Arusha, Tanzania Travel Blogs

Arusha - The town of tout!
Feb 22, 2006

... - I guess the rainy season is coming. Arusha had also had a lot of rain over the last few days. Mt. Meru, towering above Arusha and clearly visible looked very cool as all the rain had fallen as snow on it's summit. Dinner at the Jambo Coffe House with ...

Under African skies
Apr 20, 2007 (4 photos)

... It's just  like something from a National Geographic documentary and we are so excited to be here.   Arusha is a largish town in northern Tanzania where many tourists kick off their safaris or Kilimanjaro hikes.  It is also the Tanzanian ...

Kilimanjaro (CONTAINS VIDEO)
Jun 19, 2007 (19 photos)

... its difficulty as its beauty.    As soon as our Pangani assignment comes to an end, we are on the first bus to Arusha to book our Kili trip.  The lucky company turns out to be the one located in our hotel.  They match the best price ...

Tout central?
Jul 18, 2005 (12 photos)

Ngorongoro - Karatu - Arusha

Tanzania
Nov 28, 2005 (7 photos)

Hi again, We've arrived in a small city called Arusha in the country of Tanzania. We took a 5 hour shuttle bus from Nairobi to Arusha. Couldn't get out of that place fast enough, lol! The scenary started to change dramitically after about an hour into the ...

To Arusha (with kindness of strangers)
Nov 7, 2007 (3 photos)

... and drive like a maniac. We had a 6 hour journey (it was supposed to be 4) from Nairobi airport to Arusha in Tanzania. We weren't able to sit together with Heather scoring a fully veiled young Muslim Mum with a fractious and fidgety child to share ...

Kilimanjaro, Moshi and Arusha
Jan 9, 2007

... and swapped some sweets for a giant bunch of bananas from a local woman's tree. We stopped in Moshi, the coffee capital of Tanzania and I stocked up on Camel Lights and a whole beef fillet, vacuum packed for only TSh 4000 ($3). The rain came down hard, ...

Tanzania
Oct 13, 2004 (5 photos)

Hi Guys, It's time to tell you about the second half of our safari, in Tanzania. Same truck with the same people but we have added another truck with a smaller group that has been on the road longer and does not really want to associate with us much. We ...

Safari (4 days)
Feb 11, 2008 (46 photos)

... 1 - Tarangire national park The first stop on the Safari was the Tarangire national park, after a long drive from Moshi via Arusha we arrived at the gate. We were in a cool Toyota safari land cruiser with two flaps on the roof which ...

TOUTzania
Aug 4, 2008

Arusha is either the place to go or the place to avoid in Tanzania.  Fellow travellers, guide books, and other hearsay told us we were in for a case of serious touting.  Crossing the border we had a little taste of this trickery.  The no-man ...

Arusha
May 23, 2008

... The next day we ventured out into the busy 'vulture' town of Arusha. As the Lonely Planet advised....'Arusha is the worst place in Tanzania for street touts and slick tour operators who prey on the gullibility of the newly arrived travellers .......' Hence ...

Talks at the AICC
Dec 3, 2007 (6 photos)

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Eating out in Impala
Nov 30, 2007

Eating Indian food in a hotel called the Impala in Arusha Tanzania has to be one of the funniest things. But damn, it was good. As was the company. A mass of biologists from many different countries, and there was Guinness too!

Stuck in a place I can't get out of....
Dec 4, 2007 (1 photos)

Yes. I got stuck in a lift in the Aursha International Convention Centre by the UN buildings. There were three of us, and luckily we got stuck at the floor of the conference 6 stories up. We rang the alarm and then the alarm stopped working. People ...

Porn ride taxi
Dec 5, 2007 (2 photos)

Getting in to a taxi is often a great way to hear new and local music, or to see what international music is permeating the culture. I often end up chatting to the drivers about their favourite music, but today I was amazed. Housed in a see-through ...

Hospital Horror
Sep 19, 2003

... , so he knew how a hospital should be. Still not a great comfort!! I got into his car - the hospital was just outside Arusha, on the Nairobi-Moshi road. I realised the place we had arrived at was the hospital, and not a concrete shack, by the chalk ...

Arrival in Arusha
Sep 9, 2003

... , watching the women and children work. From the airport the group spent a few days at the Outpost Guest House in Tanzania. It was a good opportunity to get to know each other better and start learning Swahili. (and in case you were wondering ... ...

Elliots Birthday
Sep 20, 2003

... even think about Mum's Roast Dinner! Elliot had decided to introduce us to his local Night club - well the only nightclub in Arusha - Colobus. I had heard Alan describing it during the day. According to him, it was very good - like Ministry of Sound he ...

Shocks to the System
Nov 2, 2003

... with Claire to Central Market was needed first to buy and haggle for ingredients. It was my first trip to the heart of Arusha, and I stood opened mouthed in the old railway station type building bursting with colour and noise. The women sat behind their ...

I've been here a month!
Oct 8, 2003 (3 photos)

... She explained that in Uganda people are more open with their feelings, so she finds it easy to be welcoming. However the tradition in Tanzania is to wait and see if the person is worth it! I laughed when she also admitted to having the same tummy-trouble! ...

Learning the Language
Sep 10, 2003

Having made my first impressions of the area I was to live in, it was time to meet some of the other volunteers involved with the Changing Worlds program. Elliot has been out here for about 4 months teaching at a primary school a little way out of town ...

Lunch with the Lion King
Jun 26, 2006 (15 photos)

... is all about. Words cannot discribe nor do justice to the view, the animals, the feel. It's being alive. We arrived in Arusha to search for a safari and trekking company as few were in Dar and none seemed trustworth. We chose Sunny Safari and were not ...

Valentines Day
Mar 4, 2004

... Enaboishu - she had heard someone banging on the door in the middle of the night. She only has a week or so left in Tanzania - and I think she is now counting the days. She had packed all her stuff and came back to Usa to stay until the others returned ...

Fresh Faces at FK Academy
Feb 13, 2004

... Living with the girls proved to be very social, as we sat up late most evenings discussing relationships, Shakespeare, books, plays, Tanzania, England, other destinations we had visited. It was different to how I had lived with Kirsty, not as comfortable, ...

My African Birthday
Mar 13, 2004

... laughing and dancing with them, Tom hid in the sitting room staying dry from rain. Sam later told me that his best times in Tanzania were at Usa playing with the kids and chatting with me and K. Well Sam, you were brilliant and the kids loved you! After ...

Kirsty's Birthday
Oct 12, 2003 (2 photos)

... is a dimly lit building, with a chipped stone floor and Formica tables, and red plastic seats. Still I was surprised Arusha had such a place - it served very edible but sloppy Mr-Whippy with abundant artificial red strawberry sauce. Could we manage two? ...

Exhuasted and Excited
Jun 20, 2008 (1 photos)

     I took a bus very early this morning from Nairobi, Kenya to Arusha, Tanzania. I used to say "You never lived until you rode in a cab in Mexico."  This bus driver put Mexican cabbies to shame. However, I am so glad I chose the ...

Painting a Picture of Arusha
Aug 2, 2008 (5 photos)

The only paved roads here are the main roads, of which there are few. There is only one stoplight and people are still unsure how it works, cars have the right of way so you always have to look out. The stoplight is at San Juare, which is what we call ...

A day in town
Aug 2, 2008

... as well. Then I went to Via Via with Valerie and Steph so they could use the free wireless internet. I walked down to the Arusha hotel and got Chocochinno's for Valerie and myself, they were pretty good. No Dad there's no McDonald's or Starbucks here but ...

Arusha home part 2
Sep 6, 2006 (94 photos)

very soon