Arusha Hotels & Resorts
Located in the northern highlands of Tanzania,
beneath the twin peaks of Mount Meru and Mount Kilimanjaro, Arusha is the safari capital of
the country. Guests embarking on the popular northern safari circuit all stop in the
‘Geneva of Africa’ to prepare for their journeys into the African bush. From its
two-lane streets, the dramatic crater of Mt. Meru stands over the town like a
majestic sentinel, it’s crater strewn with thick clouds, it’s slopes dark
with verdant forest.
The town was built by the Germans as a centre of colonial administration in the
early 20th century, Arusha was a sleepy town with a garrison stationed at the old boma and a
few shops around a grassy roundabout. Today Arusha is one of the country’s most prosperous
towns. The site for the United Nations Criminal Tribunal on the Rwandan genocide and
the headquarters for the Tripartite commission for East African Co-operation,
Arusha is a major centre of Tanzanian diplomacy and international relations.
Accommodation varies from the simple and budget guest houses and
hostels to standard and luxury hotels scattered around town
and outskirt areas.
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