Serengeti migration safari
A private safari to Central Serengeti Northern Serengeti
Northern Tanzania is legendary for its wildlife authenticity, just under the foot of Mount Meru the fifth tallest mountain in Africa and second after Kilimanjaro Arusha city is found where your moments of Adventures will instigate. This Tanzania safari itinerary will take you to Tanzania’s most visited destinations. The Northern Tanzania Parks include the leading extraordinary park in Africa the Serengeti. Lake Manyara is small yet incredibly striking and breathtaking. The mysterious Ngorongoro Crater offers vast views over a beautiful natural sanctuary where wildlife encounters lie around every corner. A landscape like no other on earth, enthralled among the enormous plains of the Serengeti, one of Africa’s most famous safari destinations and the leading safari destination park in Africa, where horizons know no end and a mesmerizing variety of wildlife call it home.
Itinerary
Arrival Day Arusha
Next door to Kilimanjaro International Airport, the little town of Arusha is the gateway to your safari and the perfect introduction to the cultural interactions, hiking, and sightseeing opportunities that abound here. Arusha is the point for a safari in Tanzania, and thus the place where one’s safari adventures both begin and ends.
Optional Activity:
Arusha City Tour
Arusha National Park
Coffee Tour
Local Cooking Class
Canoeing In Arusha National Park or Lake Duluti
Horse Riding
Golfing
Sapuku Waterfalls
Meserani Snake Park
Meals & Drinks:
Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included)
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 1: Arusha National Park.
Located just a short drive from Arusha and Moshi, the Arusha National Park is Tanzania’s most accessible national park and the perfect place for a day trip or as the first or last stop on a longer itinerary. At just 552 square kilometers, it’s a small park with a lot to see. With diverse wildlife that includes herbivores such as elephants, hippos, buffalo, zebra, and even the occasional wildebeest, Arusha National Park is also a perfect place to get out and stretch your legs – with both walking safaris and canoe safaris available within the park. Arusha National Park is also home to the world’s largest population of giraffes, making it a great place to visit for fans of these long-necked, beautiful animals. Arusha National Park boasts a broad variety of landscapes, ranging from open savannah through acacia scrubland to rainforest and, eventually, to alpine conditions on the higher reaches of Mt. Meru.
Meals: Breakfast│ Picnic Lunch │Dinner
Day 2-3: Tarangire National Park
After breakfast, we drive to Tarangire National Park for an advantageous game drive. Tarangire National Park has some of the highest population density of elephants anywhere in Tanzania, and its sparse vegetation, surrounded by baobab and acacia trees, makes it a beautiful and special location. Before the rains, groups of gazelle, wildebeest, zebra, and giraffes migrate to Tarangire National Park’s scrub plains where the last grazing land remains. Tarangire National park takes on the sixth largest position among Tanzania’s National parks, after Ruaha, Serengeti Mikumi, Katavi, and Mkomazi, From the Tarangire River, is where the name of the park comes, crosses through the eye-catching park. In the afternoon enjoy your lunch at the picnic site within the park, after lunch break continues with the game drive until sunset then drives to your accommodation for dinner and overnight.
Meals: Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner
Day 4: Lake Manyara National Park
After breakfast, a short briefing then departs to Lake Manyara National Park for a game drive. Manyara was formed as a result of the Great Rift Valley. Huge and colorful flocks of birds gather in the water to feed, including wide different varieties of birds that coexist together. Well over 300 different species of birds have been recorded here at Lake Manyara Park one of the smaller parks in Tanzania. It covers a small area and a large proportion of the lake itself. On the partly forested edges, you will find and get a chance to watch the proud elephants with their impressive tusks search for food and go about their daily business. Manyara is not only known for its large flocks of flamingos but also for the tree-climbing lions. In the afternoon enjoy your hot lunch at Lake Manyara Serena Lodge, and continue with the game drive until sunset. At the sunset drive and check in at your accommodation for relaxation dinner and overnight.
Optional Activity:
Discover Mto wa mbu in a Tuktuk
Treetop walk in Manyara
Biking in Mto wa Mbu
Canoeing in Lake Manyara
Manyara Rift Valley Walk
Meals: Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner
Day 5: Ngorongoro Crater
In the morning after breakfast with picnic lunches descend the crater for a morning crater tour, The Ngorongoro Crater is a world heritage site, the world’s largest intact volcanic caldera, and is commonly referred to as the 8th wonder of the world. The 2,000 feet high walls of the approximately 10-mile-wide Crater form a natural amphitheater for the densest populations of large animals anywhere. The Crater is truly awe-inspiring and game viewing here is among the very best Africa has to offer. After breakfast, we descend to the floor of the world’s largest unbroken caldera for the most wonderful day of game viewing. We will have lunch at the picnic site at the side of the hippo pool and continue with a game drive as we drive up the crater rim overnight.
Meals: Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner
Day 6: Central Serengeti
After breakfast, we continue with the game drive at the Serengeti National Park. The central Serengeti is home to the beautiful Seronera Valley. Several rivers run through this valley enabling many resident animals to be found all year round. The combination of location and resident prey attracts the largest populations of predators in Africa. It is this amazing abundance and diversity of easily seen large predators that attracts thousands of visitors and hundreds of researchers to the Seronera River valley each year, in the afternoon enjoy your lunch at the picnic site within the bushes, and continue with the game drive until sunset then check in to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & dinner
Day 7: Central Serengeti – Northern Serengeti
After breakfast, the driver guide will drive further north Serengeti with a game drive en route to the lodge. The Serengeti is a UNESCO World Heritage Site that is sure to captivate your imagination. The Northern Serengeti remains an unexplored wilderness packed with stunning landscapes and abundant wildlife. The most captivating highlight of this area is undoubtedly the massive herds of migratory wildebeest and zebra during the dry season. However, the North Serengeti also supports abundant resident wildlife including lions, elephants, hippos, giraffes, crocodiles, and the rare oribi antelope. Dinner and overnight at Mara Katikati Tented Camp.
Optional Activity:
Hot Air balloon
Meals: Breakfast, lunch
Day 8: Northern Serengeti
We have a full day for game viewing around this area. The Northern Serengeti remains an unexplored wilderness packed with stunning landscapes and a large number of wildlife. The most captivating highlight of this area is undoubtedly the massive herds of migratory wildebeest and zebra during the dry season. However, the North Serengeti also supports abundant resident wildlife including lions, elephants, hippos, giraffes, crocodiles, and the rare oribi antelope. The best vantage points and worthwhile areas are chosen to give you the best possible chance to observe animals and capture the perfect photo. With fluctuations in rainfall, the animal yearly timetable circle can change resulting from that the animals migrate during different times and routes. Your guide will know where and when to find the animals and will make sure that you can see the animals from the best spot in the national park.
Optional Activity:
Hot Air balloon
Meals: Breakfast, lunch & dinner
Day 9: Northern Serengeti
We have a full day for game viewing around this area. The Northern Serengeti remains an unexplored wilderness packed with stunning landscapes and a large number of wildlife. The most captivating highlight of this area is undoubtedly the massive herds of migratory wildebeest and zebra during the dry season. However, the North Serengeti also supports abundant resident wildlife including lions, elephants, hippos, giraffes, crocodiles, and the rare oribi antelope. The best vantage points and worthwhile areas are chosen to give you the best possible chance to observe animals and capture the perfect photo. With fluctuations in rainfall, the animal yearly timetable circle can change resulting in the animals migrating during different times and routes. Your guide will know where and when to find the animals and will make sure that you can see the animals from the best spot in the national park.
Optional Activity:
Hot Air balloon
Meals: Breakfast, lunch & dinner
Day 10: North Serengeti – Arusha
After breakfast enjoys the morning game drive then depart to the Kogatende airstrip in time for Regional Air to Arusha. Arrive in freshen up at the accommodation (Day room) and enjoy your lunch in time for lunch and get ready to be transferred to Kilimanjaro International Airport for your international flight back to your home country, and this day is the day which ends our safari services.
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch.
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