Private 8-Day Mara River Crossing Serengeti Wildebeest Migration

Overview

Day by day itinerary

1. 1Arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) to Arusha⌄

   once you have arrived at Kilimanjaro International Airport, you will be picked up by your private safari guide and take you straight to Arusha to your accommodation for relaxation, dinner and overnight stay.

   Overnight: Arusha Planet lodge

2. 2Arusha to Tarangire National Park⌄

   Early morning after breakfast at your lodge in Arusha, you will be picked up by your driver guide and take you straight to Tarangire National Park. Tarangire National Park is most popular for its large elephant herds and giant baobab trees. Once you've entered Tarangire, you'll begin your game drive across a rich vista of endless golden savannah that surrounds the Tarangire River. The river itself runs throughout the year and is a vital source of water for the animals of the region during the dry season. Lined with acacia and Baobab trees, the river is regularly visited by the park's large elephant population as well as other herbivores such as zebras and antelopes. You'll also have the opportunity to see lions, leopards, cape buffalo, and a huge variety of antelopes. You will have picnic lunch boxes where you will have them inside the park in the afternoon. After your day's drive is done, you'll retire to your accommodation in Karatu for the evening.

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

   Overnight: Pamoja Olea Farm lodge

3. 3Karatu to Central Serengeti⌄

   After breakfast, we leave for the central area of Serengeti; Seronera for an evening safari saved a packed lunch on the way. The Seronera valley is crossed by several rivers making this area a permanent habitat for many residents species (impala, buffalo, hippo, warthog, topi, wildebeest, giraffe, gazelle Thompson) and is where we will see the highest concentration of predators carnivores. At sunset, we drive to the accommodation for dinner and overnight.

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

   Overnight: Pamoja Serengeti luxury Camp

4. 4Central Serengeti to North Serengeti⌄

   After breakfast depart for a safari in the morning through the Central part, every effort will be made to spot the elusive leopard and hopefully spot a hunting scene, package lunch in the wild, and then after we drive to the North part to Kogatende with on route game drive. Arrive for dinner and overnight.

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

   Overnight: Mara Kati Kati Tented Camp

5. 5Full day on the Northern Serengeti⌄

   Early morning after breakfast, you will start with an early morning game drive towards the far north of Serengeti following the spectacular great migration of wildebeests and Zebras accompanied by antelopes. this is a spectacular event and if you're lucky enough you can spot the river crossing. After lunch, you will drive back to the camp for relaxation, dinner and overnight.

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

   Overnight: Mara Kati kati Tented Camp

6. 6North Serengeti to central Serengeti⌄

   After breakfast in accommodation, departure for the final safari in the morning in the same area around Mara River, after the safari in the morning, we drive to the central part of Serengeti with on route game drive. Package lunch in nature. Last day to see the sunset with the unique colors that only this park can offer, later evening drive to the accommodation for dinner and overnight.

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

   Overnight: Pamoja Serengeti Luxury Camp

7. 7Serengeti to Ngorongoro Crater to karatu⌄

   Early morning after breakfast at your accommodation, you will drive straight to Ngorongoro conservation area whereby you stop at the view point of Ngorongoro crater before you descend down the crater. The Ngorongoro Crater is the world’s largest intact volcanic caldera forming a spectacular bowl of about 265 square kilometres, with sides up to 600 metres deep and is home to approximately 30,000 mammals. The crater offers a breathtakingly beautiful scenery and is the best place in East Africa to see the ‘Big Five’ (elephant, rhinoceros, buffalo, lion and rarely leopard). Any safari in northern Tanzania should ideally include a visit to the Ngorongoro Crater. The Ngorongoro Crater offers excellent birding, with over 500 species. You will have packed picnic lunch boxes with you and after having lunch at the picnic site, you will proceed with game drive until the late afternoon where you will ascend the crater and drive straight to your accommodation in Karatu for relaxation and overnight.

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

   Overnight: Pamoja Olea farm lodge

8. 8Lake Manyara National Park to Arusha⌄

   Early morning after breakfast at, you will drive straight to Lake Manyara National Park which is also known as the home of Tree Climbing Lions and birds’ paradise. More than 500 species are present in Lake Manyara, and even for a first-time visitor to Africa might reasonably expect to observe 100 of these species in a single 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. Other animals that can be found here are giraffes, Zebras, hyenas, Buffalo, Hippo, elephants and wildebeests. Lunch will be served inside the park and after further exploration of the park you will return to Arusha.

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch