Five days Serengeti Migration
5 days—The best safari starts and ends in Arusha visit the 3 most popular destinations in Tanzania: iconic African Serengeti, Ngorongoro, and Tarangire
$1000-4500 USD
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Safari summary
In this tour you will cover the 3 most popular destinations in Tanzania - Tarangire National Park, Central Serengeti National Park, and Ngorongoro Crater. You will experience game drives, nature, crater game drives, and bird watching with overnight stays in mid-range safari lodges with our experienced driver guides, it will be the trip of a lifetime!
During this 5 days safari, you will witness the world-renowned Serengeti, which is one of the most famous parks in Africa and is synonymous with wildlife and classic African scenery. It is Tanzania's oldest park and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is home to the spectacular wildebeest migration and offers top-class wildlife viewing throughout the year. Depending on one’s interest in wildlife activities, different months come with different things to see and enjoy. The Serengeti is renowned for hosting an annual migration comprising at least 2.5 million wildebeest, plains zebra and gazelle – the greatest spectacle of its type in Africa – but the immense plains are also home to unusually dense populations of lion, leopard, cheetah and other predators while being possessed of a liberating sense of space best experienced on an early-morning balloon safari. A Serengeti safari trip will be a highlight of a visit to Tanzania.
Overall, wildlife watchers are better off timing their trip to coincide with the drier months (June to October). Aim for June and July if you can, as the incredible wildebeest migration usually tramples the plains at this time. If you're keen on seeing predators in action, visit in late January or February. This is the hiatus in the annual rains when the wildebeests calve.
The best highlights of the safari
1. Watch the great wildebeest migration
2. Safari at Serengeti National Park
3. Witness the movement of wildebeest.
4. Game viewing at Tarangire National Park
5. Explore Ngorongoro Crater
6. 4 nights' accommodation
7. Amazing meals all-day
About this tour
| Tour type | Set-date, set-itinerary, group | |
| Main focus | Game drives | |
| Activity level | Easy activity | |
| Best months | January, February, March, June, July, August, September, October, November, December | |
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Fine details
Safari highlights
- Bird watching—with professional guide
What’s included?
- Park fees
Itinerary
Day 1: Arusha to Tarangire
Tarangire
Pick up at 8:30 a.m. from your hotel in Arusha and depart for Tarangire National Park with a picnic lunch for a full-day game drive. Tanzania’s third-largest national park is known for its majestic baobab trees that dot the landscape, dwarfing the animals that feed beneath them. The Tarangire River is the centerpiece of this park which is famous for some of the largest herds of elephants in Africa. Dinner and overnight at Mto wa Mbu
lodge
Day 2: Mto wa Mbu to Serengeti
Serengeti
You will start your safari at 07:00 and head to Serengeti National Park to kick off day two of your safari. You will pass by a traditional Masai Boma along the way to experience the ways of life of the Maasai people. You will enter the Serengeti at around noon and spend the rest of your afternoon exploring its world-renowned endless plains in search of one of the greatest wildlife spectacles in the world, the great annual migration. Dinner and overnight at Serengeti
lodge
Day 3: Full day Serengeti
Serengeti
You will spend the full days exploring the amazing variety of mammals, birds, and reptile species the park has to offer and not to forget the breathtaking scenery and sunsets. After your tour of the park, you will be transferred to your tented camp or lodge, where you will be spending the night. The meals including breakfast, lunch, and dinner at your accommodation in Serengeti
Lodges
Day 4: Serengeti to Ngorongoro
Ngorongoro Crater | Serengeti
After breakfast you will exploring the amazing variety of mammals, birds, and reptile species the park has to offer and not to forget the breathtaking scenery and sunsets. After your tour of the park, you will be transferred to your tented camp or lodge, where you will be spending the nigh. Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro crater
lodge
Day 5: Ngorongoro to Arusha
Ngorongoro Crater
Today, you will have an early start as you head to the Ngorongoro Crater to explore the last but not least amazing park of your tour. The crater is not only the largest unbroken caldera in the world but it is also one of the new seven natural wonders of Africa. After your morning game drive, you will take a break to enjoy your packed lunch at the hippo pool picnic site. After lunch, you will be transferred back to Arusha
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