5 Days Great Migration Safari Calving Season

Your first day your safari begins at 8:00 am with a pick up from your hotel in Arusha. Once everyone is on board, head to Tarangire National Park. a 150 km journey which takes about 3 hours. This national park is very famous and special for its diverse landscape and nine different vegetation zones. As you begin your game drive, you’ll be greeted by ancient giant baobab trees that dwarf even animals like giraffes. Game drives last into the late afternoon and include a small break for a picnic lunch. The 3,000-square-kilometer park is named after the Tarangire River that flows through it, which attracts a wide variety of animals. You should expect to see plenty of elephants, giraffes, lions, antelopes and zebras and most of animals involved in the Serengeti migration. If you’re lucky, you might spot a tree-climbing python or a long-necked gerek. Tarangire National Park has the largest population of elephants and offers a unique opportunity to see elephant families interact. Don’t forget to capture this beautiful scenery with your camera. After the game drive, return to the camp/lodge where a delicious dinner awaits. Good night for tomorrow’s adventure.

•  Game viewing time: 6-7 hours
• Meals: Lunch & Dinner

Continue with an early breakfast in the morning on this second day, your guide will pick you and head to Serengeti via the Ngorongoro crater rim, leaving the scenic highlands behind, you descend into the heart of wild Africa (Serengeti National Park) – with its endless plains, rolling into the distance as far your eye can see. You will head to the central Serengeti area, known as Seronera area, one of the richest wildlife habitats in the national park where most of the animals take part in the Great Serengeti Migration, featuring the Seronera River, which provides a valuable water source to the area and therefore attracts wild animals which are representative of most of the Serengeti’s species. You will have a game drive in the area and evening drive at Serengeti.

• Game viewing time: 6-7 hours
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

On the third day of this adventure you will spend a full day exploring the vast plains of the Serengeti to explore the mystery of the Greatest Serengeti Migration. You will wake up early to enjoy an early morning game drive. At sunrise, you may encounter animals grazing in the beautiful sunrise light. Sunrise in the Serengeti is not to be missed; special photo opportunities abound during this magical time. You can choose to return to your accommodation for a hot lunch, or enjoy a packed lunch at various picnic spots in the Serengeti. After lunch, continue your game drive. Watch out for lions at dusk while cheetahs can also be seen on the plains in the early morning and evening when temperatures are not too hot. They rely on sunlight and speed to catch their prey. Hippos can be seen in large pools and rivers, and crocodiles are sunbathing on the banks of the river. Return accommodation in time to enjoy a sundowner before dinner.

• Game viewing time: 6-7 hours
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

The Serengeti Migration fourth day continue and you will rise early for an early morning game drive in the Serengeti, then drive to Ndutu for a full day game drive in the area. You start looking for big cats and start calving wildebeest. This time wildebeest arrive in the area in the mid-February they are participants in the Serengeti Wildebeest migration, during the calving season. You can choose to have lunch at the lodge and drive out or go on a full day game drive. Drive to Tanzania Bush Camps Ndutu in the late afternoon for dinner and overnight. Stayed in Ndutu.

You can also take a hot air balloon in this area. Those who book in advance have the option to fly over the prairie in the morning in the Serengeti. Wake up before dawn and let him drive to the balloon launch site to capture the most dramatic light. And as soon as the sun rises it takes off into the sky. Glide over the plains and acacia trees and enjoy stunning views of the Seronera River Valley and the surrounding plains. After your descent, enjoy a sumptuous champagne breakfast in the wilderness of the Serengeti.

• Game viewing time: 6-7 hours
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Today you will have an early start. Finishing up with a quick breakfast you will make an early descent at round 6:30am into the crater floor. The Ngorongoro Crater is the world’s biggest inactive, intact and unfilled volcanic caldera. It has a huge ground of about 260 sq kms with a depth of over 2000 feet. The 5-hour game drive in the crater floor, will show you a lot of animal action. Keeping the digital camera equipped is certainly recommended. The African elephant, buffalo, black rhino, hippos, hyenas, cheetahs and lions are observed in plenty. Post the picnic lunch at the lovely hippo pool, you will commence a steep ascend to the top exit of the crater. This is the ultimate leg of your safari, with a 4hr drive left to Arusha. You will be dropped off to your favored region at Arusha by 6PM in the evening. With an extremely good experience and masses of memories to cherish including the unforgettable Serengeti Wildebeest Migration, this is the time you bid goodbye to your team. Later on, will follow the transfer back to Arusha town, or directly to the airport.

• Game viewing time: 6 – 8 hours
• Meals: Breakfast & Lunch