OTHER POSTS FROM THIS TRIP:
BUBUBU | STONE TOWN 
DAR ES SALAAM | THE SERENGETTI 

When planning our honeymoon in Tanzania, we were fairly confident that the Serengeti was going to be the highlight of the whole shebang (note: we were not wrong), which is why we saved it for last. But we also knew that we’d likely want a day or two to really slow down and do virtually nothing before heading back to real life. 

 {on the Arusha airstrip} {en route to our hotel}

We ended up spending two nights in Arusha before heading home, and while we originally had big plans to check out Mount Kilimanjaro, maybe take a day trip to the Ngorongoro crater or the Kikuletwa hot springs, after almost three weeks touring around Africa, we were ready to do a whole lot of nothing.

  {in my happy place}  {this little guy joined us for breakfast each morning}  {the lodge was surrounded by a coffee plantation}

We ultimately spent the last two nights hanging out in our hotel, drinking champagne, and lounging by the pool. And while a former version of myself would have been devastated by the idea of missing the aforementioned activities, the last two days were pretty special in their own right. Plus, I know with certainty that we’re not done with Tanzania, and we will absolutely be back to re-explore. 

{our beautiful hotel room}
 {the tip of Mount Kilimanjaro, from the plane ride home}

Thank you so much for following along on my honeymoon diaries! I hope you enjoyed them as much as I enjoyed recapturing everything. 

ps: If you missed it, and are interested, I did save all of my Tanzainia stories under an instagram highlight (which you can check out here). 

To read past travel posts, head over here!  | To read part I of our honeymoon diaries, head over here!, for part II, head over here!, for part III you can find it right here, and part IV is here!