• Arusha National Park - This park is a favored spot for day-trippers departing from Arusha town for extended northern circuit safaris. The compact park encompasses the slopes, summit, and ash cone of Mt. Meru, the Momela Lakes, Ngurdoto Crater, and the verdant highland forests covering its lower slopes. Game viewing around the Momela Lakes is leisurely and serene, and many visitors pause in the forest to look for groups of rare colobus monkeys frolicking in the treetops.

Arusha National Park offers a three-day trek to the crater’s summit, providing a quieter and, some say, more challenging alternative to the renowned peak of nearby Mount Kilimanjaro. On the lower slopes, trails leading to rivers and waterfalls offer a peaceful day hike for those not inclined to tackle the more demanding climb. Visitors can enjoy ancient fig tree forests, pristine waters flowing from mountain streams, and the opportunity to spot colobus monkeys.

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It is a popular destination for day trip visitors who are about to embark from the town of Arusha on longer northern circuit safaris. The small national park includes the slopes, summit, and ash cone of Mt. Meru, the Momela Lakes, Ngurdoto Crater, and the lush highland forests that blanket its lower slopes. Game viewing around the Momela Lakes is at a laid-back and quiet pace, and while passing through the forest many visitors stop to search for troupes of rare colubus monkeys playing in the canopy.

Passing first through wooded savannah where buffalos and giraffes are frequently encountered, the ascent of Meru leads into forests aflame with red-hot pokers and dripping with Spanish moss, before reaching highly open heath spiked with giant lobelias. Everlasting flowers cling to the alpine desert, as delicately-hoofed klipspringers mark the hike’s progress. Astride the craggy summit, Kilimanjaro stands unveiled, blushing in the sunrise.

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