Arrival
Arrival
Day 1
Upon your arrival at JRO "Airport"
Upon your arrival at JRO "Airport"
Upon your arrival at JRO be met by our representative guide who’ll drive you to Arusha for briefing and afterwards, you’ll check in at your accommodated hotel. Later in the late afternoon, you’ll do a town tour.
Accommodation: Kibo Palace Hotel or Similar
Meal Plan: Bed & Breakfast.
- Main Destination:
- Arusha (City)
- Accommodation:
- Kibo Palace Hotel
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Arusha National Park
Arusha National Park
Arusha National Park is one of the smaller parks of Tanzania and is a popular destination for day trips due to its proximity to Moshi and Arusha. Despite its size, the park offers a spectacular landscape and a diverse wildlife population.
Giraffes, zebras, antelopes, buffalos, warthogs, baboons, colobus monkeys, blue monkeys and other animals can be seen all year round - as well as a large variety of bird species. With luck, you will also see leopards, elephants and hyenas.
The park’s three most significant features include Mount Meru, the notably different-coloured Momella Lakes, and the 3km wide Ngurdoto Crater, which was formed about fifteen million years ago.
Accommodation: Kibo Palace Hotel
Meal Plan: Bed & Breakfast.
- Main Destination:
- Arusha National Park
- Accommodation:
- Kibo Palace Hotel
Wildlife in Arusha NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Arusha-Tarangire National Park
Arusha-Tarangire National Park
After a short briefing in the morning, you will head off in the direction of the Tarangire National Park. The park with its savannah, baobab trees, seasonal swamps and lagoons is home to huge elephant herds. Animals gather at the life-giving Tarangire River and you should see a selection of mammals ranging from giraffes, bushbucks and hartebeests to the weird-looking gerenuk and fringe-eared oryx. The park is also home to buffaloes, zebras and wildebeests which are always closely followed by a range of predators such as lions. Leopards are seen now and then but cheetahs are rarely spotted. From the open roof of the safari vehicle, you will be able to absorb the landscape and watch the animals. In the late afternoon, you will arrive at a campsite inside the park, where you will spend the night in a tent.
Accommodation: Maramboi Tented Lodge / Tarangire Simba Lodge or Similar
Meal plan: Full board.
- Main Destination:
- Tarangire National Park
- Accommodation:
- Maramboi Tented Lodge
Wildlife in Tarangire NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Tarangire to Serengeti National Park
Tarangire to Serengeti National Park
Serengeti National Park is well known for its stock of other resident wildlife, particularly the “Big Five” – lion, leopard, elephant, black rhino, and buffalo – as well as cheetahs, Thomson’s and Grant’s gazelles, topis, elands, waterbucks, hyenas, baboons, impalas, African wild dogs and giraffes.
The park also boasts over 500 bird species, including ostrich, secretary bird, Kori bustard, crowned crane, marabou stork, martial eagle, lovebirds, and many species of vultures. In the evening, you will drive back to the camp in time to watch the sunset over the Serengeti plains.
Accommodation: Kubu Kubu Tented Lodge / Into Wild African or Similar.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Into Wild Africa Tented Camp
Wildlife in Serengeti NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Serengeti National Park
Serengeti National Park
Early in the morning at sunrise, you’ll game drive deep in the central Serengeti, you may encounter animals grazing in the beautiful light of the morning and predators may still be busy hunting before retiring to rest for the day. Packed lunch which can be enjoyed at one of the various picnic sites found in the Serengeti. After lunch, you will continue on a game drive. Around dusk, be on the lookout for lions. Cheetahs can also be spotted on the plains in the early morning and late afternoon when temperatures are not too high. They rely on daylight and speed to catch their prey. Hippo pods can be seen in the bigger pools and rivers while crocodiles can be seen sunning themselves on the riverbanks.
Accommodation: Kubu Kubu Tented Lodge / Into Wild Africa or Similar.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Kubu Kubu Tented Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Serengeti National Park – Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Serengeti National Park – Ngorongoro Conservation Area
The morning is in isolation for another game drive in the Serengeti and you might spot some creatures that you haven’t seen yet. Animals tend to be more active in the morning before the temperatures rise around midday. After lunch, you will leave the plains of the Serengeti and travel to the highlands of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. You will overnight at a lodge directly on the Ngorongoro Crater’s edge with a view over the collapsed volcano.
Accommodation: Farm House Valley / Marera Valley Lodge or Similar.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Crater
- Accommodation:
- Marera Valley Lodge
Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Karatu – Arusha
Karatu – Arusha
After an undemanding breakfast, you will start your return trip to Arusha or you can arrange with the driver guide what time to leave the lodge if you want to go to buy some Tanzanite Gems or Culture Art, where you will arrive around midday. You will be dropped off in the city centre depending on your flight schedule or at the airport to catch up with your home flight.
- Main Destination:
- Kilimanjaro Airport
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
