Tanzania 2017 (part II): Tarangire National Park

Tarangire National Park, Tanzania:

African Elephant in Tarangire National Park

After visiting Arusha National Park with its exceptional landscape, I traveled to Tarangire National Park famous for its vast groups of elephants.

Particularly in the dry season, thousands of animals enter Tarangire National Park to find water and vegetation to feed on. Although my visit was in December and the first rains had already reached the area, the countryside was still teeming with wildlife. Apart from the abundant elephants, zebras, wildebeests, and impalas, I was happily surprised by two lions wandering through the tall grass. Another beautiful sight was a curious Kirk’s Dik-Dik posing for my camera before dashing off into a thicket.

Yellow-collared Lovebird

Grey-headed Sparrow

Impala

Egyptian Geese

African Spoonbills

Grant Zebras

landscape in Tarangire National Park

Grant Zebras

Yellow-billed Storks

Blue Waxbill

male Common Ostrich

female Common Ostrich

Grant Zebras

Banded Mongooses

Vervet Monkey

baobab

Superb Starling

young Impala

Northern White-crowned Shrike

fighting Impalas

Kirk’s Dik-Dik

Bohor Reedbuck

Common Warthog

baby warthogs

a group of elephants

African Elephant

landscape in Tarangire National Park

African Elephant with baby

African Elephants

African Elephant

African Elephants

safari in Tarangire National Park

Bohor Reedbuck

Wood Sandpiper

Lioness

Red-billed Hornbill

Banded Mongoose

Spotted Hyena

Grant Zebras and Blue Wildebeests

Grant Zebras

Red-necked Spurfowl

landscape in Tarangire National Park

Vervet Monkeys

Vervet Monkey

Ashy Starling

Ashy Starlings

Superb Starling

male Von der Decken’s Hornbill

African Elephant

bathing elephants

Giraffe

African Elephant

baby elephant

pair of White-bellied Bustards

I thoroughly enjoyed my visit to Tarangire National Park and was impressed by the large number of African Elephants. In the late afternoon, we left the park and continued the journey to Karatu near Lake Eyasi – our destination for the following day.