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Arusha National Park Arusha National Park is the closet national park to Arusha town (25km) situated at the foot of Mount Meru, east of Arusha town. Arusha National park comprises 137 squares kilometers (3 square miles) of pristine wilderness and is one of the few parks in Tanzania to allow walking safaris inside the park because it has few dangerous predators. The park has diverse topography that can catch your eyes and heart. The park is divided into three distinct areas: Ngurdoto Crater, the Momella Lakes and the rugged Mt Meru. Ngurdoto Crater is surrounded by forest whilst the crater floor is a swampy area. The Momella lakes, like many in the Rift Valley, are alkaline, whilst Mt Meru is a mixture of lush forest and bare rocks. Associated with these different vegetation zones are different types of mammal species and outstanding birdlife we are less likely to find elsewhere: both migratory and residents water birds settle on the lakes, waterbuck and reedbuck are found near water, while bushbuck and duikers easily glimpsed between ancient cedar trees or the black - and white colobus monkeys, blue or Sykes monkey climbing along their branches. Within this wide range of habitats almost 400 species of birds have been recorded in the park. Other species in evidence are elephants, giraffe (largest concentration of giraffes), hippos, leopards, hyena, zebra and a wide range of antelopes. |
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