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THE
ARUSHA NATIONAL PARK
 The
Arusha National Park is one of the smaller national parks in
Tanzania with a total of 13 7km only. This park was
established in 1960 and is situated only 37km from Arusha
town. The major attractions in this park are the Momella
Lakes, the Ngurdoto Crater and the Meru Crater with its ash
cone at 1,829 metres.
A wide variety of animals can be found
here. The most common are the Abyssinian black and white
colubus monkeys, the velvet monkeys, the red forest duikers,
hippos, elephants, giraffes, buffalos, bushbucks and sometimes
the leopard.
Hotels in Arusha National Park
Momella Lodge
 A
village of elegant grey and white huts with thatched roofs,
with 50 rooms all comfortably furnished. It is an ideal stop
over for those wishing to spend a night in this park, or for
those wishing to climb Mt. Meru. The famous film by John
Wayne, "HATARI", was filmed here in 1960/1.
Oldonyo Orok
 With
a total of 17 rooms, the lodge was originally built as a
private house for the actor Hardy Kruger, who fell in love
with the area after the filming of the John Wayne film "Hatari".
It is a privately run lodge that caters for small select
groups. Candle lit dinners, with fresh home cooking, are held
in the timber and thatch living room, backed by a huge roaring
log fire and the sounds of the African night to complete the
real feel of Africa.
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