{"id":1890,"date":"2022-07-30T07:23:25","date_gmt":"2022-07-30T07:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kokotoa.biz\/safarit\/?page_id=1890"},"modified":"2022-07-30T07:24:34","modified_gmt":"2022-07-30T07:24:34","slug":"arusha-national-park-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kokotoa.biz\/safarit\/arusha-national-park-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Arusha National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#e2e2e2;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1185.6px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\">@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-1{margin-top:10px!important; margin-right:0px!important;margin-bottom:15px!important;margin-left:0px!important;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-1{margin-top:10px!important; margin-right:0px!important;margin-bottom:10px!important; margin-left:0px!important;}}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"font-size:24px;margin-top:10px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:0px;\"><h1 class=\"title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:24;line-height:1;\">Arusha National Park<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>The closest national park to Arusha town \u2013 northern Tanzania\u2019s safari capital \u2013 Arusha National Park is a multi-faceted jewel, often overlooked by safarigoers, despite offering the opportunity to explore a beguiling diversity of habitats within a few hours.<\/p>\n<p>The entrance gate leads into shadowy montane forest inhabited by inquisitive blue monkeys and colourful turacos and trogons \u2013 the only place on the northern safari circuit where the acrobatic black-and-white colobus monkey is easily seen. In the midst of the forest stands the spectacular Ngurdoto Crater, whose steep, rocky cliffs enclose a wide marshy floor dotted with herds of buffalo and warthog.<\/p>\n<p>Further north, rolling grassy hills enclose the tranquil beauty of the Momela Lakes, each one a different hue of green or blue. Their shallows sometimes tinged pink with thousands of flamingos, the lakes support a rich selection of resident and migrant waterfowl, and shaggy waterbucks display their large lyre-shaped horns on the watery fringes. Giraffes glide across the grassy hills, between grazing zebra herds, while pairs of wide-eyed dik-dik dart into scrubby bush like overgrown hares on spindly legs.<\/p>\n<p>Although elephants are uncommon in Arusha National Park, and lions absent altogether, leopards and spotted hyenas may be seen slinking around in the early morning and late afternoon. It is also at dusk and dawn that the veil of cloud on the eastern horizon is most likely to clear, revealing the majestic snow-capped peaks of Kilimanjaro, only 50km (30 miles) distant.<\/p>\n<p>But it is Kilimanjaro\u2019s unassuming cousin, Mount Meru \u2013 the fifth highest in Africa at 4,566 metres (14,990 feet) \u2013 that dominates the park\u2019s horizon. Its peaks and eastern footslopes protected within the national park, Meru offers unparalleled views of its famous neighbour, while also forming a rewarding hiking destination in its own right.<\/p>\n<p>Passing first through wooded savannah where buffalos and giraffes are frequently encountered, the ascent of Meru leads into forests aflame with red-hot pokers and dripping with Spanish moss, before reaching high open heath spiked with giant lobelias. Everlasting flowers cling to the alpine desert, as delicately-hoofed klipspringers mark the hike\u2019s progress. Astride the craggy summit, Kilimanjaro stands unveiled, blushing in the sunrise.<\/p>\n<p>What to do<\/p>\n<p>Forest walks, numerous picnic sites;<\/p>\n<p>Three- or four-day Mt Meru climb \u2013 good acclimatisation for Kilimanjaro<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 1.92%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 1.92%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-flex-container.fusion-builder-row-1{ padding-top : 0px;margin-top : 0px;padding-right : 0px;padding-bottom : 0px;margin-bottom : 0px;padding-left : 0px;}<\/style><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1836,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1890","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kokotoa.biz\/safarit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kokotoa.biz\/safarit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kokotoa.biz\/safarit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kokotoa.biz\/safarit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kokotoa.biz\/safarit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1890"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kokotoa.biz\/safarit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1892,"href":"https:\/\/kokotoa.biz\/safarit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1890\/revisions\/1892"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kokotoa.biz\/safarit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kokotoa.biz\/safarit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}