Tarangire National Park Lodges ::
Home to the large herds of elephant
Kikoti Tented Camp
Kikoti Tented Camp is built outside the National Park to the east. The camp, with 20 luxury mobile tents has been positioned amongst the natural features of this landscape. Large tents furnished with wooden beds and each have a private verandah from where you can enjoy your morning coffee. When staying two nights, you will get to have one meal in the large dining tent and the other under the open skies with the Maasai as your entertainment.
During the dry season from July to November, Tarangire is a wonderful park to spend time as the animals from the surrounding areas move into the National Park to take advantage of the many permanent water sources within the National Park. During other months, resident wildlife make Tarangire an enjoyable park.
Kikoti Tented Camp offers evening walking Safari to Kikoti Kopje, an exciting way to see the sunset over Tarangire. The walks can be done in the early morning or late evening depending on your interest and time. Night game drives are also allowed at Kikoti Tented Camp because it is located outside the National Park boundaries.
Oliver’s Camp [originally established in 1992 by Paul Oliver, one of our Professional Guides] offers true rustic accommodations. The 5 large tents offer comfortable inside with attached private facilities. Outside each of the tents, enjoy the beautiful sounds and surrounding of wilderness from the comfort of your verandah. The dining area is under a large tent and a library equipped with a telescope but the best part, there is a naturalist present to talk about wildlife, landscape not only of Tarangire but also of other parks in Tanzania.
Oliver's Camp offers the unique opportunity to leave the vehicle abehind and share the earth of Tarangire National Park with its wildlife. Walking safaris are guided by experienced walking guides and an armed ranger accompanies the walks. Guests learn about nature, wildlife behavior and animal tracks on walking safaris. Although animals are usually spotted on walking safaris, the goal is not to get as close as possible to the wildlife, but rather to observe their undisturbed behavior. Walking can best be done in the morning. Walks longer than half a day are available upon request. [Walking can't be done by children below 10 yrs of age. Participation in walking safaris is at own risk and participation of children is at parents risk]
Swala, which is Swahili for impala, is an exclusive tent lodge southwestern corner of Tarangire National Park, affording guests wilderness luxury, and a privileged glimpse of an Africa. Sheltered beneath a canopy of giant Acacia trees, each of the exclusive 9 rooms are crafted from local materials to mirror the understated elegance of the time-honored safari style. The elevated terraces on the tents are appointed towards the waterhole that attracts wildlife year-round. This ensures that your African wildlife experiences does not finish when you leave your vehicle but rather can be enjoyed from the comfort of your room with your Tanzanian brewed coffee and freshly baked cookie in hand.
Nestled in a remote pocket of South Central Tarangire National Park, there are no lodges anywhere close to the camp giving your own piece of Tarangire. Because of the remoteness, you do want to spend minimum of two nights to enjoy the experience. Swala is surrounded by majestic acacia trees at the edge of the wetlands and the savannah beyond. Swala Camp overlooks Gursi swamps, one of Tarangire many water sources which attracts everything from elephant herds, leopards, to of course the namesake impalas.
Located inside the Tarangire National Park, Tarangire Safari Lodge is beautifully situated on a cliff with magnificent views overlooking the Tarangire River and the Baobab studded landscape. Each of the 35 simple and comfortable tents have a thatched roof for sun protection, as you sit right outside your verandah enjoying the best game-viewing right on your door step. The lodges offers a swimming pool for those who would like to enjoy the African sun. Because of the location, you see animals year round come for a drink from the Tarangire River.
Tarangire Treetops is a unique lodge with rooms built on Baobab trees or Fig Trees. Tarangire Treetops under went complete renovations in 2004 making it one of the few exclusive lodges in Tarangire. Today Tarangire Treetops has 20 large rooms which overlook the wonderful surroundings. The rooms have 'roll-up' walls (mosquito netting encloses the whole room) allowing you to enjoy the sights and sounds from your room or private verandah. The dining rooms and lounge area are built on a large Baobab tree. The lodge has a small swimming pool and they have added a drinking water hole for the elephants that roam the surrounding area.
The area around Tarangire Treetops has resident animals like the elephants, impalas, dik dik, zebras hence you have an escort walking you from your room to the main dining and lounge area. Tarangire Treetops is built right outside the border of Tarangire National Park which allows the lodge to operate walking Safari with an armed guided as well as night drives.
Tarangire National Park is best from July to November which is the dry season. For other months besides the rainy season of late March to May, you have the resident wildlife to make Tarangire National Park an memorable experience.
