Arusha is the essential crossroads of northern Tanzania, the starting point for safaris into the surrounding parks and for adventurers tackling Kilimanjaro and Mount Meru. Here you'll encounter the Maasai, witnesses to an ancient Africa, local coffee plantations welcoming visitors keen to see the famous beverage's production or explore the town, and its national park, home to giraffes, elephants, buffalo, warthogs, colobus monkeys and flamingos. There are no lions here, but leopards and spotted hyenas can be spotted.