Tanzania Wildebeest Migration Safaris |7 Days

Program Highlights

Group size: 4 - 6

Tanzania Wildebeest Migration Safaris Highlights

A 7 days Tanzania Wildebeest Migration Safaris in northern Tanzania is hard to beat with the Serengeti Ndutu area being the setting of the largest herd movement of animals on the planet. Enjoy the endless Savannah plains, overwhelming wildlife, wildebeest calves being born and breathtaking sunsets.In this Tanzania Wildebeest Migration Safaris i guarantee you that you will have an astonishing tour.

Day 0: Arrival – Arusha

Upon arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport, you will be met by your driver and transferred Karibu Heritage House in Arusha for dinner and overnight. Settle into your accommodation, ready to start your safari proper in the morning. If time permits, a complimentary town tour can be arranged.https://karibuheritagehouse.co.tz/

Day 1: Arusha - Tarangire National Park

After breakfast, drive to Tarangire National Park, enjoy full day game drive with picnic lunch.
The park consists of natural vegetation mainly of Acacia woodland and giant African Baobab trees, with huge swamp areas in the south. Both the river and the swamps act like a magnet for wild animals, during Tanzania’s dry season. The Tarangire National Park is reputed to contain some of the largest elephant herds in Africa.This African National Park is also home to three rare species of animals – the Greater Kudu, the Fringed-eared Oryx, as well as a few Ashy Starlings.

Accommodation Option
Option 1: Kizumba Public Campsite.
Option 2: Fanaka Lodge https://fanakasafaricamps.co.tz/

Day 2: Tarangire National Park – Northern Serengeti National Park

After finishing up a good breakfast at our accommodation you will head out towards northern Serengeti National Park and travel in the midst of the never-ending plain grasslands. Later on, we proceed to North Serengeti with an en-route game drive and a transit to Ngorongoro Conservation Area. The Serengeti National Park is arguably the most impressive wildlife sanctuary in the world. You will have a late afternoon game drive in the endless plains of the Serengeti for a chance to see the great herds of wildebeest, zebras, and gazelles or a pride of lions lounging in the shade. A picnic lunch will be done during the day-long game drive itself.
On the way to Serengeti National Park you will have to visit Olduvai Gorge with extra cost of $35 per person (Optional Tour ). It is within this steep sided ravine that Louis and Mary Leakey made some of the world’s most important archaeological discoveries in the 1950s. Here in a small museum we are able to see evidence of our ancestors that have been dated back 2.5 million years. The eventful day comes to an end with a heavy dinner and a good night’s rest in your accommodation. Dinner and Overnight in Northern Serengeti Northern Serengeti.

Accommodation:

Option 1:Serengeti Public Campsite North
Option 2: Serengeti Heritage Tented Lodge North
https://heritagecampsandlodges.com/

Day 3: Northern Serengeti National Park

You will depart for full-day game drives around 6:00 AM on an early morning game drive to northern Serengeti for Kogatende Area to see the Mara River. Kogatende, which is in Northern Serengeti, near the Mara River is a great place to get away from the crowds since it is secluded and inaccessible, sandwiched between the Central Serengeti and Kenya’s Masai Mara National Reserve to the north. Travelers who make it to this part of the Serengeti will be rewarded with breathtaking scenery, including green rolling hills, granite outcrops, and acacia woodlands dotting open savanna, incredible wildlife, and, most importantly, massive herds of wildebeest and zebra crossing the croc-infested Mara River during the Great Migration in June and July, and again in September and October. This area of the park is also home to a number of other attractions. This section of the park is also home to the Serengeti’s highest concentration of elephants, as well as large concentrations of lion, leopard, cheetah, and hyena, as well as a variety of resident species including giraffe, topi, eland, and hippo. The Mara River, which flows through the Northern Serengeti before entering Lake Victoria in the west, is without a doubt the centerpiece of this isolated Serengeti region. The river is home to massive hippos and a variety of wildlife, including giraffes, elephants, leopards, and lions. Thousands upon thousands of wildebeest and zebra battle currents and massive Nile crocodiles to reach the opposite side of the Mara River, where they make their journey north into Kenya’s Masai Mara, between North Serengeti .Later on, after this beautiful scenery tour full of memories, we will be taken to Northern Serengeti Heritage Tented Lodge for Dinner and Overnight.

Accommodation Options:
Option 1: Serengeti Public Campsite.
Option 2: Serengeti Heritage Tented Camps https://heritagecampsandlodges.com/

Day 4: Northern to Central Serengeti National Park

We have another full day in this wonderful park, rising early to make the most of our time. Our guides will choose the best spotting locations for the time of year, we can spend time at the Hippo pool watching these majestic animals laze about in the cool water happily living alongside the crocodiles, watch a big pride of lions, be in the middle of the migration, sometimes surrounded by wildebeest, sometimes by zebras, which travel with the wildebeest. We journey from the wide-open plains to the kopjes: these volcanic rocky outcrops provide protection and shelter for a wide variety of animals and from the top, we can look out across the vast grasslands of the Serengeti. The migration can be seen on a long chain approximately 40 Km heading in the southwestern direction. Around 1230 and 1300 break for your lunch. Approximately 1.3 million wildebeest, 250,000 gazelles, and 200,000 Zebras have been recorded sharing the short grass. This diverse and interesting landscape will provide us with the ultimate in game viewing, we will hopefully see all of the plain games; elephants, giraffe, zebra, wildebeest, lions, and if you are lucky the exclusive leopard and cheetah, as well as different species of the interesting birdlife, from the elegant secretary birds to the flightless ostrich. After having our lunch we will proceed with our game viewing following the move of the migrants to the central area of the park famously known as Seronera Area.Later on, after this beautiful scenery tour full of memories, we will be taken to Central Serengeti Heritage Tented Lodge for Dinner and Overnight.
Accommodation Options:
Option 1: Serengeti Public Campsite.
Option 2: Serengeti Heritage Tented Camps https://heritagecampsandlodges.com/

Day 5: Central Serengeti National Park – Ngorongoro Conservation Area

Early after having a heavy breakfast, depart for a game drive you will explore the central portion of the Serengeti National Park today. The legendary Serengeti National Park is the most renowned safari destination for its incredible population of lions and leopards. The central portion of the Serengeti – known as the Seronera area is one of the richest wildlife habitats in the park. It features the Seronera River, which provides a valuable water source to this area and therefore attracts wildlife well representative of most of the Serengeti’s species. During the off-season of the migration, one must really look out for the many lion pride that thrives in this region. The interactions and survival of these lion pride provide an excellent game viewing experience all year round. Along with a picnic lunch during the full-day game drive evening. We are completely flexible with your preferences and this day will be doing another full game drive since the Serengeti is large and vast we can find different areas to exploit and spot animals and when you are lucky enough you can even see some events such as animal hunting and fighting. On every day of the safari, your guide will discuss with you the best timings for you, including the game drives and the wake-up time. We will have a picnic lunch before starting our en-route game drive to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, on the way we will be able to spot different animals and bird species, then upon our arrival at Ngorongoro Conservation Area.Later on, after this beautiful scenery tour full of memories we will be taken to Ngorongoro Public Campsite or Ang’ata Ngorongoro Camps in Ngorongoro Conservation Area for Dinner and Overnight.

Accommodation Options:
Option 1: Ngorongoro Public Campsite.
Option 2: Ang’ata Ngorongoro Camps https://www.angatacamps.com/ngorongoro

Day 6: Ngorongoro Crater – Mto wa Mbu

On the last day of your safari, you will have an early start. Finishing up with a heavy breakfast you will leave your in Eileen’s Trees Inn to Ngorongoro Crater for a game drive Area ready to make an early descent into the crater floor. The Ngorongoro Crater is the world’s largest inactive, intact and unfilled volcanic caldera. It has a massive floor of about 260 sq. km with a depth of over 2000 feet. Ngoro Ngoro Crater is the largest collapsed volcanic crater in the world and has fourteen kilometers of isolated natural beauty. Ngoro Ngoro Crater is surrounded by a ring of extinct volcanoes and the floor, dotted with watering holes, shelters some 30,000 animals. The 5-hour game drive on the crater floor will show you a lot of animal action. Keeping the camera ready is definitely recommended. The African elephant, buffalo, Black rhino, Hippos, Hyenas, Cheetahs, and Lions are found in plenty. Post the picnic lunch at the beautiful Hippo pool, you will begin a steep ascent to the top exit of the crater. With an incredible experience and loads of memories to cherish, this is the time you bid goodbye to your team. We will then have a picnic lunch at a beautiful picnic site, then we will have at least 2 hours of the game drive before start heading back to Arusha Town. The eventful day comes to an end with a departure to Mto wa Mbu for dinner and overnight.

Accommodation Options:
Option 1: Camping at Kizumba Public Campsite
Option 2: Lodge at Fanaka Safari Lodge https://fanakasafaricamps.com/

Day 7: Departure from Mto wa Mbu – Arusha - Airport

After a leisurely breakfast, you will start your return trip to Arusha, where you will arrive around midday. You will be dropped off in the city Centre for lunch. lunch you will have in best restaurant in Arusha then our drive will drive you to the airport.

End of Our 7 Days Group Join Tanzania Wildebeest Migration Safari

NB:We can also prepare for you a Mountain Climbing Program at Mount Kilimanjaro or Mount Meru or if you prefer Zanzibar beaches we can also make it unforgettable for you as a private tour,group tour ,couple,honeymooners or even volunteers.