Day 1: Arusha National Park
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Arusha national park |
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Non game-viewing travel time: |
| 1 hour |
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Distance: |
| 75 km |
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Meals: |
| Breakfast |
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| Lunch |
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| Dinner |
This morning 8:00am after breakfast you will be picked up Moshi by your professional safari guide and driver. From there you will be driven through to Arusha National Park. Often overlooked due to its small size, Arusha National Park is a beautiful escape from the bustling city only 30 kilometers Arusha town as well as the Moshi town 75kilometers.
Arusha National Park has the most beautiful and topographically varied parks in Tanzania. The diverse landscapes boast with enchanted jungle paths, open green fields, crystalline lakes and rushing rivers
The park’s three most significant features include;-
- Mount Meru (Tanzania’s second highest peak at 4566m and is Africa’s fifth highest mountain. This active volcano is a beautiful sight to behold)
- Momela Lakes, This collection of seven shallow lakes entices all sorts of wildlife to bask in the alkaline waters. You’ll see waterbucks, dik-diks, zebras, giraffes, and birds galore hanging out at the lakes
- Wide Ngurdoto Crater, which was formed about fifteen million years ago.
In Arusha National Park we will enjoy an exciting morning game drive, lunch at picnic and afternoon game drive, visiting both the Momela Lakes and the Ngurdoto Crater.
An amazing wildlife which discovered within the park include African buffalos, elephants, hippos, giraffe, warthogs, antelopes, zebras, blue monkeys and sometimes a rare leopard or hyena.
Birdlife here is prolific, with many species like the narina trogon and bar-tailed trogon which are not common in many other areas.
Return to the Hotel at the end of the day and get ready for tomorrow’s adventure.