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Meserani Snake Park, near Arusha

Tanzania Arusha Monduli

Meserani Snake Park, near Arusha
Photo: Thomas Fuhrmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A snake park and reptile centre on the road west of Arusha, with mambas, cobras, pythons and puff adders, plus crocodiles and tortoises. Guides explain the snakes and how to deal with snakebite, and the park runs a free clinic for local Maasai bitten by snakes.


There's also a small Maasai cultural museum, camel rides, and a popular campsite and bar that is a regular stop for overland trucks heading to the Serengeti and Ngorongoro.

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