7-Day Great Northern Serengeti Migration Safari
Highlights
Arusha, Tarangire National Park, Lake Manyara, Lake Eyasi, Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Locations Covered
Arusha, Tarangire National Park, Lake Manyara, Lake Eyasi, Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Conservation Area
safari, Tribal, Wildlife
Private Tour
7 Days
Easy
English
Description
Experience the ultimate African adventure with our 7-day Great Northern Serengeti Migration Safari. Witness the incredible Great Migration in Northern Serengeti as wildebeests, gazelles, and zebras make their annual journey. Encounter the Hadzabe and Datonga tribes at Lake Eyasi and learn about their unique way of life. Explore the stunning Ngorongoro Crater, home to the "big 5" game and other wildlife. Observe an abundance of elephants, giraffes, and lions at Tarangire National Park, and take a hot air balloon ride over Serengeti's vast savannah.
Itinerary
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Day 1. Arusha –Tarangire – Manyara/Karatu
- The Tarangire National Park has the highest density of elephants and giant baobab trees that dot the grassland in North Tanzania. You can view these animals all year round in. The herds often can reach an impressive number of 300 animals. The Tarangire River has water all year round, and during the dry season, between July and October, many animals from the surrounding areas come to the river for drinking.
- Visit the park during the dry season. You will witness a unique natural wonder as you can observe beautiful creatures such as lions, giraffes, buffaloes, wildebeests, zebras, and various antelopes and gazelles. With little luck, you can also spot a python! During the dry season, this area is also a haven for bird watchers with over 550 species, including the Masai Ostrich -the world’s giant bird. Around lunchtime, you will stop at a suitable picnic place before the afternoon is dedicated to more wildlife watching. Before sunset, you will be taken to your Camp or Lodge in Manyara (MtowaMbu) overnight.
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Day 2. Lake Eyasi (Full-Day Cultural tour)
- After exploring the wild animal at Tarangire national park, early in the morning, after having breakfast, we will drive to lake eyasi; this area is offered a unique landscape Lake Eyasi is a seasonal shallow endorheic Salt Lake on the floor of the Great Rift Valley at the base of the Serengeti Plateau, just south of the Serengeti National Park and immediately southwest of the Ngorongoro Crater in the Crater Highlands of Tanzania. The lake is elongated, orientated southwest to northeast, and lies in the Eyasi- Wembere branch of the Great Rift Valley wall.
- In the afternoon, you will be introduced to extraordinary people from an indigenous tribe known as the ‘Hadzabe’tribe and Datonga tribes. You will visit the tribes and learn how to track animals and medicine plants; in this area, it is easy to find and see wild animals, and a wide range of bird species can be viewed. In the late afternoon, you will drive back to Manyara/ Karatu.
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Day 3: Manyara/Karatu - Ngorongoro
- Early in the morning, after having breakfast, you will arrive at Ngorongoro after 3 hours; then, we will descend over 600m to the crater to view the wildlife. Ngorongoro crater is often called the world's largest caldera. It is often referred to as 'Africa's Garden of Eden' The crater has a definite world-class attraction surrounded by many wild animals. Ngorongoro Conservation Area is in northern Tanzania, and it’s home to the vast, volcanic Ngorongoro Crater and the "big 5" game (elephant, lion, leopard, buffalo, rhino). Huge herds of wildebeests and zebras traverse its plains during their annual migration.
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Day 04: Ngorongoro - Serengeti (Central Seronera)
- After reviewing the Ngorongoro crater early in the morning, after having breakfast will proceed with the game drive at Serengeti (central Seronera). A visitor should enjoy a full-day game drive at Serengeti national park.
- We descend toward the Lobo area and Grumeti River, located just north of the sooner area (central Serengeti national park). The wildebeest migration usually passes through the Lobo area and Grumeti River around July and October, and non-migrating animals like elephants, buffalo, gazelle, zebra, lion, leopard, and cheetah can be seen here. We will enjoy a game drive until the afternoon in Serengeti national park.
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Day 05: Serengeti (Central Seronera) - Northern Serengeti (Kogatende)
- After breakfast, a visitor enjoys a game drive to the Kogatende area, resident many numbers of wildlife are 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. A visitor can also use Hot Air Balloon to enjoy wild animals in this area.
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Day 06: Northern Serengeti (Kogatende)
- After breakfast, we head toward the northern Serengeti national park, 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 wild animals at Serengeti, like giraffes, simple game, herds of buffalo, and elephants. In mid of July to October, a movement of animals passes 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 in the area. The wildebeest migration can usually 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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Day 07: Northern Serengeti (Fly Out) – Back to Arusha
- After breakfast, a visitor proceeds early in the morning and enjoys the game drive at Kogatende (northern Serengeti). Around mid-morning, join a scheduled flight from kagatende airstrip to Rush airport; after arrival at Arusha airport, you will meet our driver, who will drive back to Arusha town. Upon arrival, you will have lunch and be taken to the hotel.
What's Included
What's Excluded
Meeting Point
Cancellation Policy
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For cancellations upto 2 days before the tour -
Refund of 80% of the tour price.
Price
Adult | |
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1 to 20 | /person |
Child | |
1 to 20 | /person |
This is a private tour |