Safari

Safari nel Parco Nazionale di Arusha

Giraffe, bufali, colobi bianconeri e fenicotteri rosa sui laghi Momella: una giornata di safari ai piedi del Monte Meru, a trenta minuti dal lodge.

DurataGiornata intera · circa 9 ore
Partenza07:30 al lodge
ImpegnoFacile
GruppoFino a 6 persone
PrezzoUS$185 a persona

Group of giraffes walking across a field

Guide and safari vehicle on the plains at sunrise

Arusha National Park is the closest park to Katiti Lodge and the most underrated in northern Tanzania. In a single day you move through four worlds: dripping mountain forest, the steep green bowl of the Ngurdoto Crater, the open glades locals call “Serengeti Ndogo” — the little Serengeti — and the shallow alkaline Momella Lakes, where flamingos feed in pink drifts.

You travel in a private 4×4 with a pop-up roof and your own driver-guide, at your own pace. Giraffe and buffalo are seen on almost every visit, along with zebra, waterbuck, warthog, dik-dik and some of the best monkey watching in East Africa: black-and-white colobus in the forest canopy and blue monkeys along the road.

Because the park is small and quiet, it is one of the few places where you can also walk. After a picnic lunch by the lakes, an armed park ranger leads an easy walking safari through the glades — a completely different way to see the bush, and a highlight for many of our guests.

Momenti salienti

Private 4x4 safari vehicle with a pop-up roof and your own guide
Giraffe, zebra, buffalo, waterbuck and both colobus and blue monkeys
Flamingos and waterbirds on the Momella Lakes
Ngurdoto Crater viewpoint and views of Mount Meru and, on clear mornings, Kilimanjaro
Optional walking safari with an armed park ranger

La giornata, passo dopo passo

07:30
Pick-up at the lodge
Coffee to go, then a thirty-minute drive to Ngongongare Gate, where your guide arranges the park permits.
08:30
Ngurdoto forest and crater
Slow drive through mountain forest where black-and-white colobus leap between the fig trees, then the rim viewpoint over the Ngurdoto Crater.
10:30
Serengeti Ndogo and the open glades
Giraffe, zebra and buffalo graze the “little Serengeti”. Your guide stops for photographs and for as long as you like.
12:30
Picnic by the Momella Lakes
Lunch from the Katiti kitchen at a picnic site above the alkaline lakes, often pink with flamingos.
13:30
Walking safari (optional)
Ninety minutes on foot with an armed park ranger towards the Tululusia waterfall — tracks, birds and buffalo at a respectful distance.
16:30
Back at Katiti
Arrive in time for a hot shower and a sundowner in the garden.

Incluso

Private 4x4 safari vehicle with pop-up roof
English-speaking driver-guide
Arusha National Park entrance fees and vehicle fees
Picnic lunch, bottled water and coffee
Walking safari with an armed ranger
Pick-up and drop-off at Katiti Lodge

Non incluso

Canoeing on Small Momella Lake (arranged on request)
Tips for your guide and ranger
Drinks other than water and coffee

Cosa portare

Binoculars and a camera with a zoom lens
Neutral-coloured clothes and a warm layer for the morning
Walking shoes for the optional walk
Hat, sunscreen and sunglasses

Domande

Will we see the Big Five?

Arusha National Park has no lions, and elephants are shy and rarely seen. What it does better than the big parks is variety in one day: forest, crater, lakes and open glades, with giraffe and buffalo almost guaranteed and colobus monkeys you will not see in the Serengeti.

Can we combine it with arriving or leaving?

Yes. Many guests do it on their first full day, or on the last day before an evening flight from Kilimanjaro Airport — we can drop you at the airport instead of the lodge.