Lodges & partnersTarangire National Park
Twelve tents on rising ground inside Tarangire, unfenced, solar lit, and twenty minutes from the Kuro airstrip.
About
Tarangire View Tented Lodge sits on rising ground inside Tarangire National Park, near Poachers Hide at latitude 3.973038 south and longitude 36.011892 east, on a special campsite the supplier holds from TANAPA. Twelve tents face out over the bush. The main gate is about fifty five minutes away by road, the Kuro airstrip about twenty minutes, and the quieter Sangaiwe gate on the western side about forty five minutes. The camp is unfenced and sits in a wilderness area, which is the plain fact behind the escort that walks you back to your tent after dinner.
Tarangire is at its most concentrated in the dry months from June to October, when the river holds the only reliable water for a long way and elephant come down to it in numbers that are hard to credit until you have watched them. The park is known for its elephant and for the old baobabs they move between. January and February bring the calving of plains game and a greener, emptier park. March to May is the long rains, when tracks soften and some of the bush closes in, and it is also when the lodge is at its cheapest and quietest. The supplier keeps the camp open through the whole year on both contracts, with no closed months.
The tents are described by the operator as house style, at roughly four metres by nine. Eight are made up as a double or twin and four take three or four guests, which is what the supplier means when it prices a Triple and a Quadruple. Each has an en suite with a shower, toilet and wash basin, a writing desk and a private terrace with a sofa and a table. Power is solar and there is no connectivity: African View states plainly in its own answers that it offers no network in its camps, only at its lodge at Usa River. Mosquito nets are on the beds. Meals are full board and are taken in a covered dining area, with a lounge and a fire pit, and a plunge pool set below.
It suits a traveller who wants to be inside the park rather than outside the gate, who is content with solar power and no connection for a night or two, and who would rather put the saving into a longer stay or a better guide. Families are well served by the four larger tents, with the proviso the supplier states in its own contract: children stay at the sole risk of their parents, must be supervised at all times, and must share a tent with at least one adult. It is not the place for a guest who wants a spa, a gym or a room to work from.
Signature experiences
The river is the reason the park works in the dry months. Drives follow it north and south from camp, and from June to October the elephant come down to it in herds that take a long time to pass.
Tarangire's old baobabs stand clear of the acacia and catch the early sun. The track out of camp runs through them, which makes the first hour of a morning drive the one photographers ask for.
The pool sits below the mess with the bush beyond it. In the middle of a hot day it is where most guests end up, and the fire pit alongside is lit in the cooler months.
Room types
One guest in a tented room with an en suite shower, toilet and wash basin, a writing desk and a private terrace. Eight of the twelve tents are made up as a double or twin and four take up to four guests. The supplier prints a single rate for every season, and in two low season windows the single pays the double rate instead.
Two guests in a tented room, made up with a king bed or two single beds on request. En suite shower, toilet and wash basin, a writing desk, and a private terrace with a sofa and table looking into the bush.
Three guests in one of the four larger tents, made up with three single beds. En suite shower, toilet and wash basin, and a private terrace. A child counts towards the three and must share with at least one adult.
Four guests in one of the four larger tents, made up with a king bed and two single beds. En suite shower, toilet and wash basin, and a private terrace. The tent the supplier sells to families, and children must share with at least one adult.
At a glance
Best time to visit
Best months: January to February and June to October.
Location & access
Tarangire National Park
About two hours plus the transfer: road to Arusha Airport, then a light aircraft to Kuro airstrip in Tarangire, then about twenty minutes to camp. The airstrip transfer doubles as a game drive.
About four and a half hours: roughly an hour to Arusha, then two and a half to three hours south on tarmac through Makuyuni and Minjingu, then fifty five minutes in from the main gate. The Sangaiwe gate on the western side is about forty five minutes from camp.
On the map
3.973° S, 36.012° E
What's included
Frequently asked
Twelve. The operator describes eight of them as double or twin and four as triple or quadruple, so the four larger tents are the ones families use. The camp is small enough that it rarely feels busy.
Yes. It stands on a special campsite the supplier holds from TANAPA, near Poachers Hide, so you are inside the park boundary and on game as soon as you leave camp. The TANAPA special campsite and concession fee of 47.20 USD per person per night is charged on top of the room rate.
By road it is roughly four and a half hours from Kilimanjaro International Airport: about an hour to Arusha, then two and a half to three hours south on tarmac, then fifty five minutes from the main gate. Flying in, light aircraft land at Kuro airstrip, about twenty minutes from camp.
All year. Both the 2026 and the 2027 contracts price every date with no closed period. Low season runs from the first of March to the end of May and again from the first of November to the nineteenth of December.
Yes, and four of the twelve tents take three or four guests. The supplier requires that a child shares a tent with at least one adult, so a room of children on their own cannot be booked. The camp is unfenced and the supplier states that children stay at the sole risk of their parents and must be supervised at all times.
Full board, which the supplier defines as breakfast, a plated or picnic lunch and a three course dinner, and the Tourism Development Levy. Park entry fees, the special campsite and concession fee, transport and travel insurance are all separate and are itemised in your trip price.
Power is solar. African View states in its own answers that there is no network at its camps, only at its lodge at Usa River, so plan on being offline for the length of your stay. Devices are charged at the main building.
June to October for the dry season, when game concentrates along the Tarangire river and elephant are at their most visible. January and February are green and quieter. March to May is the long rains, when the park is at its emptiest and the lodge at its lowest rates.
No. It sits in a wilderness area inside the park and animals move through it. Staff escort guests between the dining area and the tents after dark, which is standard for an unfenced camp and worth knowing before you book.
The operator lists walking and night drives among its activities. Tarangire is the one Tanzanian national park where TANAPA grants night drive permits to particular operators, so we are confirming with the supplier which it holds before we price anything. Nothing is sold until that is in writing.
What's nearby
The green heart of the southern park, about two hours by track, where buffalo and elephant hold out when the rest of the ground is dry.
Roughly two hours away by road, a narrow park under the Rift wall known for its groundwater forest and its flamingos when the lake is full.
About three and a half hours from the gate, usually taken as the next stop on a northern circuit rather than a day trip from here.
Nearby
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