Arusha National Park

After breakfast at 8:30a.m you are met by our professional tour guide/driver, who will deliver a short safari info briefing, after which we travel to the Arusha National Park. This small but beautiful Tanzanian National Park is the closest national park to both the famous Arusha “safari town” (50 km) as well as the Kilimanjaro International Airport, thus making it ideal for 1-day safaris or tours. Not only is the animal life in the park abundant, but it is also one of the most beautiful and topographically varied parks in Tanzania. The park’s three most significant features include the rugged Mount Meru (Tanzania’s second highest peak at 4566m), the notably different coloured Momela Lakes, and the 3km wide Ngurdoto Crater, which was formed about fifteen million years ago!

We will enjoy lunch at the Momela hotel or any of the picnic lunch site along the lakes and do an exciting morning game drive and afternoon game drive, visiting both the Momela Lakes and the Ngurdoto Crater. Wildlife which could be seen include African buffalos, elephants, hippos, giraffe, warthogs, antelopes, zebras, blue monkeys endangered white and black colobus monkeys and sometimes a rare leopard or hyena. Late afternoon we depart for Moshi or Arusha where we will end our safari adventure. You will be taken to your hotel, which ends our tour package services.

Arusha National Park stands as among the few Tanzania National Parks which offers walking safari within the park accompanied by an armed ranger. A walking safari gives you a great chance to explore the nature after a long period of driving with 4×4 WD land cruiser. The park’s appeal is mainly its scenery. The habitat diversity spans from montane rainforest to moist savannah to alpine moorland. The most prominent landmark is Mount Meru. Other highlights are a massive extinct volcano and several scenic lakes, with Mount Kilimanjaro in the background on a clear day.