In Tarangire, you will see many of Africa’s most incredible, mysterious, and powerful trees — the baobabs. These are among the thickest trees in the world, with trunk diameters up to 8 meters and heights of 18–25 meters. Since baobabs have no annual rings, it is impossible to determine their age accurately.
Conservative estimates suggest baobabs live up to a thousand years, but radiocarbon dating has shown that some with diameters of 4.5 meters are over 4,500 years old.
Just imagine how much these incredible trees have seen! What could they teach us? What stories would they tell?
This park is home to Tanzania’s largest population of African elephants, which you can observe in the wild. Four of the Big Five also live here — lions, leopards, elephants, and buffaloes — along with many other savannah animals: antelopes, hyenas, zebras, giraffes, monkeys, and birds.