This enchanting safari will let you explore the very best that Tanzania has to offer. Be ready to ”discover the Unexpected”, from the far-reaching un spoilt plains of the Serengeti National Park, the magnificent Ngorongoro Crater, and the seething wildlife Lake Manyara to Tarangire National Park, the home of Elephants. This safari will give you the chance to witness the spectacular wildebeest migration river crossing when they do the whimsical crossing from Masai Mara to Serengeti National Park. Let us organize this unforgettable safari holiday for you and turn it into a truly more than once in a lifetime holiday safari experience.
All about the CIRCLE OF LIFE IN SERENGETI – THE GREAT MIGRATION.
This enchanting safari will let you explore the very best that Tanzania has to offer. Be ready to ”discover the Unexpected”, from the far-reaching un spoilt plains of the Serengeti National Park, the magnificent Ngorongoro Crater, and the seething wildlife Lake Manyara to Tarangire National Park, the home of Elephants. This safari will give you the chance to witness the spectacular wildebeest migration river crossing when they do the whimsical crossing from Masai Mara to Serengeti National Park. Let us organize this unforgettable safari holiday for you and turn it into a truly more than once in a lifetime holiday safari experience.
The tour package inclusions and exclusions at a glance
What is included in this tour?Items that are included in the cost of tour price.
Park fees
Tanapa Fees
Conservation Fees
All activities (unless labeled as optional)
All accommodation as stated in the itinerary
A professional driver/guide
All transportation (unless labeled as optional)
Roundtrip airport transfer
All Meals (as specified in the day-by-day section)
Drinking water on all days
Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
What is not included in this tour?Items that are not included in the cost of tour price.
International flights (from/to home)
Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
Tips (tipping guideline US$20.00 pp per day)
Personal items (souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
Upon arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport, you’ll be met by one of our guides and transfer you to the Hotel in Arusha for an overnight stay.
Arusha is a city in northern Tanzania and the capital of the Arusha Region, with a population of 416,442 plus 323,198 in the surrounding Arusha District, located below Mount Meru on the eastern edge of the eastern branch of the Great Rift Valley. Arusha has a temperate climate. The city is close to the Serengeti National Park, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Lake Manyara National Park, Olduvai Gorge, Tarangire National Park, Mount Kilimanjaro, and Arusha National Park on Mount Meru.
Depart after breakfast and then drive to Tarangire National Park for a full day game drive with picnic lunch and enjoy the beauty of Tarangire. In the evening, drive to Lake Manyara to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
The park is located slightly off the main safari route, Tarangire National Park is a lovely quiet park in Northern Tanzania that is most famous for its elephant migration, birding and quiet authentic safari atmosphere. The majority of travelers to the region either miss out on Tarangire altogether or venture into the park for a matter of hours leaving parts of Tarangire virtually untouched.
Meals: Breakfast , Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Lake Manyara Tree Lodge
After your breakfast, enjoy a morning game drive at the park and then back to the lodge for an early dinner. After dinner, you will have a night spotlighting game drive in the park and then back to the lodge for the overnight.
Manyara provides the perfect introduction to Tanzania’s birdlife. More than 400 species have been recorded, and even a first-time visitor to Africa might reasonably expect to observe 100 of these in one day. Inland of the floodplain, a narrow belt of acacia woodland is the favored haunt of Manyara’s legendary tree-climbing lions and impressively tusked elephants.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Lake Manyara Tree Lodge
Depart after breakfast for an extended morning game drive to Lake Manyara National Park and in the afternoon, drive to Ngorongoro for the evening Ngorongoro Crater rim walk. At dawn, check-in to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
After breakfast, proceed to a morning game drive in Ngorongoro crater. It’s a full day game drive with a picnic lunch. Late afternoon, we’ll be back to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
The jewel in Ngorongoro’s crown is a deep, volcanic crater, the largest unflooded and unbroken caldera in the world. About 20kms across, 600 meters deep and 300 sq. kms in area, the Ngorongoro Crater is a breathtaking natural wonder. We will visit Lake Magadi, a large but shallow alkaline lake in the southwestern corner, which is one of the main features of the crater. A large number of flamingos, hippos and other water birds can usually be seen here.
Leisure breakfast at the Lodge and then depart for a game drive en route to Serengeti. A hot lunch will be saved in the afternoon. We’ll continue to Serengeti central for the game drive in the evening, check in to the lodge for the overnight stay.
A million wildebeest… each one driven by the same ancient rhythm, fulfilling its instinctive role in the inescapable cycle of life: a frenzied three-week bout of territorial conquests and mating; survival of the fittest as 40km (25 mile) long columns plunge through crocodile-infested waters on the annual exodus north; replenishing the species in a brief population explosion that produces more than 8,000 calves daily before the 1,000 km (600 mile) pilgrimage begins again.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Four Season Safari Lodge
Early morning, enjoy a hot air balloon safari. After breakfast, depart for a full day game drive in Serengeti National Park Central Seronera. In the evening, back to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Four Season Safari Lodge
Enjoy your breakfast at the camp and then depart for the northern part of Serengeti, North Kogatende. In the evening, enjoy the river crossing viewing of the great migration.
River crossings at Kogatende start to occur every day in August as the mega herd settles into the area. For August, September and October, game viewing up here is superb with river crossings pretty much guaranteed every day. There is no distinct movement as the herds tend to cross back and forth over the river, following the rains and subsequent fresh grasses. It is not uncommon to see different herds crossing in different directions on the same day.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Singita Mara River Tented Camp
Early breakfast at the camp, followed by an early morning river game drive to view the great migration on crossing movement, with picnic lunch. In the evening back to the camp for dinner and overnight.
The park is well known for its healthy stock of other resident wildlife, particularly the ”big five”, named for the five most prized trophies taken by hunters: Lion: the Serengeti is believed to hold the largest population of lions in Africa due in part to the abundance of prey species. More than 3,000 lions live in this ecosystem. African Leopard: these reclusive predators are commonly seen in the Seronera region but are present throughout the national park with a population of around 1,000.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Singita Mara River Tented Camp
Breakfast at the camp and then game drive at Mara region of Serengeti to view the great migration and then transfer to the Kogatende airstrip for your flight back to Arusha. Upon arrival, you will transfer to the lodge for lunch at Arusha Coffee Lodge and then drive to Kilimanjaro International Airport for your flight back home.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: No accommodation (End of tour)
ACCOMMODATION THAT YOU WILL BE STAYING DURING YOUR TOUR
Singita Mara River Tented Camp, Lamai Triangle, Serengeti, Tanzania. Art Director: Paul Henriques. Stylist: Georgina Pennington. Photographer: Mark Williams. From 02/11/12 to 7/11/12.
