Tarangire National Park is one of Tanzania’s least known National Parks.  It is over 2,800 square kilometres in size and is situated about 3 hour's drive southwest of Arusha.  It is named after the Tarangire River that winds its way through the Park. The landscape and vegetation are incredibly diverse and the hilly landscape is dotted with many Baobab trees, high grasses, dense bush, and swamps, tinged green all year round.

The area is generally considered to be at its best during the Jun-Oct dry season months when the animals tend to congregate around the few permanent water sources inside the reserve, most notably the Tarangire River itself. A profusion of ancient baobabs – extraordinary trees whose bulbous pulpy trunks are topped by a crown of bare root-like branches – gives the park a distinctive scenic quality.