Arusha National Park

Arusha is a bustling town serving as Northern Tanzania’s safari capital, with the Kilimanjaro International Airport just a short 40km drive away. The town is also the gateway to Arusha National Park – a safari gem often overlooked by tourists despite the fact that it boasts an incredible diversity of animals and habitats.One of the only places in Northern Tanzania to see the acrobatic colobus monkey, Arusha National Park’s mountainous forest is also home to the blue monkey, as well as a vivid array of birdlife including the beautifully colored trogons and turacos. To the north of the park are the Momela Lakes, where brilliant hues of blue and green water reflect the rolling grassy hills enclosing them This area is frequented by thousands of flamingos, waterbucks, zebras and giraffe who all come down to drink at sunset, when the sky is a symphony of reds and oranges.In the middle of Arusha National Park’s forest region is Ngurdoto Crater, which has formed a marshy bowl where herds of buffalo and warthog thrive. Although there are no lions in Arusha National Park, the leopards and spotted hyenas of the region are always keeping a close eye on the grazing inhabitants.

• There are leopards and spotted hyenas of the region are always keeping a close eye on the grazing inhabitants.
• The transition between unappealing urban chaos and pristine mountain hiking trails is rarely as abrupt as it is in Arusha National Park.
• At 552 sq km, it's a small park and, while there is wildlife here, it's nothing compared to that of other northern-circuit parks.
• The ArushaNariona Park encompasses different environments: plain, lakes and forest.