Arusha National Park

Arusha National Park has a total area of 137 sq. km and is only 37 km from Arusha. There are over 50 km of game viewing roads/trails in the Ngurdoto and Momella sections of the park. However, to protect destruction of the Ngurdoto crater which is only 3 km in diameter, no road has been constructed into it. The crater can be observed from several viewpoints established on the rim.

Arusha National Park includes Momella Lakes, Ngurdoto Crater, Meru Crater cone.  Animals found in the park include elephant, giraffe, buffalo, bushbuck, red and forest duiker, waterbuck, hippo, warthog, reedbuck, dik-dik, and the black and white Colobus monkey.  The Momella Lakes offer the best wildlife viewing. Many birds can be seen between May and October.

Mount Meru Trekking

Mt. Meru is a collapsed volcano located in the northern safari circuit.  Overshadowed by its snow-capped neighbor, Mt. Kilimanjaro, this volcano remains cryptic to climbers and scientists alike.  Mt. Meru is 50 km. from Kilimanjaro and reaches a height of 4565m.  It is the second highest mountain in Tanzania and good preparation for climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro. See Mt. Meru trekking.

Tarangire National Park

This park covers an area of 2600 sq. km. and is the sixth largest national park in Tanzania after Selous, Serengeti, Ruaha, Ngorongoro and Mikumi. Visitors to Tarangire are frequently entertained by encounters with browsing elephants which inhabit this park in large herds. In the park you also find other game such as rhino, buffalo, eland, warthog, the fringe-eared oryx, lesser and greater kudu, gerenuk and a large number of impala.

Majestic baobab trees add to the scenic splendor of this unique national park. Tarangire National Park is about 120 km from Arusha.

Lake Manyara National Park

This 325 sq. km. park is located beneath the massive escarpment of the Rift Valley and consists of five distinct vegetation zones with a wide range of flora. The park is famous for its tree climbing Lions that laze on the branches of Acacia trees during the day. It has over 350 species of birds, the most profuse and lively being the flamingo which at certain seasons form a solid line of pink for many kilometers along the lake. The park is also home to large herds of buffalo, elephant, giraffe, hippo, impala, monkeys, baboons and a great variety of smaller animals are common.
Lake Manyara National Park is about 130 km. from Arusha.

Oldoinyo Lengai (The Mountain of God)

This mountain is situated in the Rift Valley, 15km. south of Lake Natron. Oldoinyo Lengai in Maasai language means "Mountain of God" is the youngest volcano in the region; it is also the only one that still produces spectacular eruptions. There are two craters (north and south), only the northern one is active. The diameter of the Crater is 240m.

Oldoinyo Lengai has erupted nearly fifteen times over the past century. The most dramatic eruption in 1917 caused all the vegetation to disappear. Another in 1941 lasted six months. In June 1993 black smoke rose up above the mountain on several occasions.

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