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| Getting there
Karama Lodge is situated just
outside Arusha, 45 minutes from Kilimanjaro International Airport
(JRO/HTKJ) and 20–30 minutes (depending on traffic) from Arusha
Airport (ARK/HTAR). International flights arrive at/depart from Kilimanjaro,
while domestic flights arrive at/depart from both Kilimanjaro and
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| The lodge is some 5 hours' drive from Nairobi
in Kenya
and 9 from Dar
es Salaam on the Tanzanian coast. | |
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| Karama Lodge is a small lodge
in Suye Hill just outside Arusha
in northern Tanzania,
set in a quiet forested landscape with views of nearby Mount
Meru. The standard is fairly basic. The rooms are in bungalows on the hillside,
and have mosquito nets, bathrooms and verandas overlooking Mount Meru and, in clear
weather, Kilimanjaro.
The meals are served in the open-air restaurant or in the lodge garden. |
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| The lodge also has a safe deposit, watchmen day and night, a laundry service, telephone
and e-mail facilities. Birds and monkeys may be seen in the surrounding forest, and
the lodge provides binoculars and bird books for guests interested in doing some bird
watching around the lodge or in the forests.
Karama Lodge is a quiet option for you who prefer a natural environment to the comfort
of a city hotel.
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Wildlife and safaris
You won't find much wildlife around the lodge, other than monkeys, but there
are park
within two hours' drive where you may see the classic African savanna wildlife.
Arusha National Park
Arusha National Park is situated a 30- to 60-minute drive
east of the lodge, and it's a suitable park for a day tour. It has a number of different
biotopes, ranging from freshwater and soda
lakes to grassland and mountain forest. There is also a high mountain, Mount
Meru, 4,566 m/14,980 ft. Mainly herbivores,
monkeys and birds are seen. Zebras, buffalos, waterbucks and giraffes are often spotted,
and it's a park where you can be fairly sure to see bushbuck at close range. Elephants
and red duikers are harder to spot. The park is known for its population of black-and-white
colobus monkeys.
Because of the mix of habitats, there's a lot to see for birders. Some of the fine species
we have seen are crowned eagle, lanner falcon, Levaillant's cuckoo, Hartlaub's turaco
and narina trogon.
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Tarangire and Lake Manyara
Both Tarangire National Park and Lake
Manyara National Park are about two hours' drive from Arusha, which means day tours
are possible. The roads are tarmac almost all the way. Both these parks offer a varied
wildlife, including good chances of seeing elephants. |
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