#9–10 / 2020 TF
TARANGIRE
NATIONAL
PARK
ELEPHANTS
IN THE SAVANNAH
Picturesque hills, swampy lowlands,
floodplain meadows
during the rainy season, the
Maasai steppe with acacias and
sprawling 300-year-old baobabs,
on the branches of which
lions, leopards and pythons love
to rest - this is how Tarangire
National Park looks like, a popular
place for northern safari
in Tanzania. The park is crossed
by the river of the same name
which often dries up in the dry
season, but attracts in the rainy
season many species of animals
and birds — from buffaloes and
cheetahs to dwarf mongooses
and kingfishers. But the main
local attraction is the herds
of elephants, which can be seen
bathing in the river or walking
in the savannah. The oldest female
elephant in the world who
gave birth to twins also lives
in Tarangire Park - according
to biologists, this happens extremely
rarely in the wild.
You can get to the park not
only by land, but also by air -
there is a small takeoff runway
on its territory.
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