5-Day Serengeti National Park Migration Safari
Highlights
Arusha, Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Conservation Area
nature, safari, Wildlife
Private Tour
5 Days
Easy
English
Description
Experience the natural wonders of Tanzania with a 5-day Serengeti National Park Migration Safari. Witness the annual wildebeest migration as herds of animals cross the Mara River and journey through the vast plains of Serengeti. Enjoy game drives through central and northern Serengeti and encounter various animals, including the “big 5”. Explore the unique ecosystem of the Ngorongoro Crater and see flamingos, warthogs, and elephants.
Itinerary
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Day 1: Arusha – Serengeti (Via Ngorongoro)
- Early in the morning, you will leave Moshi or Arusha town and drive toward Serengeti national park via the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. After a few hours, you will pass a supermarket and take a few minutes to do the shopping for any personal effect you may need. Later on, you will arrive in Serengeti at the afternoon rate.
- Serengeti national park is a large national park in northern Tanzania that stretches over 14,763 km2. It is located entirely in the eastern Mara Region, with its endless plains rolling into the distance as far as the eye can see. We will proceed to the Lobo area located north of the serener and s typified by green rolling hills (central Serengeti national park). At the Lobo area, a wildebeest migration occurs typically every year around July /August end route to Kenya’s Masai Mara reserve and again in late October / November and the end route to southern Serengeti National Park.
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Days 2: Serengeti (Central) – Northern Serengeti (Kogatende Area)
- After breakfast, we head toward the northern Serengeti national park, also known as the wagakuria area we do the game drive route from the Lobo area to the Wagakuria area. As we head north, visitors can see many animals at Serengeti like giraffes, simple game, herds of buffalo, and elephants. In mid of July to October, a movement of animals passing through the mara river herd of wildebeest gazelle and zebra begin their spectacular annual migration northwards. In their wake follow predators, lions, cheetahs, and wild dogs with vultures circling.
- We arrive in time for lunch at the lodge and after lunch, we will enjoy an afternoon game drive at the KOGATENDE area. The wildebeest migration can normally be found in the Wagakuria area from Mid-July to October, depending on rainfall patterns. A long stretch of the Mara River runs through the northern Serengeti National Park.
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Days 3: Northern Serengeti (Kogatende) -Central Serengeti
- After breakfast, a visitor enjoys a game drive to the kogatende area, resident much numbers of wildlife is found there. This camp is used for the Serengeti Mobile Green Camp from July till the end of November when the migration is in the Northern Serengeti and hopefully crossing the Mara River. The camp is approximately 20 minutes from the Mara River and set up on a ridge under large evergreen trees overlooking a large part of the Northern Serengeti wilderness zone, where a large group of wildebeest crosses the river and can enjoy wild animals in peace.
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Days 4: Serengeti (Central) - Ngorongoro
- We proceed in the morning and afternoon with a game drive in central Serengeti with lunch. After enjoying a driving game in Serengeti, a visitor can take hours a break at the lodge in the mid-afternoon. Central Serengeti means endless plain in the Masai language and is surrounded by different animals like leopards, lions, hyenas, and cheetahs.
- This park is normally the scene of the annual wildebeest and zebra migration between the Kenya mara and Serengeti it includes a variety of bird species like eagles, ducks, geese, egrets, vultures, secretary birds, ibis, stork, herons, pelicans, cranes, and guinea fowl. The Serengeti National Park is arguably the best-known wildlife sanctuary in the world with over 3 million large mammals. About 35 species of plains animals can be seen there including the “big 5”, Elephant, Rhino, Lion, Leopard, and Buffalo. Other common species found here include hippo, giraffe, eland, impala and other antelope types, baboons, monkeys, and a profusion of over 500 species of birds.
- After having your lunch, you will proceed with the game drive to view and see wild animals located in Serengeti. Thereafter you will transfer to the gate of Serengeti to check out of Serengeti national park, after there you will proceed with the game on the route to Ngorongoro crater. Dinner and overnight at a Camp or Lodge at the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater.
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Days 5: Ngorongoro Crater - Arusha
- After breakfast, we descend into the crater and enjoy the game drive by looking at wild animals for over 7 hours. Here you will explore the forest areas inhabited by monkeys and elephants, where we may see flamingo wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, eland, warthog, hippo, lion, and elephants. Visitors should enjoy the game drive at Ngorongoro crater by seeing and viewing a wild animal. After a short period, you will drive back to Arusha/ Moshi overnight.
What's Included
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Cancellation Policy
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For cancellations upto 2 days before the tour -
Refund of 80% of the tour price.