Tarangire National Park

Tarangire National Park is located south of the plains of Maasai land and east of Lake Manyara, a three-hour drive from Arusha city, rank the fourth-largest national park in Tanzania. 

The park originates its name from the River Tarangire that cross the park been derived from "Maa" (Maasai) language who inhabits the area. Covering an area of 2,600 square kilometers it's famous for its tree-climbing Pythons.

The topography of Tarangire is open acacia woodland, open bush, swamps, rivers, plains with scattered baobab trees. The trees grow in arid, semi-arid and sub-humid tropical climates.

The park also is famous for the large population of elephants around the baobab trees. Other animals that resides the park include spotted hyena, cheetah, lion, leopard, Maasai giraffe, impala, Grant's gazelle, lesser kudu, African buffalo, eland, bushbuck among others.