned activities
- All national park fees
- Flying Doctors insurance (AMREF) during the day trip
Items excluded:
- Hotel accommodation in Arusha
- Flights
- Optional activities
- Alcoholic and soft drinks
- Visa fees
- Gratuities (recommended)
- Personal spending money for souvenirs etc.
- Travel insurance
Dates and Rates per person (in USD)
Start dates | Single | 2 people | 3 people | 4 people | 5 people | 6 people | 7+ people |
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Jan 1, 2021 – Dec 31, 2021 | 314 | 214 | 190 | 160 | 150 | 140 | Get Quote |
Jan 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022 | 309 | 190 | 180 | 160 | 150 | 140 | Get Quote |
Our rates are per person sharing unless we note differently. Please treat all pricing as a guide only:
- All rates are subject to availability and may change without notice.
- All prices and fares are quoted in U.S. dollars.
- Prices are per person based on double or single occupancy (unless otherwise noted) and do not include international airfare to/from your destination or internal flights during the expedition.
- Request a quote or speak to one of our African Safari Experts for the best, most current rates available.
- See the terms and conditions for this trip for more information.
UPDATED BOOKING POLICY
To provide you more flexibility, we have modified our booking policies. Through January 1, 2021, guests can book this itinerary with fully refundable deposits up until 90 days prior to departure. Learn More
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