Day trip to Arusha national park

Arusha National Park, one of the most beautiful and topographically varied game reserves in Tanzania, where the acrobatic black and white colobus monkey can be easily seen. Arusha National Park has a broad variety of landscapes, ranging from open savannah through acacia scrubland to rainforest and to alpine conditions on the higher reaches of Mt. Meru. The Arusha National Park has three most significant features include the rugged Mount Meru, the fifth highest in Africa and Tanzania’s second highest peak at 4566 m. 14990 feet, the different coloured Momela Lakes, shallow alkaline lakes made up of seven lakes, All seven lakes are mainly fed by separate underground water sources and due to the varying mineral content of these underground sources, each lake supports a different type of algae growth, resulting in uniquely differently coloured lakes. These lakes are alkaline, means the water is not utilized by animals for drinking, but they do however attract a wide variety of African bird life. The third feature is the 3km wide Ngurdoto Crater. The crater provides a natural sanctuary to many African animals, including elephant, African buffalo, a variety of monkeys and baboons, as well as birds like hamerkop, spur-winged geese and herons.