Arusha National Park

Beneath Mount Meru

Often overlooked in favour of the bigger northern parks, this small park in the shadow of Mount Meru is one of the few places in Tanzania where you can canoe among hippos, walk with an armed ranger, and get close enough to giraffe to hear them chewing all in a single half-day, making it a genuinely useful add-on around an arrival or departure.

552 km²

45 minute drive from Arusha town easily added to an arrival or departure day

Year-round; clearest Mount Meru views Jun–Oct

Half a day, easily combined with an arrival or departure

What you'll actually see

Giraffe in some of the highest concentrations in Tanzania
Canoeing among hippo and flamingo on the Momella Lakes
Colobus monkey in the Ngurdoto Crater forest
Walking safaris with an armed ranger — one of few parks in the north that allows it

On a clear day, the Momella Lakes canoe route gives one of the only eye-level views of hippos anywhere in Tanzania’s parks.

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Arusha National Park

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