AHLA is your gateway into Tanzania. We offer a wide range of adventures, including: Accommodation, wildlife safaris to the Serengeti National Park,Ngorongoro Crater, Lake Manyara, Tarangire National park,Hiking Mt. Kilimanjaro and Mt. Meru, cultural Masai tourism, cycling in Tanzanias beaten tracks, Beach vacations to Zanzibar, Mafia and Pangani. Additionally, AHLA organizes volunteer experiences at a low cost. No matter what you want to make out of your trip to Tanzania, we can make it happen!


It is AHLA's vision to be the premier travel company in Arusha, Tanzania. We carry our desire to succeed through our values: safety, quality customer service, environmentally responsible, and supporting the local economy.

 

  • Safety: As our number one priority, we help hikers choose the appropriate routes and days to climb based on physical shape and hiking experience. We also have a 4 professional crew members for every hiker. In the case that a hiker needs to be evacuated, we designate 2 crew professional crew members to accompany you off the mountain.

 

  • Quality Customer Service: Customer feedback is essential for AHLA to continue improving. We encourage clients to assess our staff, vehicles, equipment, and food, and report findings to the owner. AHLA staff are all certified mountain and safari guides, and their priority is your happiness!

 

  • Environmental Responsibility: Due to the ever-growing tourism industry, we require our crew to follow the principle of "leave no trace." We provide our staff with monetary rewards when they collect trash on Mt. Kilimanjaro. We require all AHLA safari drivers to carry a disposal bin, and abide by the Tanzanian National Park requirements.

 

  • Supporting Arusha economy:  AHLA is 100% a local Tanzanian company. The CEO and manager, Justin Mtui, was born in Arusha, and he started the company from the ground-up. Justin began his career as a porter, and recognizes the importance of paying his staff a livable and fair wage. AHLA employs local and qualified staff to provide an outstanding experience to AHLA's customers! 

 

AHLA is located on the highest hill in Ngulelo and has a view of the entire Arusha city. We offer several types of affordable accommodation from hostel dormitories to private bungalows to camping. AHLA promotes a community lifestyle with organized meals and activities. Join AHLA for a lifetime adventure and opportunity to meet travelers from around the world. It's safe, fun, and affordable!

 

 

 What Our Clients Say (Mouse over to pause)

The atmosphere in the hostel is extremely friendly and relaxed, creating a very enjoyable social space. Steve and Frank were full of very useful information about Arusha and Tanzania, and cooked amazing East African food, as well as being great company! Since staying there I have learnt a lot about Tanzania, and it was a pleasure to come back everyday to such a friendly, enjoyable and comfortable place. It has been, by far the best place that I have stayed at in the whole of Tanzania and a strong recommendation for anyone coming to stay in Arusha or wanting to travel in the surrounding areas.

Lucie Bradley 2010
United kingdom

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For anyone wanting an inexpensive home away from home, Arusha Hostel is the place.
Due to its location, tucked away in a village on the outskirts of Arusha, it was a quiet haven for us after a long day of volunteering/sightseeing/hiking.  We chose to walk into town but a dala-dala ride was conveniently a short stroll away if we wanted.
The optional meals were always excellent and in most instances traditional Tanzanian fare.  Let’s just say we never went hungry!
Justin and Frank were great hosts, always on hand to point us in the right direction, share a laugh and offer useful advice about local customs etc.
Our stay at A-Town Hostel was memorable for all the right reasons.


Genevieve and Donna Cullen
Melbourne, Australia

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For a shy Scandinavian, who was never outside of Europe before arriving in Tanzania in august 2009, it can be somewhat of a challenge to go new places and meet new people. The warm (by which I mean cold) and cosy city of Copenhagen, Denmark can never be compared to the atmosphere in Africa. Alien and scary.

Nevertheless, the process of getting to know Arusha - the place I was gonna spend the next six months - I will always remember as an extraordinarily positive experience, and a lot of that I owe to the
Arusha Hostel.

Our experience at the hostel was amazing. I would suggest staying there for more than a couple of days because it's a bit of a hike up to the location and a bit out of town. However, there are plenty of great eateries and a dalla dalla stop by the hostel. It's an extremely homey place with a lovely kitchen, dining room, and living room area. Justin, the owner, picked us up at the dalla dalla stop, took us out for dinner and made us breakfast, and was a great person to talk to. Highly recommended

Nicolette  Yeomans USA.

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It was a great stay and Justin, the manager, is a great person to meet to talk about Tanzania and its culture, he is a very ambitious .

Adeline de Lamar , France

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