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Arusha National Park A thirty minute drive east of Arusha itself lies Arusha National Park which is divided into three distinct areas: Ngurdoto crater; Momela lakes; and Mount Meru. Previously three separate game reserves, the different areas of the park allow the traveller to experience vastly differing terrain and habitats. All areas are terrific for birding. Ngurdoto crater is the caldera of an extinct volcano. Although there is a ring road that allows fabulous views down into the lush crater interior there is no access to the interior. You may, however, climb up to the crater rim through the misty forest inhabited by the nimble black and white colobus monkeys that are the mascot of the park. Leopards are the main predator in this area and, strangely, there are no lions apart from the odd visitor. Momela is a tranquil watery region with seven lakes, lying between Mount Meru and Mount Kilimanjaro, where you may find the reedbuck, bushbuck and hippo. The dense wildlife population includes buffalo, elephant and giraffe and yet more of the chic colobus. The three or four day round trip up the fifteen thousand foot high Mount Meru is often treated as excellent acclimatisation for climbing Mount Kilimanjaro. A ranger must always accompany you because of the teeming wildlife and you will climb through outstanding landscape - a plain, forests, moorlands and a lava desert. The summit allows breathtaking views of the crater, the eruption cone and peerless views of Kili in the distance. |
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