​Best Time To Visit – Tarangire NP

Philip Briggs
Expert
By Philip Briggs

Philip is a renowned Africa expert and author of many guidebooks to African destinations, including the Bradt guide to Tanzania.

Philip is a renowned Africa expert and author of the Bradt guidebook to Tanzania.

Philip is the author of the Bradt guidebook to Tanzania.

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July to November is the best time for wildlife viewing in Tarangire National Park. This coincides more or less with the middle and end of the Dry season. Many animals migrate out of the park during the Wet season (November to May), when wildlife viewing is considerably less productive.


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Best Time July to November (Animals gather around the Tarangire River)
High Season June to October (The park is full of visitors)
Low Season April and May (Rates might be lower)
Best Weather June to October (Little rainfall)
Worst Weather March and April (Peak of the Wet season)

June to October –Dry Season

  • Animals migrate into the park from surrounding areas
  • Wildlife is easier to spot because the bush thins out
  • The weather is beautiful and sunny
  • There are fewer mosquitoes and malaria risk is lower
  • Warm clothing is essential from June to August since morning game drives are cold
  • The park is crowded

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November to May –Wet Season

  • The vegetation is lovely and green
  • Rates may be lower because it is low season
  • It is prime bird-watching time since migratory birds are present
  • Many animals migrate out of the park and wildlife viewing is not as good as in the Dry season
  • March to April is the peak of the Wet season

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