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Coming to Arusha for AFCON 2027? Fill the hours before kick-off and the free days between matches with a safari, a swim at a hot spring or a walk through the city. Every trip is private and planned around your match.
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Match schedule not yet published. Every trip on this page is rearranged to fit the official match schedule once it is released.
Tell us your match. Which team or match you plan to watch, your travel dates and group size.
We plan around kick-off. On a match day you are back at your hotel at least three hours before kick-off.
Add stadium transfers. We can drop you at the stadium and pick you up after the final whistle.
Half-day trips that bring you back to Arusha with time to rest before the match.
Start at the Clock Tower in the centre of town and walk through the busy Central Market and the Maasai curio market. Visit the old German Boma, home to the Natural History Museum, and the Arusha Declaration Museum, and taste local food along the way. You can add a short drive to the Cultural Heritage Centre, a large gallery of African art and crafts on the Dodoma road.
Back at your hotel by about 13:00
A morning game drive below Mount Meru looking for giraffe, buffalo, zebra and colobus monkeys, with the option of a short walk escorted by an armed park ranger.
Back in Arusha by about 14:00
Swim in the clear, spring-fed pool of Kikuletwa, also called Chemka, in the countryside between Arusha and Moshi. A relaxed morning before a big evening.
Back in Arusha by about 14:00
Longer drives, so we only offer these on days when your match kicks off in the evening.
Be at the gate when the park opens for a morning game drive through the groundwater forest and along the lake shore, where elephants, baboons and water birds are common.
A morning among Tarangire's elephant herds and giant baobab trees, with lunch before the drive back to town.
Hike with a village guide to Materuni Waterfalls on the slopes of Kilimanjaro above Moshi, then learn how coffee is grown, roasted and brewed on a local farm.
Back in Arusha by mid-afternoon
Teams usually have a few days between group matches. These trips use that time for a real safari.
Day 1: Arusha to Lake Manyara for an afternoon game drive, night in Karatu.
Day 2: Down into the Ngorongoro Crater for a game drive on the crater floor, back to Arusha in the evening.
Day 1: A full day in Tarangire, night near Mto wa Mbu or Karatu.
Day 2: A morning game drive in Lake Manyara, then back to Arusha in time for an evening match.
Day 1: Tarangire game drive, night in Karatu.
Day 2: Ngorongoro Crater game drive, night in Karatu.
Day 3: Morning in Lake Manyara, then back to Arusha for an evening match.
Day 3 back in Arusha by about 15:00
Sunsets, crafts, art and clear spring water: a taste of what fills the hours between matches.
Send us the match you plan to watch and your travel dates. We reply within 24 hours with a plan that fits your match and a clear price.
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