The dramatic Tarangire Treetops is located in the pristine Tarangire Conservation Area, a 57,000 acres wildlife management area of babobab, mopani and wild fig forest on the border of Tarangire National Park. The area has all the same species of wildlife as the Tarangire National Park, including buffalo, lion, cheetah, leopard and elephant. As a result of being outside the park, the tree lodge offers guests great flexibility. Guests can not only partake in professionally guided activities that cannot normally be conducted inside the Park, such as foot safaris, fly-camping, night drives and mountain bike trails, but they can also pop over into one of Africa's most beautiful wildlife parks for game drives.
The lodge itself is made up of large tree houses built on platforms overlooking the Tarangire Sand River where huge herds of elephant can be seen frequently. Each house has a luxury tent with private bathroom facilities, a lounge area and a private verandah with magnificent views of the wild forest, Lake Manyara to the west or Mount Kilimanjaro to the east. The dining area, built like the original safari kitchen, is situated close to the swimming pool and a waterhole, while the library and bar areas with 360-degree views of the terrain are suspended from huge baobab trees. The lodges excellent cuisine and fine wines are a treat.
The conservation initiative is a partnership between the lodge owners and the Masai villages of Lokisale and Makayuni. These local Masai communities earn direct revenue from the Tarangire Treetops accommodation fee and an annual lease fee. The revenue is spent on improving the building of schools and dispensaries, grading of roads and erection of water-pumps. In exchange for these benefits the local communities limit farming and grazing and stop all poaching, deforestation and charcoal burning to allow the area to return to its natural wild state |
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