$2,748 pp (USD)
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Arrival
Day 1
Fly From Zanzibar to Ndutu Plains & Begin Your Calving Season Adventure
Fly From Zanzibar to Ndutu Plains & Begin Your Calving Season Adventure
After breakfast at your accommodation, You will be picked up from your hotel in Zanzibar by private driver and transferred to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport for your morning flight to Ndutu Airstrip.
As you fly from Zanzibar's shores into Tanzania's wildlife country, the scenery shifts from turquoise waters to golden plains. On arrival at Ndutu, your professional safari guide will welcome you and begin your first game drive across the Ndutu Plains.
During calving season, Ndutu becomes one of Africa's greatest wildlife arenas vast wildebeest herds gather on the short-grass plains, and newborn calves draw predators like lions, cheetahs, and hyenas. Your guide will track the action and position the vehicle for great viewing and photos.
Around midday, enjoy a hot picnic lunch in the wilderness. After lunch, continue exploring the Ndutu Plains before heading to your accommodation in the evening. Upon arrival, enjoy dinner at your accommodation and relax beneath the African sky.
- Main Destination:
- Southern Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Kontiki Ndutu Camp
Wildlife in Serengeti NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Full-Day Guided Game Drive Experience in the Ndutu Calving Plains
Full-Day Guided Game Drive Experience in the Ndutu Calving Plains
Wake up to the sounds of the African wilderness and enjoy breakfast at your accommodation before I take you out for a full-day guided game drive across the Ndutu Plains.
Today is dedicated entirely to the drama of calving season. The short-grass plains offer excellent visibility as thousands of wildebeest gather to give birth, with newborn calves taking their first steps into the wild.
Your guide will help you spot the interactions between prey and predator lions, cheetahs, hyenas, and jackals following the herds. Depending on the day's movements, you may also see elephants, giraffes, gazelles, and abundant birdlife.
In the afternoon enjoy a hot picnic lunch in the bush, so you can spend nearly the whole day immersed in nature rather than returning to camp. Continue the afternoon game drive as changing light creates spectacular scenery across the plains, then return to your accommodation for dinner and a relaxing evening.
- Main Destination:
- Ndutu (Southern Serengeti NP)
- Accommodation:
- Kontiki Ndutu Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Guided Game Drive En Route to Ngorongoro Crater
Guided Game Drive En Route to Ngorongoro Crater
After breakfast, leave the Ndutu Plains behind and continue your safari toward the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, enjoying a fascinating game drive en route.
The journey takes you through changing landscapes, from the open plains of Ndutu toward the dramatic highlands surrounding Ngorongoro. Upon reaching the crater, descend approximately 600 metres into the Ngorongoro Crater for an unforgettable guided game drive.
Often described as one of Africa’s greatest wildlife destinations, the crater shelters an extraordinary concentration of animals within its natural amphitheatre. Watch for lion, elephant, buffalo, zebra, wildebeest, hippo and hyena, with a chance of encountering the endangered black rhino.
Enjoy a hot picnic lunch during your crater experience before continuing your exploration. Later, ascend from the crater and drive toward Karatu, where you’ll check in at your comfortable accommodation.
Enjoy dinner and reflect on the incredible wildlife experience of the previous days.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Crater
- Accommodation:
- Farm of Dreams Lodge
Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Guided Game Drive in Tarangire Land of Giants & Scenic Flight to Zanzibar
Guided Game Drive in Tarangire Land of Giants & Scenic Flight to Zanzibar
After breakfast, depart Karatu and begin your journey toward Tarangire National Park, famous for its enormous elephant herds, ancient baobab trees and diverse wildlife.
Upon arrival, enjoy a guided game drive through Tarangire National Park, exploring its varied landscapes and looking for elephants, lions, giraffes, zebras, wildebeest, buffalo and numerous bird species.
After your morning wildlife adventure, stop for a hot lunch before beginning your scenic journey toward Arusha Airport for your scheduled flight back to Zanzibar.
Upon arrival at Abeid Amani Karume International Airport, our driver will be waiting to welcome you and transfer you back to your Zanzibar accommodation.
Your 4-Day Ultimate Ndutu Calving Season Escape comes to an end, leaving you with unforgettable memories of newborn wildebeest, dramatic predator encounters, the Ngorongoro Crater and Tanzania's iconic landscapes.
- Main Destination:
- Tarangire National Park
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
Wildlife in Tarangire NP
- Meals & Drinks:
