Arusha National Park
Arusha National Park is located about an hour’s drive from Arusha town, which is a starting and finishing point for trips to Serengeti National Park, Tarangire National Park, Lake Manyara National Park, and Ngorongoro conservation area.
Visitors from different regions of the world and people of different cultures make stops in the city of Arusha. Arusha National Park is a good place for tourists to enjoy a wildlife observation experience near the city.
Arusha national park is found at the base of Mount Meru, which is one of the mountains located north of Arusha town and is also the second highest mountain in Tanzania after Mount Kilimanjaro.
Tanzania tours and safaris are also part of the experience that tourists get as they visit an Arusha national park as well as other destinations that are located in the northern part of Tanzania, such as Serengeti national park, Ngorongoro crater, Tarangire national park, and Lake Manyara national park.
Itineraries which offer combined tours for the Arusha park with attractions such as Serengeti national park and Ngorongoro crater enable tourists to get a big five experience where they can see elephants, buffalos, leopards, rhinos, and lions as well as other wildlife species.
You can also visit Mount Kilimanjaro on a safari from Arusha that you enjoy hiking on the highest mountain in Africa, also located in the northern part of Tanzania. There are different routes which can be used during these hikes on the mountain and they include the Marangu route, Machame route, Umbwe route, Rongai route, and Lemosho route.
Tanzania tours to Arusha National Park can take up to a whole day or half a day in the company of ranger guides who provide the necessary information about the different attractions around the national park.
The park is characterized by mountains and rainforest as well as alpine and savannah and alpine moorland.
The entrance fee for Arusha Park is about 45 USD for each person among foreign tourists, and these entrance fees are valid for a single entry. East Africans and foreign residents visiting the national park are also liable for different entrance fee charges.
The park is under the management of TANAPA (Tanzania National Parks Authority), which is in charge of formulating rules and regulations, protecting natural resources as well as promoting conservation.
