Tarangire National Park, Tanzania, the river gives life.

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Day after day of cloudless skies. The fierce sun sucks the moisture from the landscape, baking the earth a dusty red, the withered grass as brittle as straw. The Tarangire River has shrivelled to a shadow of its wet season self. But it is choked with wildlife. Thirsty nomads have wandered hundreds of parched kilometres knowing that here, always, there is water.

Tarangire

Size:

2,600 sq km (1,005 sq miles).

Location:

118 km (75 miles) southwest of Arusha.

How to get there:

Easy drive from Arusha or Lake Manyara following a
surfaced road to within 7km (four miles) of the main
entrance gate; can continue on to Ngorongoro Crater
and the Serengeti. Charter flights from Arusha and
the Serengeti.

To do:

Guided walking safaris; day trips to Maasai and Barabaig
villages, as well as to the hundreds of ancient rock
paintings in the vicinity of Kolo on the Dodoma Road.

Wildlife:

Oryx, Gerenuk, Elephant, Lesser Kudu, Wild Dog,
Lion, Kori Bustard, Ground hornbill.

Birds (more than 550 species) amongst whom:

Ostrich, Yellow-collared Lovebird, Rufous-tailed Weaver,
Ashy Starling, Dwarf Mongoose, Red-and-yellow Barbet.

Best time:

Year round but dry season (June - September) for
sheer numbers of animals.

Accommodation:

One lodge, one tented lodge, one luxury tented camp
inside the park, another half-dozen exclusive lodges and
tented camps immediately outside its borders.
Camp sites in and around the park.

Source: TANAPA.

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more detailed description of this park.