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This 7-Day Great Serengeti Migration (Western Corridor) Safari package has been mapped out specifically to increase your chance to see the great Serengeti Wildebeest Migration in ndutu area. The area is filled with boundless grasslands. The area is part of the migratory cycle as the mass of herbivores graze and calves in the area between November and March, depending on the rains.
The area is also a home to the big cats through the year but the best time to spot them is the calving time as the viscous predators prey on the vulnerable cubs. The calves have an extraordinary ability as they can stand on their feet just 2- 3 minutes after birth and they can join the herd in just about 5 minutes.
Apart from its dazzling landscape and a good number of resident animals the greatest attraction in the area is the full circle of the great migration , from the return of the animals to graze the area in December, followed by calving in January and February and finally the departure in April as they head north in search of better pastures.
HIGHLIGHTS
1. Arusha – Fly to Serengeti (seronara)
2. Serengeti - Ngorongoro (Ndutu area)
3. Ngorongoro (Ndutu area) – Crater Rim
4. Ngorongoro Crater (full-day Game Drive)
5. Lake Eyasi – (Hadzabe Full-Day Tour)
6. Lake Manyara (Full-Day Game drive)
7. Tarangire (full-day Game Drive) - Back to Arusha
Departure: Departure
After arrival at Kilimanjaro airport you will meet your Tanzania Safari Radar guide waiting for you with a smile; relax and enjoy your drive as you’re transferred to the hotel in Arusha. Get some rest as you prepare yourself for an amazing adventure of 5 Days Great Tanzania Serengeti Migration safaris (NDUTU AREA migration Safari) the next day.
Accommodation: (OPTIONAL)
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Overnight stay – Arusha Town
• BUDGET LODGES
Mrimba palm Hotel | Arusha tourist inn hotel
• MID-RANGE LODGES
Natron Palace Hotel | City Link Hotel | Charity international
• LUXURY LODGES
Mount Meru Hotel | Tulia Hotel & Spa | Kibo Palace | Arusha Serena Lodge
After an early breakfast you will be picked from your hotel and board a flight to central Serengeti. The famous spot also known as the big cat capital of Africa, here you can spot lions, cheetah and leopards. The Seronara River is a magnet for animals all throughout the year as they gather around the water source. You will have lunch in a picnic area and proceed with game driving till evening when you will have to retire to your accommodation for dinner and overnight
Accommodation:
Meal plan; Lunch & Dinner
Overnight stay – Serengeti – Central Serengeti
• BUDGET CAMPING
Nyani (Seronera) Public Campsite | Pimbi Public campsite
• MID-RANGE LODGES –
Katikati Tented Lodge | Kenzan Tented Camp | Kiota Tented Camp | Serengeti Wilderness Camp
• LUXURY LODGES –
Serengeti Serena Lodge | Serengeti Wildlife Lodge | Angata Serengeti | Asanja Moru | Dunia Camp (ASILIA AFRICA) | Kiota Camp | Serengeti Sopa Lodge
• SUPER LUXURY LODGES
Four Season Safari Lodge | Melia Serengeti Lodge | &Beyond Serengeti under Canvas
After breakfast you will head to Ndutu area, the drive won’t be a bore as you’ll pass through different scenic views and watch how the landscape changes to plain grasslands as you approach the ndutu area.
Unexplored wilderness packed with stunning landscape and abundant wildlife from zebras, lions, hyenas, leopards, giraffes, elephants and many others. This is also a good spot for bird watching, beautiful birds like yellow fronted canary and fish eagles can be spotted here. You will have a tasty picnic lunch and proceed with game driving in the area and by twilight you will retire to your accommodation for dinner and overnight.
Accommodation:
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Overnight stay – (Ngorongoro – Ndutu)
• MID-RANGE LODGES –
Kenzan Ndutu | Ndutu Safari Lodge | Kati Kati Ndutu | Kirurumu Ndutu
• LUXURY LODGES –
Ndutu Under Canvas | Lake Masek Tented Camp | Sanctuary Kusini | Angata Migration Camp Ndutu |
Full day of game driving in the area, exploring this vast land teemed with animals. The calving season is mainly exciting as more than 8,000 wildebeests cubs are born every day and just as they take their first step they become targets for the rapacity predators. Another unique and dazzling sighting in the area is the acacia woodland which is immediately surrounded by short grass plains.
After a day full of memories you will retire to your accommodation for a tasty dinner and some good night’s rest as you prepare for another exciting day.
Accommodation:
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Overnight stay – Ngorongoro {Crater Rim}
• BUDGET CAMPING
Simba Public Campsite
• MID-RANGE LODGES
Rhino Hotel
• LUXURY LODGES
Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge | Ngorongoro Wildlife |
Ngorongoro SopaEntamanu Camp | Kirurumu Ngorongoro | Lemala Ngorongoro Camp |
• SUPER LUXURY LODGES
Ngorongoro Crater Lodge
After breakfast we will descend into the crater with your well packed lunch box and enjoy almost 7 hours of game driving .The famous 600m deep crater, formed when a volcano erupted millions of years ago before caving in. Some argue that before it erupted, it would have been higher than Mt Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa. An estimated 25 000 large mammals reside inside the Ngorongoro Crater, including a population of approximately 6,000 resident wildebeest, 16 rare black rhino and around 70 lions. You’ll also see thousands of gazelles, zebras, buffalos, and even hyenas and wild dogs.
The ancient caldera shelters one of the most beautiful wildlife havens on earth. After having picnic lunch in the crater we will proceed with game driving and later head to manyara for dinner and overnight.
Accommodation:
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Overnight stay – Karatu/Manyara- Mtowa Mbu
• BUDGET TENTED CAMPING –
SUNBRIGHT | LILAC | SAVANNA | KIZUMBA
• MID-RANGE LODGES
Twiga Lodge | Eileen's Trees Inn | Fanaka
• LUXURY LODGES
Manyara Serena Safari Lodge | Manyara Wildlife Lodge
• SUPER LUXURY LODGES
andBeyond Lake Manyara Tree Lodge
Explore this wild and uncharted territory of Lake Eyasi located in the southwest of ngorongoro crater. The lake is part of other beautiful lakes in the East African Rift Valley. The mildly alkaline lake stretches for about 50 km to the southwest with the vast plains of the Serengeti in its north. Take leisure walks along the shores of the lake and spend afternoons surveying the area dotted with ancient Baobab trees. Join a hunting expedition with a Hadzabe family. Observe the early morning hunting display, gathering honey, and traditional dance performances by the indigenous inhabitants. It is a cultural encounter worth experiencing.
We will join the Hadzabe and Datonga tribes for a morning hunting escapade. Mind you, this is not a trifling performance. Pay close attention to the locals, the hunting methods are their survival skills so they may even tell you to be quiet at times while they express the use of their locally made poison in paralyzing the wild creatures on which they depend on for food , we will get back to your accommodation for late breakfast .
After Breakfast you will keep learning more about the hadzabe people, you will visit their homesteads, seeing their daily to daily activities learn about their medical plants and their unique ways of animal tracking. While here some wildlife and wide range of bird species can be spotted.
We will drive back to karatu/manyara in the late afternoon.
Accommodation:
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Overnight stay – (Karatu/Manyara- Mtowa Mbu)
• BUDGET TENTED CAMPING –
SUNBRIGHT | LILAC | SAVANNA | KIZUMB
• MID-RANGE LODGES –
Twiga Lodge | Eileen's Trees Inn | Fanaka
• LUXURY LODGES -
Manyara Serena Safari Lodge | Manyara Wildlife Lodge
• SUPER LUXURY LODGES –
andBeyond Lake Manyara Tree Lodge
After breakfast we’ll head to Manyara National Park for a full day of game driving.
Although only a third of the park consists of dry land, the reserve boasts a high diversity of plant and animal species. The park is named after the lake and was established in 1961 to protect the vast elephant herds that the area is known for; Manyara features an incredible wealth of habitats, from soaring groundwater forest to acacia tortilis woodland, a tranquil soda lake, bubbling hot springs and the steep escarpment of the Rift Valley. The Great Rift Valley is more spectacular here, with a precipitous drop of about 500 m (1 600 feet) to the flamingo-rimmed lakeshore.
Lake Manyara’s thick forests are a haven for lions, which are known to climb and lounge in the trees, as well as hunting on the grassy shores of the lake, the only kind of their species in the world, they make the ancient mahogany and elegant acacias their home during the rainy season, and are a well-known but rather rare feature of the northern park. Other wildlife species includes large herds of buffalo, endangered African wild dog, cheetah, giraffe and impala. Troops of several hundred olive baboons can be encountered in the park, which is also home to Syke’s monkey, short-eared galago, Cape clawless otters, Egyptian mongoose, hippo and klipspringer.
Before sun set we will retire to manyara (mto wa mbu) for dinner and overnight.
Accommodation:
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Overnight stay – Manyara- Mto wa Mbu
• BUDGET TENTED CAMPING
SUNBRIGHT | LILAC | SAVANNA | KIZUMBA
• MID-RANGE LODGES
Twiga Lodge | Eileen's Trees Inn | Fanaka
• LUXURY LODGES
Manyara Serena Safari Lodge | Manyara Wildlife Lodge
• SUPER LUXURY LODGES
andBeyond Lake Manyara Tree Lodge
We’ll leave manyara after breakfast and head to tarangire national park; after arrival the day will be spent game driving and picnic lunch will be offered in the afternoon, game driving will proceed till evening where you will head back to Arusha. Tarangire national park is widely known for its dense wildlife population, which can be spotted more during the dry season (June –October), during this period you will be indulged with thousands of animals –zebras, hartebeest, buffalo, and wildebeest that migrate from the dry maasai steppe to the tarangire river in search of water. The park is also a home to more than 550 bird species. Your professional Tanzania Safari Radar guide will take you to the best wildlife spotting areas of the park including the Tarangire River which is a permanent water source that works as a bloodline for the park which ensures high animal density as the majority of them flock the river banks in search of water throughout the year. Later in the afternoon you will drive out of the park and wind up your safari adventure.
• Park fees
• All accommodations as shown in the itinerary
• Professional driver/guide
• All meals as specified in the itinerary
• All transportation expenses (4x4 Toyota Safari Land Cruiser, with pop-top roof.)
• TANAPA fees
• Drinking water
EXCLUDED
• Tipping for the staff members(driver /guide)
• Medical insurance
• All beverages at the camp/lodge
• Travel insurance
• Visa
• All accommodations before/after safari
• All accommodations not mentioned in the itinerary
