LAKE DULUTI FOREST RESERVE 

“A paradise of reptiles and birds” 

The reserve is located in the Northern tourism circuit in Arusha Region  and it  covers   an   area of  86.24Ha 

including a crater lake of 60Ha, which is the determinant of the surrounding moist forest. The lake is the main 

attraction of the reserve with its deepest point reaching 700m with no surface inlet or outlet of water. 

TOURIST  ATTRACTIONS 

These include the crater lake full of greenish colored water, a forest with 255 species of plants, prayer mountains and caves, view point (for Mt. Kilimanjaro, Mt Meru and Arusha City), reptiles such as green 

mambas and monitor lizards, 104 bird species including grey herons, fish  eagles,   cormorants, ospreys   and  kingfishers. Small   animals   like monkey and squirrels are also found in the reserve. 

ECOTOURISM  ACTIVITIES 

These include canoeing, sport fishing, bird watching, forest walk and hiking, camping, filming, photographing and worshiping seclusions. 

ACCESSIBILITY 

Lake Duluti Forest is accessible by road about 14km from Arusha City center and 1.3km from Tengeru town. 

NEARBY TOURIST ATTRACTIONS SITES 

Other     tourist attractions   near   Lake  Duluti   are   Napuru/Themi waterfalls, Arusha and Kilimanjaro National Parks, Mererani Tanzanite Mining    Site. Cultural   Tourism  Enterprises  at   Tengeru  and Arusha International Conference Center (AICC). 

ACCOMMODATION 

The reserve offers camping facilities. Other accommodation facilities can be secured in the nearby hotels at Tengeru and Arusha City 

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Conservator, 

Lake Duluti Forest Reserve, 

P.O. Box 12105, 

Tengeru–Arusha 

Email: duluti@nature-reserves.go.tz 

Phone: +255 768 183 252 

Instagram: @lake.duluti 

Facebook: Lake Duluti Ecotourism Centre