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Arusha Town
Location: Arusha, Tanzania
Area: 36,486 km²
Overview
Arusha Town, an important business center, is the regional capital. Area 14,087 square miles. Located below the foot of Mount Meru, on the eastern part of the Great Rift Valley and the regional capital of the Arusha Region. With a population of 519,000 in the 2022 census in the surrounding Arusha Rural District.
Home to the major international diplomatic hubs, hosting the African Court of the African Union and the capital of the East African Community. The City has a temperate climate and is an ideal starting or finishing point for all northern circuit safaris into Tanzania. Close to the Serengeti National Park (4hr 23min drive – 235.5km/146.3miles).
The Ngorongoro Conservation Area (3h 22m to drive 177.5 km/110miles), Lake Manyara National Park (90mins drive -101 km/ 62.7 miles), Olduvai Gorge (4hr 1min drive -212.2km/131.9miles), Tarangire National Park (3hr 1min – 150.6km/93.6miles), Mount Kilimanjaro (1hr 39min drive – 100.09/62.19miles), Mount Meru (1hr 48min drive – 51.1km/31.75miles), Arusha National Park (1hr 47 min drive – 51.1 km/ 31.75miles as such considered the safari capital of the World.
The Uniqueness of this City
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- This City is a major international diplomatic hub. It hosts the African Court of the African Union and is the capital of the East African Community.
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- Host of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda from 1994-2015.
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- Start and finishing point of all the northern circuit safaris in Tanzania.
Accommodation Options
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- Arusha Coffee Lodge (30 Plantation Houses that radiate out into the evergreen coffee fields)
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- Legendary House Arusha (ten beautiful garden cottages and two family cottages, each with its own private veranda)
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- Four Points by Sheraton the Arusha Hotel (114 stylish rooms)
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- Acacia Farm (23 rooms in 16 spaced-out cottages)
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- Villa Maua Arusha (nine spacious and tastefully decorated garden rooms)
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- Kili Villa Lodge (10 all-ensuite rooms arranged for couples or families)
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- Golf Safaris House (10 ensuite bedrooms and 18-hole golf course)
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- Hamerkop House (3 spacious ensuite rooms)
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- Gran Melia Arusha (171 rooms)
Activities at the Destination
Materuni Waterfalls, Coffee farm Tour, tour Kikuletwa Hot Springs, The Tanzanite Experience, Cultural Heritage Centre, Ngurdoto Crater, Ol Doinyo Lengai, The School of St Jude, Meserani Snake Park, Visit Lake Duluti, Maasai Market Curios and Crafts and Flea & Street Market
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Arusha National Park, Arusha Town, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, East Africa, Entebbe, Kenya, Kigali City, Lake Bunyonyi National Park, Lake Manyara National Park, Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Nairobi City, Nyungwe National Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Rwanda, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, Uganda, Volcanoes National Park
20 Days - 19 Nights
2-12 People
20 days in the 4 Stars of East Africa Nations, land in Kigali - Rwanda, stay at the lavish sanctuary, a reforestation project with stunning views of the volcanic peaks of Mikeno of Congo
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Arusha Town, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Chyulu Hills National Park, Kenya, East Africa, Entebbe, Kenya, Kibale National Park, Lake Mburo National Park, Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Nairobi City, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, The Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Uganda
15 Days - 14 Nights
2-12 People
15 days in three of East Africa’s unique safari destinations, Kenya Uganda & Tanzania. Your safari begins your arrival into Arusha to experience the vibrant chaos and the juxtaposition between colonial, traditional, and new for a night, before embarking on two nights in Ngorongoro Conservation Area famous for being the largest inactive and intact volcanic caldera in the whole world, experience game drive descending into the crater.
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A safari of two East African Nations, this takes you on 11 nights, with a trek to see the chimpanzees in Kibale Forest National Park and a boat cruise on the Kazinga channel before your drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park the second largest park in Uganda also know for more chimpanzee tracking, park is surrounded by two lakes Lake Albert and Lake Edward which support water activities is your home for a night.
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Arusha Town, Dar es Salaam City, Lake Manyara National Park, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, Tarangire National Park, The Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Zanzibar
15 Days - 14 Nights
2-12 People
15 Day / 14 nights safari combining the bush & beach in Tanzania, from Arusha, Tarangire, Lake Manyara, Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Arusha, Zanzibar Island and Dar Es Salaam
Arusha Town, Lake Eyasi, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, Tarangire National Park, The Ngorongoro Conservation Area
10 Days - 9 Nights
2-12 People
10 days safari takes you from Arusha the safari capital of Tanzania's Northern Safari Circuit to Tarangire, Karatu, Lake Eyasi, Serengeti Central,
Ngorongoro.
Arusha Town, Lake Manyara National Park, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, Tarangire National Park, The Ngorongoro Conservation Area
9 Days - 8 Nights
2-12 People
Nine days of safari in luxury, to Arusha, Arusha National Park, Tarangire National Park, Lake Manyara National Park, Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro National Park.