Great Wildebeest Migration

6 Days Safari to Lake Manyara, Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater and Tarangire

$1980-3210 USD

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Safari summary

Day 1: Arusha – Lake Manyara
Day 2: Lake Manyara – Serengeti National park
Day 3: Full day Serengeti national park
Day 4: Serengeti – Ngorongoro conservation area
Day 5: Ngorongoro crater Full day
Day 6: Tarangire - Arusha

About this tour

	Tour type	Custom, tailor-made, private
	Main focus	Game drives
	Activity level	Easy activity
	Best months	January, February, March, April, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
	Countries	Tanzania
	Parks	Lake Manyara Ngorongoro Crater Serengeti

Itinerary

Day 1

Arusha | Lake Manyara

Day 1: Arusha –Lake Manyara At 7am after breakfast, you will be picked up from the hotel by your safari guide and drive to Lake Manyara National Park. For a game drive Overnight at Kudu Lodge /Lake Manyara Serena lodge Lunch and dinner will be provided 4 small bottles of water (500ml) per person are also provided. Lake Manyara is a beautiful little park which is famous for its tree-climbing lions, elephants and large troops of baboons. The park is home to an amazing variety of birds and animals considering its small size. A short visit to this serene park will greatly diversify your safari experience as the lush green jungle habitat is of stark contrast to the other parks you will visit during your safari

Day 2

Lake Manyara | Serengeti

Day 2: Lake Manyara –Serengeti National park After breakfast, travel with picnic lunches to Serengeti National Park. Enjoy an afternoon game drive! Dinner and overnight at Kati Kati Tented Camp /Serengeti Serena Lodge Breakfast, lunch and dinner provided. 2 small bottles of water (500ml) per person are also provided. The Serengeti National Park is the world’s last great wildlife refuge as it contains an estimated three million large animals, most of which take part in a seasonal migration that is one of nature’s wonders. The area covers 14,763 sq kms and the name Serengeti comes from the Maasai ‘Siringet’, meaning endless plains.

Day 3

Serengeti

Day 3: Full day Serengeti national park After breakfast, enjoy full days in different parts of Serengeti! Overnight at Kati Kati Tented Camp /Serengeti Serena LodgeBreakfast, lunch and dinner provided. 2 small bottles of water (500ml) per person are also provided. The Central Serengeti offers superb game viewing all year round due to its abundance of resident animals. Specifically, the Seronera River Valley in the Central Serengeti is a ‘must see’ on every safari regardless of the specific month of travel. Game viewing in Central Serengeti is at its best during the dry season (June – November) as resident animals are more concentrated in the immediate area due to the lack of water on the plains. Resident herbivores include impala, buffalo, hippo, warthog, topi, hartebeest and giraffe. Resident carnivores include lion and leopard.

Day 4

Masai Mara | Serengeti

Day 4: Serengeti –Ngorongoro conservation area After breakfast, have a half day game drive Serengeti before driving for approx 3 hours to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area Overnight at Ngorongoro rhino lodge /Ngorongoro Serena Lodge Breakfast, lunch and dinner provided. 2 small bottles of water (500ml) per person are also provided. The endless plains of Serengeti are also the setting for the world’s greatest wildlife spectacle – the 1.5 million wildebeest endless migration in search for fresh pastures Each year this huge herd of wildebeest (along with over 200,000 zebra and gazelle) migrate in a clockwise direction around the Serengeti, up to the Masai Mara in Kenya and then back down to the Serengeti to have their young (over 8000 wildebeest are born a day between mid Feb and mid March). Each year they trek over 2,500km and are constantly threatened and followed by some of Africa’s greatest predators. Depending on the time of your visit, your driver guide will be able to share with you where the herd’s current location is at.

Day 5

Lake Manyara | Ngorongoro Crater

Day 5: Ngorongoro crater After breakfast, descend into the crater for a crater tour. Overnight Lake Manyara Serena /Olea African Lodge Breakfast, lunch and dinner provided. 2 small bottles of water (500ml) per person are also provided. Often called the eighth natural wonder of the world, the Ngorongoro Crater is the largest intact crater in the world. About 2 million years ago the Ngorongoro volcano erupted, and its walls collapsed. The volcano floor sank to create a natural enclosure with its 600m tall walls. Now, at over 19 kilometres wide, Ngorongoro Crater is filled with great areas of acacia forest, hippo filled swamps and open grasslands. These different habitats contain over 30,000 animals – including elephants, warthogs, flamingoes, magnificent birdlife, the rare black rhinoceros and all the predatory cats. The Maasai can also be seen grazing their cattle alongside the buffalo and wildebeest.

Day 6

Arusha | Serengeti | Tarangire

Day 6: Tarangire-Arusha At 8am you will be picked up from hotel by your driver guide and driven to Tarangire National Park After game tour you will back to Arusha (drop off point to be advised) Breakfast, lunch and dinner provided. 2 small bottles of water (500ml) per person are also provided Tarangire National Park is almost 3000 sq km in size and is probably best known for its huge numbers of elephants and baobab trees. The name of the park comes from the Tarangire River which crosses through the park. Tarangire is especially spectacular during the dry season (June – November) as wildlife concentrations rival that of the Serengeti (since enormous populations of elephants and other animals are drawn to the Tarangire River as their only source of water). With its varied habitats and permanent water in the Tarangire River the park is home to over 2000 elephants and 500 bird species.

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