Great views, popular swimming pool, well placed for game drives but busy
Guide Price: From: $345 To: $415
Tarangire Safari Lodge is quite a large family owned lodge in a good position in northern Tarangire, overlooking the Tarangire River. This is an inexpensive camp and a decent choice if you're travelling with children as it has game on tap and a great pool, as in cool, clean and with a lethal waterslide.
The lodge sits high on an escarpment overlooking the Tarangire River a short distance from the main gate, with panoramic views over the deep valley in front. Game regularly comes to drink in the foreground, especially during the dry season and many species can be seen from the large terrace in front of the main lodge itself. The lodge is well placed to access the best game areas of Tarangire, so you'll be assured of good game viewing while you're here. If time was short, you could almost dart in and out for one night en route to Ngorongoro and Serengeti with a minimal divert. Although by rights Tarangire deserves more than that as its still a gem of a park and normally rewards those who spend proper time there.
If you're on a tight budget and looking for a well run comfortable place to stay in Tarangire, this is definitely one to consider. It's family owned and run, has absolutely no pretensions and has very friendly and efficient staff. Food is uncomplicated, but its good enough and there's plenty of it; superb barbeques in the evening with every kind of meat you can imagine and endless salads.
There are forty basic, but comfortable tented rooms with ensuite bathrooms and electricity. They're a bit close together but you aren't paying for style in this place. One downside to be aware of is that this area is pretty busy so you are bound to see quite a lot of other vehicles. Having said that, the density of game in the area makes up for this.
What's more, Tarangire National Park isn't a huge park and if you have your own private vehicle (which we strongly recommend) its perfectly possible to head off early with a packed lunch and disappear for the day to the lesser visited areas of the park like Lake Burunge on the western side of the park.
40 various tents and rooms, all quite simple and close together
From: 345 To: 415
Great views, popular swimming pool, well placed for game drives but busy
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Northern Tarangire is a popular stop on any classic Northern Tanzania safari circuit and with good reason. Scenically very pretty, with its wide valleys & ridge lines dominated by Baobabs it also holds great game for much of the year. The compromise with the northern section of the park is encountering lots of other people & vehicles. The main entrance gate (which can get pretty frantic at certain times of the day) is on the northern boundary as are many of the busier lodges. There isn't a huge track network so even if you wanted to avoid others its tough to do so. The plus is that game can be excellent and is generally pretty consistent. Read more?
Tanzania safaris rival a safari any other country in Africa in terms of sheer wilderness, formidable landscapes and volume of wildlife. At Natural High, we have travelled all over the country, worked in some of its best Tanzania safari camps and lodges and flown all over as bush pilots so we feel qualified to venture such opinions. Read more?
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