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ENTERTAINMENT:

Arusha is very busy town. Tourists and miners tend to mix together in several clubs and pubs. It is reccommended that you ask your guide, or hotel information desk for the best, and safe clubs and 'Bars'.

TOURIST ATTRACTIONS:

Mt. Meru




Located within Arusha National Park, Mount Meru is an active volcano,70 kilometres (44 miles) west of Mount Kilimanjaro. It reaches 4,566 metres (14,980 feet) in height.

Its lower slopes are covered in dense highland forest, where colobus monkeys play and buffalo graze concealed beneath the thick foliage. The extinct volcano’s extensive base gives way to a perfectly formed crater, and another internal crater whose walls are sharp, sheer cliffs. An ash cone forms a subsidiary peak, and the Momela Lakes and Ngurdoto Crater are visible from Meru’s slopes.

Arusha National Parks
*Momella arusha national park

Momella Lakes, group of shallow alkaline lakes that are fed by underground streams. They differ in mineral contents and algae that cause the colours of their water also to differ slightly. The mineral and algae present in these lakes attract and support many water birds including flamingos Egyptian goose, and fowls. Among the lakes in Momella is lake Rishetani, which is green in colour, Great Momella Lake with a variety of birds. There are also Tulusia and Lekandiro Lakes, as well as the Small Momella Lake, in which groups of hippopotamus can also be seen. The lakes are within the Arusha National Park Safari.

*Ngurdoto Crater/Forest
Ngurdoto is well known as mini-Ngorongoro. It is a 3 kilometer wide, and 400 meters deep volcanic caldera. The crater is under the government protection; there is no road to the crater and visitors are not permitted to go there.  However, there are some points at the crater rim dedicated to enable people to have a good view of the crater floor and mount Kilimanjaro from a distance.

Large herds of buffalo can be seen on the crater floor, warthog, the black and white Colobus, and blue monkey can be found in the forests around the crater slopes.   It is perfect place for walking safari, actually it is the only national park in the north in which walking is permitted (walking with an armed ranger)

Tarangire National Park

Tarangire National Park is located south of Arusha town along the Dodoma Highway. It was established in l970. Tarangire National Park covers some 2,600 Square kilometres.In Tarangire tourist would get an opportunity to see tree climbing pythons, zebra, kongoni, elephant, buffalo, waterbuck, gazettes and oryx.

A point of interest: TANZANITE!


Arusha is the only place on earth where Tanzanite is available. It is mined in a five square mile around Mererani Hills, Lelatema mountains. Tanzaniate was first found in 1968.

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