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Arrival
Day 1
Arusha - Serengeti South - Ndutu Area
Arusha - Serengeti South - Ndutu Area
In the early morning you will be picked up from your hotel accommodation in Arusha and transferred to Arusha Airstrip for your flight to Ndutu Area. Upon arrival, you’ll meet and greet with your tour guide/driver and then proceed to a game drive.
Lake Ndutu area, situated in the Ngorongoro conservation area, part of the southern Serengeti ecosystem. Lake Ndutu is alkaline, like most of the other Rift lakes; however, the water is still drinkable and used by a wide array of local wildlife. The majority of the wildebeest migration can normally be found on the short-grass plains from December to April. The area is usually heavily populated with elephants, birds, and resident game.
- Main Destination:
- Southern Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Gnu Ndutu Camp
Wildlife in Serengeti NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Ndutu Area, full game drive
Ndutu Area, full game drive
Start your day with a game drive in the Ndutu Area after breakfast, then around lunchtime go back to the camp for lunch, and then resume the game drive at Seronera wilderness, continue tracking the Great Migration trails. A thorough explanation of this great world event that Tanzania is proud of will be provided. And in the evening as the sun goes down, Tanzania’s oldest and most popular national park, also a world heritage site and recently proclaimed a 7th worldwide wonder, the Serengeti, is famed for its annual migration.
- Main Destination:
- Southern Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Gnu Ndutu Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Hot Air Balloon and game drive (Ndutu area)-Seronera
Hot Air Balloon and game drive (Ndutu area)-Seronera
Experience a hot air balloon safari early in the morning and then proceed back to the camp for breakfast. Afterwards, we’ll depart for Seronera with game drive en route.
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 around.
- Main Destination:
- Southern Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Gnu Ndutu Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Serengeti - Conservation Area game en route
Serengeti - Conservation Area game en route
After breakfast, we’ll continue the game drive in the Seronera area, and in the afternoon, we’ll proceed to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
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 40 km (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.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Highlands
- Accommodation:
- Ndutu Wilderness Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Ngorongoro Crater – Departure
Ngorongoro Crater – Departure
After breakfast in the early morning, we will descend to Ngorongoro Crater the world heritage site for the game drive. Afterwards, we drive back to Arusha and drop you off in the airport to catch your flight back home or to your next destination.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Crater
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater
- Meals & Drinks:
