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User Reviews of Arusha National Park (103 Reviews)

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Female avatar icon Julie and Stuart B United Kingdom flag GB       Visited: October 2025 Reviewed: Oct 28, 2025

Email Julie and Stuart B  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

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Lovely tropical vegetation. Beautiful landscape.
We did a walking safari and we were very fortunate that our guide took us very very close to a family of giraffes.
The lake and surrounding area is picturesque.
It was a lovely way to start our safari travels.

Male avatar icon Matthias Ritter Germany flag DE       Visited: June 2025 Reviewed: Jun 24, 2025

Email Matthias Ritter  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

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Cool and around the corner, nice for Bush walking

Male avatar icon Edeus Tanzania flag TZ       Visited: July 2019 Reviewed: Oct 21, 2019

Email Edeus  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

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We could see some wild animals unfortunately we couldnt spot any of the big five

Avatar icon greg bond United Kingdom flag GB       Visited: February 2017 Reviewed: Dec 18, 2017

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An excellent start

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A good start to our tour of Tanzania with nice accommodation, excellent birding and some lovely scenery

Avatar icon markusbc United Kingdom flag GB       Visited: August 2017 Reviewed: Aug 31, 2017

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For a day trip, Arusha National Park is pretty special.

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I only had one day to spend on seeing wildlife after a week of work in Arusha. Arusha National Park proved to be a very accessible location. It is easy to get to and has an abundance of wildlife if you're prepared to spend some time to look around. It may not have all the animals, but if you go with the proper expectations you will not be disappointed.

Avatar icon Terry Allen, allenfotowild Canada flag CA       Visited: March 2017 Reviewed: Mar 18, 2017

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Small park, easy to get to with some wonderful mountain scenery. Limited selection of wildlife.

Avatar icon Evan United Kingdom flag GB       Visited: August 2016 Reviewed: Aug 29, 2016

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Relaxing day unwinding after climbing Kilimanjaro

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We visited Arusha NP the day after climbing Kili. The journey over from Moshi, where we were based, showed us more of the region, and Arusha NP offered an un-hurried day out. Our guides took us to their favourite spots; we saw many giraffe and zebra, baboons and colobus monkeys. Best treat was seeing Flamingos in a ring 1-3 deep all around big Momela lake. The park is very scenic, especially Ngurdoto Crater, and it would be good to return to see more of it, perhaps by climbing Mt Meru. Arusha NP offers quite a contrast to the almost complete absence of wildlife on Kili!

Female avatar icon Isabell Germany flag DE       Visited: February 2016 Reviewed: Jun 28, 2016

Email Isabell  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

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We didn't see that much animals at Arusha National Park (though it's always a matter of luck). But we still enjoyed the different landscape and beauty of this national park. We also booked a walking safari to the waterfall which was really a great experience. It's definitely something totally different (and worth doing) as you feel more like beeing a part of the nature than you would do sitting in a car. Moreover here you can find animals you won't see at the Serengeti such as colobus monkeys.

Male avatar icon Eric Dewar Canada flag CA       Visited: July 2015 Reviewed: Dec 5, 2015

Email Eric Dewar  |  under20 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Arusha National Park has beautiful landscapes and unique animals

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My father and I spent one day in Arusha National Park prior to climbing Mount Kilimanjaro. Upon arrival, we weren't expecting to see much as the park is close to the city of Arusha, but there are many different species of wildlife visible in the park. Our tour guide knew all of the park areas and took us to his favourite spots. We saw giraffes, zebras, monkeys, baboons, hippos, flamingos, plenty of birds, and even a few elephants!

The location of the park is great because we were able to see many animals within close proximity to the city. As a photographer, there were many opportunities for closeup photographs with elephants, giraffes, and zebras. I would recommend the park to anyone because of its size and ability to see a large variety of animals.

While staying in Tanzania, I stayed in Moshi. The national park was less than a 45 minute drive. The transportation was great and our guide was very knowledgeable. Visiting in July was great. The weather
Read more was good. We were only able to see Kilimanjaro during dusk because of the quick weather changes in the mountain areas, but it never rained and was fairly sunny throughout the day.

I would recommend a visit to Tanzania and Arusha National Park. It was an incredible experience and I wish to go back!
Female avatar icon Nicole Belgium flag BE       Visited: December 2014 Reviewed: Aug 28, 2015

Email Nicole  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

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It was a good way to start the trip but not the best park. Many giraffes which gives the landscape a very prehistoric look.