Arusha · Tanzania
Arusha
The gateway city to the northern safari circuit, and a national park in its own right.
Muhtasari
Arusha sits at about 1,400 metres under Mount Meru, and almost every northern-circuit safari begins or ends here. It is a working city of around half a million people rather than a resort: coffee estates on the slopes above, a busy central market, the Tanzanite trade, and the Arusha International Conference Centre where the Rwanda tribunal sat for two decades. Most visitors treat it as a night either side of the parks, but the immediate surroundings reward a day. Arusha National Park, 40 minutes away, is small and unusually varied - the Momella lakes with their flamingos, Ngurdoto Crater, giraffe and colobus monkeys in the forest, and the only park on the circuit where you can walk with an armed ranger or canoe. Mount Meru, 4,566 m, rises from it and is the best acclimatisation climb before Kilimanjaro as well as a fine three-day trek on its own. Day trips run to the Maasai villages at Longido, the coffee farms of Ilkiding'a, and the Chemka hot springs.
Vinjari kwa aina katika Arusha
Picha za Arusha
Safari zinazotembelea Arusha
Mambo ya kufanya Arusha
Maeneo na matukio badala ya kampuni. Kila moja lina kile ambacho ungekigundua ukifika tu.
Maasai Market
UtamaduniThe craft market in the centre of town.
Prices open at three to four times what things sell for. That is expected, not an insult — haggling is the transaction, and walking away is part of it.
Saa 2Bure
Walking safari in Arusha National Park
WanyamaporiGiraffe, colobus and buffalo on foot, with Mount Meru above.
No lion or elephant, which is exactly why walking is allowed. The best first day of a trip: it is forty minutes from town and it acclimatises you to the altitude.
Saa 5Kwa malipo
Coffee estate tour
UtamaduniPicking, pulping, drying and roasting on the slopes south of town.
Harvest runs July to December; outside it you see the process explained rather than happening.
Saa 3Kwa malipo
Mahali vilipo, karibu na Arusha
Orodha 60 zenye mahali kwenye ramani.
Ramani ya orodha 60
- Zilizoorodheshwa
- Zimewekwa kwa mji
Wakati wa kutembelea Arusha
Mwezi kwa mwezi: wanyamapori, hali ya hewa na msongamano.
Oktoba
Dry season — good roads, thinner bush, animals gathering at water.
- Wanyamapori
- —
- Hali ya hewa
- Hali ya hewa: 4 / 5
- Msongamano
- Msongamano: 3 / 5
- Mvua
- 40 mm
- Joto
- 14–27 °C
Onyesha miezi yote kumi na miwiliFicha jedwali kamili
| Wakati bora wa kutembelea | Wanyamapori | Hali ya hewa | Msongamano | Mvua | Joto |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JanuariShort rains — brief afternoon storms, green landscapes, fewer visitors. | — | Hali ya hewa: 4 / 5 | Msongamano: 3 / 5 | 60 mm | 14–27 °C |
| FebruariDry season — good roads, thinner bush, animals gathering at water. | — | Hali ya hewa: 4 / 5 | Msongamano: 3 / 5 | 55 mm | 14–27 °C |
| MachiWet month — expect rain most days, and lush, difficult country. | — | Hali ya hewa: 3 / 5 | Msongamano: 2 / 5 | 110 mm | 14–26 °C |
| ApriliLong rains — some tracks impassable and some camps closed. Lowest prices. | — | Hali ya hewa: 2 / 5 | Msongamano: 2 / 5 | 200 mm | 14–25 °C |
| MeiLong rains — some tracks impassable and some camps closed. Lowest prices. | — | Hali ya hewa: 2 / 5 | Msongamano: 2 / 5 | 150 mm | 13–25 °C |
| JuniPeak dry season — the best game viewing and the highest prices. | — | Hali ya hewa: 5 / 5 | Msongamano: 4 / 5 | 30 mm | 12–25 °C |
| JulaiMsimu wa kileleSafari season — book vehicles and guides well ahead. | — | Hali ya hewa: 5 / 5 | Msongamano: 5 / 5 | 10 mm | 12–24 °C |
| AgostiMsimu wa kilelePeak dry season — the best game viewing and the highest prices. | — | Hali ya hewa: 5 / 5 | Msongamano: 5 / 5 | 10 mm | 12–24 °C |
| SeptembaPeak dry season — the best game viewing and the highest prices. | — | Hali ya hewa: 5 / 5 | Msongamano: 4 / 5 | 15 mm | 13–26 °C |
| OktobaDry season — good roads, thinner bush, animals gathering at water. | — | Hali ya hewa: 4 / 5 | Msongamano: 3 / 5 | 40 mm | 14–27 °C |
| NovembaWet month — expect rain most days, and lush, difficult country. | — | Hali ya hewa: 3 / 5 | Msongamano: 2 / 5 | 105 mm | 14–26 °C |
| DesembaShort rains — brief afternoon storms, green landscapes, fewer visitors. | — | Hali ya hewa: 4 / 5 | Msongamano: 3 / 5 | 90 mm | 14–27 °C |