6-Day Mid-Range Serengeti Migration Western (May-July)

• You'll be collected from the airport.
• Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Arrive Kilimanjaro International airport or Arusha airport

Welcome to Tanzania.
On arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport or Arusha airport, meet enticing journeys representative for the drive to the Tulia hotel & Spa located in Arusha, one of the most influential cities in Tanzania. Strategically located at a base overlooking a remarkable view of Mt. Meru. Thus, representing one of Tanzania’s best views right at your doorstep. After settling into your room, take a walk around the garden or walk to the city of Arusha to explore the local people life, and daily activities.

Main Destination:

Arusha (City)

Accommodation:

Tulia Boutique Hotel & Spa

• Mid-range hotel located in Arusha (City)

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Meals & Drinks:

• Dinner (Breakfast & lunch not included)
• Drinks not included

Arusha to Tarangire National Park

You leave Arusha after breakfast with a picnic lunch packed safely away. The Rift Valley landscape drifts past as your guide heads for Tarangire National Park, the least visited reserve on the itinerary but one capable of delivering fantastic game viewing. Home to Tanzania’s biggest elephant population, Tarangire supports large numbers of buffalo, giraffe, zebra, and many antelope species, most evident during the dry season when concentrations of animals at the life-giving Tarangire River are at their peak.
You stop at a picnic site and enjoy your lunch with breath-taking views of the park’s landscape and the river below you, and maybe in the company of elephants drinking and digging water from the sand River banks, after lunch proceeds with game viewing and the late afternoon leave the park and, drive to your, lodge Motto cottages located on beautiful Rift Valley flour surrounded by the acacia woodland.

Main Destination:

Tarangire National Park

Best Time To Visit July to November (Animals come to the Tarangire River)

High Season June to October (The park is full of visitors)

Best Weather June to October (Little rainfall)

Wildlife in Tarangire NP

ElephantAbundant

GiraffeCommon

LionCommon

BuffaloAbundant

ZebraAbundant

WildebeestAbundant

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HippoCommon

HyenaOccasional

LeopardRare

CheetahRare

Wild DogVery Rare

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

Accommodation:

Eileen's Trees Inn

• Mid-range lodge located in Karatu (Town)

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Manyara to Serengeti National Park

The day starts with a leisurely breakfast at the lodge before departing to Serengeti National Park carrying a packed picnic lunch. Tanzania’s oldest and most popular national park, also a world heritage site, the Serengeti, is famed for its annual migration of wildebeest, zebra, and gazelles. Some 1,5 million wildebeest hooves pound the open plains while more than 300 000 zebras and 500 000 Thomson gazelles join their trek searching for fresh grazing. Even when the migration is quiet, the Serengeti offers arguably the best game viewing in Africa. Here you will see great herds of buffalo, smaller groups of elephants and giraffes, and thousands of eland, topi, kongoni, impala, and Grant’s gazelle. The best time to observe predator' and prey interaction is between May and July. We will spend two days exploring the plains, waterholes, kopjes, and rivers, witnessing the spectacular migration. The eastern plains of Namiri and the Gol-kopjes offer excellent cheetah and lion sightings.

Main Destination:

Serengeti National Park

Best Time To Visit January to February and June to October (Different areas are best at different times)

High Season July to March (The Seronera area is crowded)

Best Weather June to October (Little to no rainfall)

Wildlife in Serengeti NP

ElephantCommon

LionCommon

CheetahCommon

BuffaloAbundant

ZebraAbundant

WildebeestAbundant

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GiraffeCommon

HippoCommon

HyenaCommon

LeopardOccasional

Black RhinoVery Rare

Wild DogVery Rare

White RhinoNone

Accommodation:

Kon Tiki Serengeti Camp

• Mid-range tented camp located inside Serengeti NP

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Exploring the Serengeti Western Corridor

After breakfast, you will head straight towards the western corridor on which the drive takes approximately 1.5 hours.
Around the end of April, May and June, a vast army of wildebeests along with its partners: zebras, elands and gazelles mill around the Western Corridor of the Serengeti, south of the Grumeti River. You can encounter leopards and hyenas and ahead by giant Nile crocodiles, many hundreds perish as some hazard the river crossing while others detour it. But the beauty of the landscape, stretching without end beneath an infinite sky on a Serengeti West Safari, changes something within the watcher, who becomes more aware of the place of humankind within the drama of the animal world.
You will then head straight to your accommodation, where you will have dinner and overnight.

Main Destination:

Western Serengeti National Park

Accommodation:

Kon Tiki Serengeti Camp

• Mid-range tented camp located inside Serengeti NP

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water & beer and wine (Other drinks not included)

Serengeti National Park to Ngorongoro Conservation Area

After breakfast, you will head to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Enjoy an en-route game drive through the Serengeti as you make your way to your next destination. You might be able to spot the Big Five – lion, elephant, buffalo, rhino, and leopard during the day. The next destination is Ngorongoro Conservation Area and the Ngorongoro Crater. Here, animals roam freely through the unfenced reserves, offering an uninterrupted game-viewing experience. Arriving at the crater's edge, you will have your first glimpse of the sights that awaits you the following day – glistening streams, open grassland, and an infinite number of animals. You will spend the night at a lodge in Karatu.

Main Destination:

Serengeti National Park

Accommodation:

Eileen's Trees Inn

• Mid-range lodge located in Karatu (Town)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Ngorongoro Crater Tour to Mto wa Mbu

We leave Eileen's Trees inn Lodge very early in the morning and travel through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area before descending 610m down to the grasslands of the Ngorongoro Crater floor, an area of about 265km2. Despite being relatively small, the crater is Big Five country. The openness of the terrain means easy and rewarding game viewing. You spend the day exploring the crater floor, stopping for a picnic lunch amidst the grazing herds.

Formed by a massive volcanic eruption, the world's largest intact and un-flooded caldera provides a year-round home to 25 000 large mammals, including black rhino, wildebeest, and zebra, with Africa's densest concentration of hyena. In addition, the crater's forests shelter elephants and buffalo, and its wetlands are home to hippos and flamingos. Lions, jackals, leopards, and caracals comprise this area's full range of predators.

Late afternoon we will leave the crater behind, and drive to Arusha. We will will drop you at the airport.

Main Destination:

Ngorongoro Crater

Best Time To Visit June to October (Wildlife viewing is best)

High Season Most of the year – July to March (Expect crowds)

Best Weather June to October (Rainfall is little to none)

Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater

Black RhinoCommon

LionCommon

BuffaloAbundant

ZebraAbundant

WildebeestAbundant

HyenaAbundant

Show more

ElephantCommon

HippoCommon

LeopardOccasional

GiraffeNone

White RhinoNone

CheetahNone

Wild DogNone

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• You'll be dropped off at the airport.