Approximately 8,000 wildebeest are born every day during the calving season. This event also introduces a host of predators looking to make an easy meal of the vulnerable calves. It’s during this time when the southern Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater host the highest concentration of predators in Africa
Accommodation: Mid-range lodge / Tented Camps.
Type of Safari: Wildlife safari, Wildebeest Migration, Nature, History.
Package includes:
✓ Service of an English speaking professional driver guide.
✓ Transport whilst on safari in a 4×4 safari Land cruiser with pop up roof for game viewing.
✓ Transfers in Arusha.
✓ Full Board Accommodation whilst on safari.
✓ One night before safari in Arusha hotel.
✓ All park entrance fees and government taxes as per the itinerary.
✓ Drivers salary and allowances plus park fees for driver and vehicle.
✓ Complimentary drinking water in your vehicle whilst on safari.
Package excludes:
✓ International flight.
✓ Option of flight from Arusha to Serengeti day 2
✓ Lunches and dinners in Arusha hotel.
✓ Room upgrades
✓ Tipping.
✓ Items of a personal nature i.e., telephone/internet usage, laundry, bottled water and other alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, etc.
✓ Change in itinerary.
✓ Increase in park fees or other charges beyond our control.
✓ Activities not mentioned in the package.
Extra Expenses you should budget for:
✓ Visa’s.
✓ Lunch in Arusha hotel.
✓ Extra drinks and meals that are not mentioned on the package.
✓ Tips (Please see a separate attachment with guideline for tipping)
Day by day.
Day 1: Arrival in Tanzania (Kilimanjaro Airport)
Karibu Tanzania – Welcome to Tanzania. On arrival at the airport you will be met by one of our staff members. After greet and meet services he will escort you to your accommodation in Arusha (approximately 60 Km) ready for the safari tomorrow. The lodge is perched on the slopes of Mount Meru with magnificent view of the mountain.
• Main destination: Arusha
• Accommodation: Kibo Palace Hotel Mid-range hotel located in or near Arusha
• Meals & drinks: Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included) Drinks not included.
Day 2: Drive to Serengeti N. Park (Central Serengeti) – Option to fly
After breakfast, with lunch boxes, we will drive to Serengeti (7 Hrs drive. There is an Option to fly) The legendary Serengeti Plain is your destination today, a vast rolling plain whose sparse vegetation allows for some of the best wildlife viewing in the world. The annual migration of wildebeest and zebra is one of the
park’s great attractions, but throughout the year the Serengeti is excellent for seeing predators such as lion, leopard and cheetah, along with elephant, giraffe, hyena, hippo, rhino, and many varieties of antelopes and birds. You will enjoy a picnic lunch as you drive North of Serengeti. The evening is free to rest.
• Main destination: Serengeti N. Park
• Accommodation: Serengeti Heritage camp Mid-range lodge located inside Serengeti NP
• Meals & drinks: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 3: Full day at central Serengeti.
You rise early to take a morning game drive at central Serengeti. You may see the nocturnal predators returning from their nightly hunt and very active animals waking up in the early morning light. If you are lucky enough you can see the ‘big five’. Other animals you can expect to see are wildebeest, giraffes, zebras, onkeys, baboons, hyenas, rhinos, antelopes, birds and other species. We enjoy morning and afternoon game viewing drives on the vast Serengeti plains. In the early morning and evening light, the Serengeti landscape is stunningly beautiful. The Serengeti ecosystem supports the greatest remaining concentration of plains game in Africa, including more than three million large mammals. The park is one that can never disappoint. One is spoilt by the variety of bird and wildlife species in this game reserve.
• Main destination: Serengeti National Park
• Accommodation: Serengeti Heritage camp Mid-range lodge located inside Serengeti NP
• Meals & drinks: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 4 – 5: Follow the migration paths in the Southern Serengeti/Ngorongoro corridor
Today you will leave after breakfast and with lunch packet you will drive as you follow the migrations paths to the Southern Serengeti corridor. Each year around the same time, the circular great wildebeest migration begins in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area of the southern Serengeti in Tanzania. This migration is a natural phenomenon determined by the availability of grazing. This phase lasts from approximately January to March, when the calving season begins – a time when there is plenty of rain-ripened grass available for the 260,000 zebra that precede 1.7 million wildebeest and the following hundreds of thousands of other plains game, including around 470,000 gazelles Dangers is everywhere and packs of lion, cheetahs and other carnivores are everywhere waiting for the right moment to strike; the scenes are amazing. (At Ndutu region, we include two permits per day – Serengeti and Ngorongoro for convenience of following the herds in either parks).
• Main destination: Serengeti National Park
• Accommodation: Tanzania Bush Camps Mid-range camp located at Ndutu
• Meals & drinks: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 6: Game drive in Ngorongoro Crater
After breakfast we drive and descend some 610 meters into the crater, which is home to an abundance of wildlife and a photogenic paradise, for a full day of game viewing drive with picnic lunch at a private scenic site (hippos pool). Ngorongoro Crater, the largest intact caldera in the world teams with an abundance of wildlife permanently resident on the crater floor. Prides of lions, herds of Cape buffalo, impala, Thompson gazelles, rhino, golden and black backed jackal, zebra, cheetah, leopard and the spotted hyena freely roam on the crater floor plains. Unmatched for its natural variety and breath taking beauty, there are few places on earth where such a tremendous diversity of landscapes exist inside a region this size. Apart from its wildlife riches, the crater is also home to hundreds of bird species, refreshing in the small lakes in the crater floor. In the evening we drive to spend the night outside the conservation.
• Main destination: Ngorongoro Crater
• Accommodation: Marera Valley Lodge Mid-range lodge located near Ngorongoro
• Meals & drinks: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 7: Depart – End of tour.
This morning you will drive to Kilimanjaro airport for your flight or continue other plans.
• Main destination: Ngorongoro – Arusha
• Accommodation: End of tour (no accommodation)
• Meals & drinks: Breakfast & Lunch (Dinner not included) Drinks not included
