Arusha National Park Day trip Safari Tour Tanzania

Arusha National Park Day trip Safari Tour Tanzania

Arusha National Park covers Mount Meru, a prominent volcano with an elevation of 4566 m, in the Arusha Region of north eastern Tanzania. The park is small but varied with spectacular landscapes in three distinct areas. In the west, the Meru Crater funnels the Jekukumia River; the peak of Mount Meru lies on its rim. Ngurdoto Crater in the south-east is grassland. The shallow alkaline Momella Lakes in the north-east have varying algal colours and are known for their wading birds.

Mount Meru is the second highest peak in Tanzania after Mount Kilimanjaro, which is just 60 km away and forms a backdrop to views from the park to the east. Arusha National Park lies on a 300-kilometre axis of Africa's most famous national parks, running from Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater in the west to Kilimanjaro National Park in the east.

Visit: Arusha Village Experience, Arusha Tanzania

Our guide will pick you up at Kilimanjaro International Airport and take you to our office in Arusha. As local Tanzanians, our guides know well the country and Arusha city, so you’ll be in good hands from when you arrive to the moment you leave.

We recommend our customer to book Arusha tourist Inn hotel or Meru INN hotel. They have the best value for money for a one night stay before the safari. We can also reserve a room for you.

Duration: 30 minutes

Visit: Mount Meru, Arusha National Park 00255 Tanzania

Arusha National Park is home to Mount Meru, the second-highest peak in Tanzania, and hosts a rich variety of wildlife in startlingly diverse environments with amazing views of Kilimanjaro. Get your questions answered about the many species and visit the main highlights with your expert guide.

Leave the city behind and begin your adventure aboard a stylish 4x4 safari vehicle on a 40-minute journey en route to Arusha National Park. Admire the scenery along the way and see the impressive Ngurdoto crater, an extinct volcano now heavily forested and enclosing a marsh between rugged cliffs, home to buffalos and warthogs.

Continue to explore the park as your guide brings you to spots off the regular tourist route. Here you see wildlife that normally shies away from the more trafficked areas, including blue monkeys, the colorful turacos, rare black-and-white colobus monkeys, and the Narina Trogon and Bar-tailed Trogon. Enjoy an educational conversation with your expert guide about the many species and get answers to any and all of your questions.

Marvel at the beauty of the Momela Lakes while keeping an eye out for giraffes, zebras, and hyenas, and take in amazing views of the snow-capped peaks of Kilimanjaro and the beautiful Mount Meru before returning to Arusha.

Duration: 6 hours