Arrival in Arusha
Upon arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport, you will be met and transferred to Mt Meru Hotel for an overnight stay. You will be booked into this hotel on a B&B basis. There are different restaurants around the town for you to go and experience the local food.
- Main Destination:
- Arusha (City)
- Accommodation:
- Mount Meru Hotel
- Meals & Drinks:
Arusha- Tarangire National Park
Today after breakfast, you will be picked up from the hotel by your safari guide and driven to Tarangire National Park.
You'll enjoy the wildlife and stay overnight at Kudu Lodge.
Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are provided. Drinking water will also be provided every day per person.
Tarangire National Park is almost 3000 sq km in size and is probably best known for its huge numbers of elephants and baobab trees. The name of the park comes from the Tarangire River which crosses through the park. Tarangire is especially spectacular during the dry season (June - November) as wildlife concentrations rival that of the Serengeti (since enormous populations of elephants and other animals are drawn to the Tarangire River as their only source of water). With its varied habitats and permanent water in the Tarangire River, the park is home to over 2000 elephants and 500 bird species.
- Main Destination:
- Tarangire National Park
- Accommodation:
- Kudu Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Tarangire National Park - Ndutu
After breakfast, you'll drive to Southern Serengeti (the Ndutu area where the migration should partly be) in Ngorongoro and enjoy the wildlife.
The endless plains of Serengeti are also the setting for the world’s greatest wildlife spectacle—the 1.5 million wildebeest endless migration in search of fresh pastures. Each year this huge herd of wildebeest (along with over 200,000 zebra and gazelle) migrate in a clockwise direction around the Serengeti, up to the Masai Mara in Kenya, and then back down to the Serengeti to have their young (over 8000 wildebeest are born a day between mid-Feb and mid-March). Depending on the time of your visit, your driver guide will be able to share with you where the herd’s current location is at Ndutu.
Your overnight accommodation is at Ndutu Kati Kati Tented Camp. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are provided. Drinking water will also be provided every day per person.
- Main Destination:
- Ndutu (Southern Serengeti NP)
- Accommodation:
- Ndutu Kati Kati Tented Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Full-Day in Ndutu
Today, you will have a full day of game drive in Ndutu, enjoy the calving season migration game drive. The Serengeti National Park is the world's last great wildlife refuge as it contains an estimated three million large animals, most of which take part in a seasonal migration that is one of nature's wonders. The area covers 14,763 sq km and the name Serengeti comes from the Maasai 'Siringet', meaning endless plains. Your overnight stay will be at Ndutu Kati Kati Tented Camp.
Breakfast, lunch, and dinner as well as drinking water will be provided every day per person.
- Main Destination:
- Ndutu (Southern Serengeti NP)
- Accommodation:
- Ndutu Kati Kati Tented Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Ndutu - Serengeti National Park
Today, you will drive for the game drive from Ndutu toward Central Serengeti. You will enjoy the game drive on the way.
The Central Serengeti offers superb game viewing all year round due to its abundance of resident animals. Specifically, the Seronera River Valley in the Central Serengeti is a ‘must see’ on every safari regardless of the specific month of travel. Game viewing in Central Serengeti is at its best during the dry season (June - November) as resident animals are more concentrated in the immediate area due to the lack of water on the plains. Resident herbivores include impalas, buffalos, hippos, warthogs, topi, hartebeests, and giraffes. Resident carnivores include lions and leopards.
Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are provided. Your overnight stay will be at Kati Kati Tented Camp.
Drinking water will also be provided every day per person.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Serengeti Kati Kati Tented Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Serengeti National Park - Ngorongoro Crater
You will enjoy a half-day game drive in Serengeti. Later, you will drive to the rim of Ngorongoro Crater.
Later, you will drive to Ngorongoro Rhino Lodge for an overnight stay.
Breakfast, lunch, and dinner will be provided. Drinking water will also be provided every day per person.
There are several documented resident lion prides just within a one-hour game drive radius from Seronera. During the dry season, the resident pride begins to shift west and north in their territories and concentrate in the central region of the park. The dry season is a particularly good time for lion viewing in the Central Serengeti. The Central Serengeti is also one of the best areas in Africa to spot the elusive leopard. You may be lucky enough to encounter this majestic cat in the branches of the sausage trees that dot the banks of the Seronera River.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Rhino Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Ngorongoro Crater- Departure
At 6:30 am you will have breakfast, and descend into the crater for a crater game tour.
Later in the day, you will drive back to Arusha and proceed to Kilimanjaro International Airport for your flight back home. Breakfast and lunch are provided. Drinking water will also be provided every day per person.
Often called the 8th Natural Wonder of the World, the Ngorongoro Crater is the largest intact crater in the world. About 2 million years ago, the Ngorongoro volcano erupted, and its walls collapsed. The volcano floor sank to create a natural enclosure with its 600m tall walls. Now, over 19 kilometres wide, Ngorongoro Crater is filled with great areas of acacia forest, hippo-filled swamps, and open grasslands. These different habitats contain over 30,000 animals—including elephants, warthogs, flamingoes, magnificent birdlife, the rare black rhinoceros, and all the predatory cats. The Maasai can also be seen grazing their cattle alongside the buffalos and wildebeests.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Crater
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks: