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Arusha National Park is testimony to the fact that good things do come in small packages. Over 100 times smaller than the Serengeti measuring a modest 137sq km, Arusha has been described as a gem amongst parks. With the altitude varying from 1500m to over 4500m, there are three distinct areas – the Ngurdoto Crater (nicknamed the Little Ngorongoro), the Momela Lakes and the rugged Mt Meru (4566m). The swampy crater, surrounded by forest, heaves with wildlife from colourful birds, to the beautiful bushbuck and the nimble two-tone colobus monkey. The Momela Lakes are just as spectacular. Due to their varying mineral content and consequent algae growth, each one is a different colour like a scene from Fantasia and herds of elegant flamingos act as the perfect garnish. Take a climb up the geologically eccentric Mt Meru or simply take in the views of Mt Kilimanjaro. To say the park is small, it still manages to squeeze in hippos, buffalo, elephants, leopards, hyenas, warthogs, baboons, zebra and pretty much every African animal you could think of. Size really doesn’t matter.
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