Tanzania Exclusive Journeys

Welcome to Arusha National Park

This beautiful Park has often been called a “little gem” and rightly so. It is only ½ an hour by tarmac road from Arusha town, the safari center of Northern Tanzania. With mountains, valleys, lakes, and small plains clothed in green, it has a wonderful feeling of peace and solitude. It is dominated by Mount Meru, which at 4,566 m (14,980 ft) is the 5th highest free standing mountain in Africa. 

This second highest mountain in Tanzania offers unforgettable experience and serves as acclimatization refuge before climbing Mount Kilimanjaro.

 

Climate

 

The Park can be visited throughout the year, however the best time is between June to September and from December to early March. The short rainy period is from October to November and the heavy rain season is from March to May. The park is located at an altitude between 1,700 and 4566 meters.

Getting there

 

Arusha National Park is an easy 40-minute drive from Arusha (25 km to the main gate), and about half an hour from Kilimanjaro International Airport (35 km to the main gate).
Due to the small size of the park, all three main areas can be seen in a half-day trip, but a full day with a picnic lunch and a guided walk is a far more relaxed way to do it.

Park Attractions

 

Arusha National Park hosts a wide variety of landscapes, ranging from vast savannah and rainforest through to acacia woodlands and up to alpine vegetation on the higher reaches of Mount Meru.

At just over 137 sq kms (53 square miles), Arusha National Park has great wildlife densities, and it is assumed to be the home to the world’s largest population of giraffe.

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