The best migration safari

Day 1: Arusha City – Tarangire National Park

Distance: 109 km / 1 hr 50 min drive

Travel/activity: You will be picked by our driver guide at your accommodation in Arusha and proceed to Tarangire National Park with picnic lunch, arrive for a full day game drive searching for animals around the park. Late evening you will be transferred to your accommodation for dinner and overnight.

Transportation: 4WD Safari Land Cruiser with pop up roof

Accommodation: Marera valley lodge (Karatu)

Meals/drinks included: Lunch and dinner

Drinks included: bottled drinking water, soft drink, tea and coffee

Day 2: Karatu – Serengeti National Park Central

Distance: 244 km /4hrs drive

Travel/activity: After breakfast at your accommodation drive to Central Serengeti. With your picnic lunch to maximize the chances of viewing more wildlife by having en route game viewing while heading to the park.

Transportation: 4WD Safari Land Cruiser with pop up roof

Accommodation: Signature Serengeti camp (Central)

Meals/drinks included: Breakfast, Lunch and dinner

Drinks included: bottled drinking water, soft drink, tea and coffee

Serengeti National Park Description:

Tanzania’s oldest and most popular national park. A UNESCO world heritage site and recently proclaimed 7th wonder of the world, Serengeti is famed for its annual migration where some six million hooves pound the open plains. Serengeti offers an exotic game-viewing experience in the whole of Africa giving you up-close look of the animals you've only seen in National Geographic: great herds of buffalo, smaller groups of elephant and giraffe, and thousands of elands, topi, kongoni, impala and Grant’s gazelle.

Day 3: Central Serengeti – Northern Serengeti (Kogatende)

Distance: 140 km /3hrs drive

Optional early morning Hot air Balloon ride but at an extra cost of $500 per person

Travel/activity: After breakfast at your accommodation, you will do game drive en route to northern Serengeti to catch up with migrating herds of wildebeest. On arrival in northern Serengeti, you will carry on with game drive until late evening where you will be transferred to your accommodation for dinner and overnight.

Transportation: 4WD Safari Land Cruiser with pop up roof

Accommodation: Nasikia Migration Camp

Meals/drinks included: Breakfast, Lunch and dinner

Drinks included: bottled drinking water, soft drink, tea and coffee

Day 4: Full day game drive in northern Serengeti

Travel/activity: After breakfast, you will do a full day game drive with picnic lunch. Today you will be wandering near river to capture the moment during river crossing and later on continue with normal game drive until late evening. Later on, you will drive back at your accommodation for dinner and overnight.

Transportation: 4WD Safari Land Cruiser with pop up roof

Accommodation: Nasikia Migration Camp

Meals/drinks included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Drinks included: bottled drinking water, soft drink, tea and coffee

Day 5: Northern Serengeti – Ngorongoro Conservation area

Distance: 112 km / 3hrs drive

Travel/activity: After breakfast, depart with picnic lunch and drive to Ngorongoro Conservation area. En route game drive will be crucial as you transit through these endless plains of Serengeti. On arrival in Ngorongoro Conservation area you will check in your accommodation for relaxation and overnight stay.

Transportation: 4WD Safari Land Cruiser with pop up roof

Accommodation: Rhino lodge

Meals/drinks included: Lunch and dinner

Drinks included: bottled drinking water, soft drink, tea and coffee

Day 6: Ngorongoro Conservation area – Arusha

Distance: 155km / 2hrs 40 min drive

Travel/activity: After breakfast collect picnic lunch and descend into crater for game drive. Crater is full of wildlife from birds of the sky to the large ungulates all dwells in crater floor. You will have picnic lunch and drive out of crater, then drive back to Arusha passing through town of Karatu where you can buy some souvenirs. You will be dropped off at your accommodation in Arusha.

Ngorongoro crater Description:

This is an extensive highland area along the eastern arm of the Great Rift Valley, with the world-renowned Ngorongoro Crater as its focal point. It is not a national park in the strict sense of the word, but was rather established to conserve wildlife and other natural resources. It exists to safeguard the interests of indigenous people as well as promote tourism.

Transportation: 4WD Safari Land Cruiser with pop up roof

Meals/drinks included: Breakfast and Lunch

Drinks included: bottled drinking water, soft drink, tea and coffee