🇹🇿 Tanzania Arusha National Park 1 tour

Mount Meru

4,566 m dormant volcano — the best Kilimanjaro acclimatisation climb with wildlife to boot.

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Country

🇹🇿 Tanzania

Region

Arusha National Park

Best time

June–February

Coordinates

-3.250, 36.750

About Mount Meru

Meru is Tanzania's second-highest peak after Kilimanjaro, sitting inside Arusha National Park. Its classic 3–4 day horseshoe-crater climb is one of East Africa's most enjoyable treks — dramatic inner crater views, ash cone, bushbuck and buffalo on the forest approach, and unlike Kili you may trek largely alone. Often used as the perfect acclimatisation climb before a Kilimanjaro summit.

Highlights

  • 4,566 m summit (TZ's 2nd highest)
  • Inner ash cone + crater rim walk
  • Wildlife on forest stage
  • Armed-ranger mandatory (buffalo/lion)
  • Best Kili acclimatisation climb
Live forecast · Mount Meru
1°C Light drizzle · 5 km/h wind
Updated 2026-05-18T16:00
  1. 🌧 3° -3° 💧 6.1mm
  2. 🌧 1° -3° 💧 8.8mm
  3. 🌦 2° -3° 💧 4.5mm
  4. 🌦 2° -3° 💧 4.3mm
  5. 🌦 1° -4° 💧 7.8mm
  6. 🌧 1° -4° 💧 7.5mm
  7. 🌦 1° -3° 💧 3.8mm
Weather data by Open-Meteo.com
Live wildlife observations
Recently spotted near Mount Meru

Real observations published to GBIF by researchers, lodges, and citizen scientists — refreshed daily.

Leptoptilos crumenifer
2026-01-02 · Tanzania, United Republic of
Anaplectes rubriceps
2026-01-03 · Tanzania, United Republic of
Colobus caudatus
2026-01-04 · Tanzania, United Republic of
Junonia natalica
2026-01-23 · Tanzania, United Republic of
Impatiens pseudoviola
2026-01-06 · Tanzania, United Republic of
Erythropygia leucophrys
2026-01-01 · Tanzania, United Republic of
Source: GBIF.org — Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Best time to visit

June–February

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