Mount Meru is Tanzania’s second-highest peak and one of Africa’s most beautiful volcanoes, rising to 4,566 m within Arusha National Park and towering over Arusha town. Though overshadowed by its giant neighbour Kilimanjaro - which it frames perfectly on clear mornings - Meru is a magnificent destination in its own right. Its forested lower slopes are alive with wildlife: buffalo, giraffe, colobus monkeys and abundant birds, best explored on foot with an armed ranger. For day visitors the mountain offers cool forest walks, the pretty Napuru and Tululusia waterfalls, coffee farms on its fertile flanks, and sweeping viewpoints, while trekkers use it as a spectacular acclimatisation climb before Kilimanjaro. Green, wild and close to town, Meru is the backdrop to almost every Arusha day.
Buffalo, giraffe and colobus on the lower slopes.
Cool forest falls on Meru's flanks.
Highland arabica on fertile volcanic soil.
Meru frames Kilimanjaro on clear mornings.
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