16 sights
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Museum
Arusha Declaration Museum
Museum opened in 1977 on the 1967 Arusha Declaration and Tanzania's road from colonial rule to independence.Entry: TZS[fee]Search tickets and tours on TiqetsNature
Arusha National Park
A park of forest, crater and lakes below Mount Meru, about 45 min from Arusha, with guided walks.Entry: USD[fee]Search tickets and tours on TiqetsNature
Empakaai Crater
A steep crater about 8 km wide in the Ngorongoro highlands, half filled by a soda lake with flamingos.Entry: USD[fee]Search tickets and tours on TiqetsNature
Lake Manyara National Park
A soda lake and groundwater forest below the Rift Valley escarpment, known for flamingos and tree-climbing lions.Entry: USD[fee]Search tickets and tours on TiqetsNature
Lake Ndutu
Plains on the edge of the southern Serengeti where wildebeest herds calve from late December to April.Entry: USD[fee]Search tickets and tours on TiqetsNature
Momella Lakes
Alkaline and freshwater lakes in Arusha National Park that draw flamingos and hippos, with guided canoeing.Entry: USD[fee]Search tickets and tours on TiqetsNature
Mount Kilimanjaro (Kibo)
Africa's highest peak at 5,895 m, climbed only with a licensed operator on treks of 5 to 8 days.Entry: USD[fee]Search tickets and tours on TiqetsNature
Mount Meru
The 4,566 m volcano that dominates Arusha National Park, climbed on guided treks with mountain huts.Entry: USD[fee]Search tickets and tours on TiqetsMuseum
National Natural History Museum
Natural history and early life exhibitions in the Old German Boma, a building from the 1900s.Entry: TZS[fee]Search tickets and tours on TiqetsNature
Ngorongoro Crater
The world's largest intact volcanic caldera, about 20 km across, home to over 25,000 animals including the Big Five.Entry: USD[fee]Search tickets and tours on TiqetsViewpoint
Ngurdoto Crater
A volcanic caldera in Arusha National Park, nicknamed Little Ngorongoro, with buffalo grazing its pastures.Entry: USD[fee]Search tickets and tours on TiqetsMuseum
Olduvai Gorge Museum
A museum on the gorge rim where the Leakeys found early human fossils, with a viewing shelter and restaurant.Entry: USD[fee]Search tickets and tours on TiqetsNature
Serengeti National Park
The World Heritage park of the Great Migration, reached from Arusha by a 7 to 8 hour drive or a short flight.Entry: USD[fee]Search tickets and tours on TiqetsNature
Shifting Sands
A lone crescent dune of black volcanic ash that creeps west across the plains north-west of Olduvai Gorge.Entry: USD[fee]Search tickets and tours on TiqetsNature
Tarangire National Park
A park of baobabs and large elephant herds along the Tarangire River, about 2.5 to 3 hours from Arusha.Entry: USD[fee]Search tickets and tours on TiqetsNature