Reviews of Kuro Tarangire
Wildlife sightings and reviews
22 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Kuro Tarangire and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa
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"Kuro Tarangire review"
Game viewing was excellent and Joe proved a knowledgeable and astute guide. We had some great sightings not just of the 'popular' animals but also those shy and rarely seen game (incl: lesser kudu, aardwolf and common genet). Access to some potential viewing environments was restricted by the lack of road/track access." See all these reviews: 14n in Tanzania
Buffalo
10 sightings
Cheetah
2 sightings
Eland
7 sightings
Elephant
10 sightings
Giraffe
10 sightings
Hippo
Multiple sightings
Leopard
4 sightings
Lion
3 sightings
Spotted Hyena
5 sightings
Wildebeest
10 sightings
Zebra
10 sightings
"Kuro Tarangire review"
Bucket showers were interesting but did the job. Very friendly staff and helpful.
Food could have been a lot better.
Had one of the best guides we have ever had, SenKoro, great eyes, and very entertaining, and great company. To our knowledge, he did not miss a single sighting!
Very flexible camp, we did full day Safaris, eating lunch in the bush. We did night drives and a walk on our last day.
Tarangrire National Park often gets a bit forgotten about/overlooked, due to Serengeti & Ngorongoro Crater. But this is a big mistake. I have to say the game viewing along the Tarangire Swamp was spectacular, very high Game densities some scenes were 'Biblical" when all the mixed herds converged on the swamp to drink. We had three sightings of tree climbing Lions (one with four Lions in the same tree!).
In my view less trucks and better game densities/ viewings than Ngorongoro Crater." See all these reviews: 9n in Tanzania
Buffalo
Multiple sightings
Eland
Multiple sightings
Elephant
Multiple sightings
Giraffe
Multiple sightings
Hippo
Multiple sightings
Leopard
Multiple sightings
Lion
Multiple sightings
Spotted Hyena
Multiple sightings
Striped Hyena
Multiple sightings
Wildebeest
Multiple sightings
Zebra
Multiple sightings
"Kuro Tarangire review"
Buffalo
10 sightings
Eland
Multiple sightings
Elephant
10 sightings
Giraffe
10 sightings
Leopard
2 sightings
Lion
4 sightings
Spotted Hyena
2 sightings
Wildebeest
10 sightings
Zebra
10 sightings
"Kuro Tarangire review"
Buffalo
Multiple sightings
Elephant
10 sightings
Giraffe
10 sightings
Lion
Multiple sightings
Spotted Hyena
Multiple sightings
Zebra
10 sightings
"Kuro Tarangire review"
However, the entire experience, which would have been close to perfect otherwise, was wrecked by the swarms of tsetse flies which plagued every game drive to the point of turning what should be enjoyable outings into endurance tests. I was in deep pain and hugely stressed my entire stay.
This was already a problem at Lake Manyana, and was all the more upsetting as I wasn't expecting it, not having been alerted to this hazard by Expert Africa." See all these reviews: 10n in Tanzania
"Kuro Tarangire"
Our guide Rajabu was really excellent. He was knowledgeable clearly enjoyed looking at the animals also and was very patient with us.
The room at Kuru was large well decorated comfortable. The no air con might be an issue for some people. We ate with the temporary staff looking after the place whilst the usual manager was having time off. They were interesting, enthusiastic about Kuru and Tanzania in general about our age which probably helped.
The setting for the rooms could do with a bit of development as its currently just stubby bits of bush between them.
The walking safari was not that great...I think there are loads of animals around (certainly sounded like it at night!) but we didn't see any and the walk was quite short...it seems like the guides also don't really think this is a good thing to do. It was the only time we felt like real tourists doing something weird!" See all these reviews: 13n in Tanzania
"Great camp with very good game"
The highlight for us was the walking safari which we were surrounded by elephants, honey badgers, zebras and yes lions.
Also, the bucket showers worked well and if you ran out of water too soon, they were happy to bring more. I was also quite surprised how perfect the water temperature was. The room also came with shampoo, toiletries and wash powder and had a usb charger. It would have helpful to know this ahead of time as we wasted luggage space bringing it. We were told they did not have it but this was at no fault to Kuro.
The general notes of "what to pack" for Tanzania from Expert Africa is general across all the camps so be sure to ask your agent to verify with a direct email to the camp. I believe there was also internet but we did not use it so I am not sure the speed." See all these reviews: 10n in Tanzania
"Great game viewing at Kuro"
Our game viewing with Raj was exceptional, we saw lion on every excusion who were either sleeping, eating, thinking about hunting, climbing trees or fighting. We saw cheetah walking, sitting, eating and mistakenly trying to hunt a lion. We saw large herds of buffalo, elephants and wildebeest. The antelope viewing was also great with everything from dikdik to Eland. Special mention must be made to Molell who took us out on our last morning and found us a leopard walking and another in a tree
We stayed three nights at Kuro while most guests stay two and we were on our fourth camp while the others were on their first. There are also a lot of Tsetse fly." See all these reviews: 14n in Tanzania; 3n in Zanzibar; 1n in Kenya
"Kuro Tarangire review"
"Almost in the open - wonderful !"
In addition to this we were really lucky and had the night-drive of our lives !!!! This was the moment, when our guide woke up as well, got enthusiastic and said that even he himself had not seen such a scene before: two leopards on one side of the car (one of them in hunting position up in a tree) and on the other side three lionesses putting up their ambush on a group of impalas ! Coming back to the camp we finally saw a spring hare, which is an unusual sight as well, as we were told !" See all these reviews: 21n in Tanzania
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