Itinerary

1. Day 1: Arrival in Arusha

   • A representative from Jairos Adventure will pick you up from the airport and take you to your lodging in Arusha, where you will spend the night, unwind, and get ready for the next excursions. The opulent hotel offers serene and beautiful surroundings.

   Main Destination: Arusha (City)

   Accommodation: Mrimba Palm Lodge

2. Day 2: Tarangire National Park

   • In the morning, you will be collected from your lodge in Arusha by your safari guide. 
   • You will set out for Tarangire National Park on a good tarmac road across gently rolling Maasai plains with scattered acacia trees. You will pass many Maasai in their colourful dress walking on the roadside, riding bicycles, herding cattle, and driving donkey carts. 
   • Tarangire National Park is well known for its large elephant herds and a multitude of other creatures. 
   • From the open roof of your state-of-the-art safari jeep, you will experience the seasonal swamps, savanna, and life-giving Tarangire River. 
   • You will encounter a multitude of creatures, from zebras to wildebeests, buffalos, elephants, and giraffes, to name a few. It is possible to also see lions stalking prey or leopards watching, relaxing in the trees above.
   • You will drive to one of our carefully selected luxury partner lodges for dinner in a tasteful restaurant, a pool at hand to soothe us, and a most capacious.

   Accommodation: Crater Rim View Karatu

3. Day 3: Karatu - Serengeti National Park

   • After breakfast, you will continue towards the fertile highlands where wheat and corn are grown by the Iraqw people.
   •  Along the way, you'll pass through the mist-shrouded rainforests of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area where you might be lucky enough to see baboons or even leopards and elephants in the dense undergrowth. 
   • You will pass through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, to see the breathtaking Ngorongoro Crater before traveling onwards to the Serengeti National Park, which you will reach by midday. 
   • The Serengeti National Park is the largest in Tanzania with diverse landscapes and habitats, such as grassy plains, swamps, lakes, savannahs, and mountains. 
   • After an extensive game drive, you will drive to your accommodation where you will enjoy dinner and an overnight stay.

   Accommodation: Into Wild Africa Serengeti

4. Day 4: Serengeti National Park

   • You will spend a full day in this incredible place, exploring the park, its animals, and incredible landscapes. 
   • The Serengeti is the habitat for an abundance of wildlife, such as impalas, buffalos, crocodiles, and hippos, but is more well-known for its great migrating herds of zebras and wildebeests. 
   • The animals’ trek is determined by the rainfall and varies from year to year. 
   • Apart from the migrating herds, you may see predators, such as leopards, cheetahs, and lions.

   Accommodation: Into Wild Africa Serengeti

5. Day 5: Serengeti - Ngorongoro Crater

   • After breakfast, you will drive to the Ngorongoro Crater, the world’s largest volcanic caldera. It is almost 20 km wide, approximately 610 m deep, and is known for its large variety of wildlife. In addition to the Big Five, the various springs attract animals such as wildebeests, gazelles, reedbucks, and more than 500 bird species. 
   • At a picnic site, you will have lunch before enjoying some more game viewing in the crater.
   • After your afternoon game drive, you will head to spend the night at a nearby lodge on the crater rim.

   Accommodation: Ngorongoro Tortilis

6. Day 6: Ngorongoro-Arusha

   • After breakfast, you will enjoy the fantastic view over the Ngorongoro Crater.
   • Nowhere else on earth can you wake up among all the trappings of elegant baroque châteaux that transport you into one of the most famous African landscapes. 
   • An eclectic blend of teak paneling, Victorian furnishings, and whimsical African touches creates a sumptuous atmosphere that is as elegant and unique as the Crater itself. In this place of dramatic contrasts, anything is possible, and the natural luxury of the beautiful setting ensures the dramatic interior of your suite blends perfectly with its stilted thatch architecture. 
   • After this experience, you will head back to Arusha.