7-Day Migration Quest

Your safari begins with a meet and greet at the airport, where your Wildflip Safaris driver and guide will be ready to welcome you with a warm Tanzanian greeting before a brief pre-departure orientation. Without delay, the adventure begins immediately as you head directly to Tarangire National Park, one of Tanzania's most rewarding and often overlooked parks. It is the perfect opening chapter for a Migration Footsteps journey.

Tarangire follows the course of the Tarangire River, a permanent water source in a seasonally dry landscape that acts as a magnet for wildlife throughout Tanzania's dry season. The park's natural vegetation of Acacia woodland and giant African baobab trees creates a dramatic and distinctive backdrop. Some of these ancient baobabs, believed to be thousands of years old, rise from the red Rift Valley earth like living monuments in a landscape that has remained remarkably unchanged for centuries. Huge swamp areas in the south add another layer of ecological richness.Tarangire is reputed to contain some of the largest elephant herds in Africa, with enormous extended family groups gathering around the river in spectacular abundance. However, the park offers rare wildlife encounters beyond elephants, including the Greater Kudu with its magnificent spiral horns, the Fringed-eared Oryx, a species seldom seen in other parks along Tanzania's northern circuit, and the charming Ashy Starling, which is endemic to central Tanzania and found here in abundance. A morning game drive on this first full safari day sets the tone for everything that follows.