Tanzania Wildebeest migration safari 9 days

Tanzania Wildebeest Migration Safari Serengeti - Ngorongoro Lake Manyara Park - 9 Days

Tanzania Wildebeest Migration Safari Serengeti - Ngorongoro Lake Manyara Park - 9 Days

Experience the thrill of a wildebeest migration in Serengeti National Park on this 9-day safari. Witness a herd of 2 million wildebeest and a hundred thousand zebras and antelope as they cross the park on their way through in their annual journey. Camp in the North and Central regions of the park, see the Ngorongoro Crater and visit Tarangire National Park on this unforgettable expedition. Spend 9 memorable days on the African savanna Stay in upscale tented safari camps and lodges This all-inclusive package includes your meals while traveling Learn about the flora and fauna in an immersive experience.

Day 1: Meet and greet at Kilimanjaro Airport, onward transfer to Arusha 

Day 2: Arusha to Lake Manyara National Park, wildlife safaris, game drives.

Day 3: Game drive in Lake Manyara National Park - Serengeti National Park, en-route to Seronera Valley

Day 4: Search for the number-one wildlife spectacle: Migration!

Day 5: Follow the Wildebeest Migration!

Day 6: Serengeti National Park for wildlife safari game drives

Day 7: Serengeti to Ngorongoro wildlife safaris

Day 8: Ngorongoro Conservation Area

Day 9: Transfer from Kilimanjaro Airport for onward flight back home/ Zanzibar or for Uganda Gorilla Trek extensions, Rwanda extensions.

Tanzania Wildlife Safari & Zanzibar: Serengeti - Ngorongoro Lake Manyara Park - 10 Days

Day 1:  Arrival at Kilimanjaro and onward transfer to Arusha.

Upon arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport, you will be picked up with our representative driver,  having a short brief and then transferred to the hotel in Arusha for your dinner and overnight.

Day 2: Arusha to Lake Manyara National Park 

You will depart from your hotel in Arusha and head for Lake Manyara National Park. The Park is famous for it’s bird life which congregate around the soda lake, If you are fortunate you might see the migratory !amingoes performing their dance over the lake!

Arrival Lake Manyara Serena Lodge will be in time for dinner. This wi" give you a chance witness the dramatic Lodge se#ing as it overlooks, the Great Ri$ Va"ey, the beautiful Soda Lake of Manyara and the park itself.

Lake Manyara National Park is known for the amingos that inhabit the lake. During the wet season they inhabit the edges of the lake in ocks of thousands but they are not so present during the dry season. Ngorongoro is famous for the annual migration of wildebeest, zebra, gazees and other animals into the northern plains. And the Serengeti is famous for its annual migration of over 1.5 miion white bearded (or brindled) wildebeest and 250,000 zebra and for its numerous Nile crocodile and honey badger

Day 3: Lake Manyara National Park - Serengeti National Park

Enjoy your breakfast at the lodge y before a game drive in Lake Manyara National Park, The Park is famous for its tree-climbing lions abut also a very diverse animal population due to its varied habitat. There are large herds of buffalo and zebra as well as blue monkeys and baboons.

A$er lunch you shall  leave Lake Manyara behind you and depart for Serengeti National Park - the heart of wild Africa – with its endless plains, rolling into the distance as far as the eye can see. One of the richest wildlife habitats in the park, featuring the Seronera River, which provides a valuable water source to this area and therefore attracts wildlife well representative of most of the Serengeti’s species.  

Dinner and overnight at the Lodge/camp

The seemingly endless grasslands of the Serengeti are also the stage for the famous wildebeest migration. On the annual migration 1.5 million wildebeest and other game, such as zebra, Thomson’s gazelle, impala and topi move on mass between Kenya’s Masai Mara, then into Ngorongoro Conservation Area and the Serengeti. This mass movement is driven by the rains, and the herds’ endless search for water and good grazing.

Day 4 and 5: Experience the Wildebeest Migration Tanzania!

Your drive to the wildebeest migration destination in the central Serengeti. Capture the wildebeest migration through guided game drives and nature walks in the Serengeti National Park. Apart from game viewing, enjoy hot air balloon safaris, aromatherapy massages include and the Bushtops Bushcraft challenge.

The Great Wildebeest migration is one of the “New 7 Wonders of the World”. Nowhere in the world will you find a single migration of such high numbers of animals as immense as this. The principle players are the wildebeest, followed by Thomson’s gazelle, zebra and eland. The lions, hyenas, leopards, cheetahs and lesser predators await the annual coming of the migration with eager anticipation. The annual 800-km journey is an endless pilgrimage which has no real beginning or end. The precise timing of the migrations changes annually and is an unpredictable and spontaneous natural event depending mainly on the rainfall pattern of each year. Because of the global climate changes, the annual pattern changes but a general trend can be observed.

The ranger will find a nice picnic spot to enjoy your packed lunch and then you continue your safari. Once back at the lodge you will be served an excellent dinner and tired but satisfied, you go to bed with dreams of Serengeti plains!

Breakfast at the lodge then you will proceed with game drive in southern of Serengeti National park, Ndutu area for two days. A striking characteristic of this area is the stunning acacia woodland, which is immediately surrounded by the short grass plains. Within this wooded area is Lake Ndutu – one of the Rift Valley’s soda lakes. At the height of the wildebeest migration, and when heavy rains have fallen, often lines of wildebeest can be seen crossing the lake. Accompanying the wildebeest are large numbers of zebra and Thomson gazelles. Dinner and overnight at the Lodge/camp.

Period Day 4 & Day 5 accommodation
January to March Ndutu Halisi camp
April & May Tortilis Camp
June Simba Serengeti Camp
July Kati Kati Migration Camp
August to October Kati Kati Migration Camp
November & December* Tortilis Camp

* In December and beginning of January the migration is hard to predict if it is on the Serengeti or Ngorogoro side of the national park. This might result in starting with 2 nights at Ndutu Halisi camp and ending at Tortilis camp. Your Sales consultant will discuss this with you.

Journey Time Dependent on the migration period
Accommodation Dependent on the migration-period
Meal Plan Breakfast, packed lunch, dinner

Day 6: Serengeti National Park for wildlife safari game drives

Breakfast at the lodge then you will proceed with game drive in southern of Serengeti National park, Ndutu area for two days. A striking characteristic of this area is the stunning acacia woodland, which is immediately surrounded by the short grass plains. Within this wooded area is Lake Ndutu – one of the Rift Valley’s soda lakes. At the height of the wildebeest migration, and when heavy rains have fallen, often lines of wildebeest can be seen crossing the lake. Accompanying the wildebeest are large numbers of zebra and Thomson gazelles. Dinner and overnight at the Lodge/camp

Optional activity: Hot Air Balloon Safari Serengeti

This optional activity costs US$500 per person.

Float in a hot air balloon over the famous Serengeti National Park with its enchanting scenery. This may be the most beautiful area in the world for a balloon flight. There are no power lines, fences and few roads. Your Balloon Safari adventure starts early morning when you depart your lodge or camp. It is still dark and you may be fortunate to see nocturnal animals on the way to the launch site. When you arrive, you meet your pilot and witness your balloon being inflated and prepared. The capacity is limited making this experience a special and exclusive one. The balloon safari takes approximately 1 hour depending on the weather conditions. You will end this excursion in style with a champagne bush breakfast in the middle of the park!

Day 7: Serengeti to Ngorongoro

Morning after having breakfast continue with game drive. In the afternoon you drive en route (optional stopover at Olduvai) to the rim of Ngorongoro Crater.Dinner and overnight at the Lodge/camp

The property has global importance for biodiversity conservation due to the presence of globally threatened species, the density of wildlife inhabiting the area, and the annual migration of wildebeest, zebra, gazelles and other animals into the northern plains. Extensive archaeological research has also yielded a long sequence of evidence of human evolution and human-environment dynamics, including early hominid footprints dating back 3.6 million years. Several animal and bird species are found here. Lions, Elephants, Buffalos, Black Rhinos, Cheetahs, spotted hyenas, Impalas, Gazelles and others may be spotted here.

Day 8: Ngorongoro Conservation Area

After breakfast, we descend into this magnificent crater. The Ngorongoro crater is the world’s biggest whole volcanic caldera. It is frequently described as one of the wonders of the world, not only because of its geological magnificence but also because it serves as an extraordinary natural sanctuary for some of Africa’s largest populations of large mammals. Another big draw card to this picturesque park is the dense population of predators, which include lions, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs and the ever-elusive leopard, which sometimes requires a trained eye to spot. You will enjoy a picnic lunch in the crater then you will continue with game drive. Dinner and overnight at the Lodge/camp.

Day 9: Transfer to Kilimanjaro for departure

Today is, unfortunately, the last day of your Tanzania wildebeest migration safari with Gorillas and Wildlife Safaris!

Your driver/guide will take care of your transfer to Kilimanjaro Airport. If you are not ready to go home, you can continue your holiday in Rwanda, or Uganda with Gorillas and Wildlife Safaris.

 

 

Tour cost includes

  • Accommodation for the safari
  • All ground transfers
  • Local flight to Zanzibar 
  • All park entrance and related fees
  • Private 4x4 ground transportation with an English speaking driver-guide.

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