Arusha National Park

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Arusha National Park
At the entrance to Arusha National Park, with Mount Meru in the background

At the entrance to Arusha National Park, with Mount Meru in the background

location Northeast Tanzania
surface 137 km²
WDPA ID 95
Geographical location 3 ° 15 ′  S , 36 ° 50 ′  E Coordinates: 3 ° 15 ′ 0 ″  S , 36 ° 50 ′ 0 ″  E
Arusha National Park (Tanzania)
Arusha National Park
Setup date 1960
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Location of the national park
Ngurdoto Crater in Arusha National Park

The Arusha National Park is a national park in Tanzania . It is located in the northeast of the country, near the Kenyan border, north of Arusha , between Mount Meru and Kilimanjaro and can be reached via the international airport Kilimanjaro near Arusha.

history

The park was established as the Ngurdoto Crater National Park in 1960 ; Mount Meru became part of the park in 1967. The Hungarian Count Teleki was the first European to visit what is now the park in 1876. He also described a large number of hippos and rhinos.

landscape

The Arusha National Park mainly comprises the 4562 m high Mount Meru , an extinct volcano, with the Little Mount Meru (3801 m) and the Ash cone (ash cone) as well as the Ngurdoto crater with its damp, partly swampy bottom and the small Serengeti . Between Mount Meru and the Ngurdoto Crater is the area of ​​the Momella Lakes , which is characterized by swamps, grassy areas and mountain forest. The mountain slopes are covered with tropical (mountain) rainforest , cloud and cloud forest. The park is 137 km² and lies at 36 ° 50 'E and 03 ° 15' S. The altitude varies from 1500 m at the entrance to 4562 m at the summit of the Meru. The annual precipitation is 600 to 1300 mm in the lower areas and up to 2400 mm in the higher areas.

Visiting opportunities

The Arusha National Park is chargeable and you need a permit, which you get at the entrances. The streets in the park are unpaved and can only be used with off-road vehicles. There is a small museum near the Ngurdoto Crater, which, among other things, exhibits stuffed birds.

Wildlife

The following animal species live in the park:

The last rhino was shot in 1987. Colobus monkeys , for example coat monkeys , and bush pigs live in the mountain forests . There are numerous water birds, at times tens of thousands of flamingos gather at the lakes. The number of elephants is decreasing. In 1977 there were 16,600 of these animals in the area of ​​the Arusha National Park and its surroundings, in 1987 there were 2146 and in 1990 only 900.

  • The nectar bird Cinnyris venustus in Arusha National Park

  • Giraffes in Arusha National Park

  • The little Serengeti with giraffes and zebras

literature

  • Wally and Horst Hagen: The African national parks as habitats for elephants. In: Vitus B. Dröscher (1990): Save the Elephants of Africa (p. 234)

Web links

Single receipts

  1. ^ Rudolf Pätzold: The larks of the world . Westarp Sciences, Magdeburg 1994, ISBN 3-89432-422-8 . P. 45