8-Day Serengeti Migration & River Crossing Group Safari

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

Kilimanjaro Ariport to Arusha

Our friendly safari team will welcome you at Kilimanjaro Airport, and they will transfer you to Arusha. Arusha is the hub of Tanzania's legendary Northern safari circuit and home to Mt Kilimanjaro, the Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, Tarangire and Lake Manyara National Parks. Arusha is also one of the major coffee-growing regions in Tanzania.
Stay: Kahawa Lodge (Standard room)
Meals: Lunch, dinner & breakfast.

Main Destination:

Arusha (City)

Accommodation:

Kahawa House

• Luxury lodge located in Arusha (City)

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinks not included

Arusha to Tarangire National Park to Lake Manyara

After breakfast, we head off to Tarangire National Park, known as the land of giants - elephants and baobab trees. En-route stop at a supermarket near Arusha for last-minute shopping (buy drinks to enjoy in your vehicles while on safari). We’ll leave Arusha behind and drive to Tarangire National Park for game drive in the park. The landscape is ironically African with open Acacia woodlands and Baobab trees scattered all over the area. It has the greatest concentration of wildlife outside the Serengeti ecosystem.
Late afternoon we travel towards the local town of Mto Wa Mbu (Maasai for Mosquito Village). Bananas are the main export in the area, and there are over thirty species of banana in the village, including a red banana which we recommend you give a try! We continue to drive up the Rift Valley escarpment to our lodge.
Stay: Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge (Standard room)
Meals: Picnic lunch, dinner & breakfast.

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:

Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge

• Luxury lodge located 1-2hr drive from Tarangire NP

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinks not included

Lake Manyara to Ngorongoro Crater

After breakfast, we drive from Lake Manyara with a stop at the African Galleria (for shopping of Tanzania art, memorabilia and Tanzanite’s), before driving to the Crater to enjoy an extended game drive along the Crater floor. A steep entry track leads us 600m down to the magnificent Ngorongoro Crater floor (referred to as the Garden of Eden). Witness an unforgettable spectacle of African wildlife - a world teeming with animals. The park sustains a vast variety of animals, including the black rhino, with its year-round water supply and fodder. Another big drawcard to this picturesque park is its dense population of predators, which includes lions, hyenas, jackals, and the ever-elusive leopard. People like to visit the crater at this time of year because of the large likelihood of encountering the Big 5. Late afternoon ascent to the crater rim with a short drive to your lodge.
Stay: Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge (Standard room)
Meals: Picnic lunch, dinner & breakfast.

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

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ElephantCommon

HippoCommon

LeopardOccasional

GiraffeNone

White RhinoNone

CheetahNone

Wild DogNone

Accommodation:

Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge

• Luxury lodge located on the crater rim of Ngorongoro Crater

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinks not included

Ngorongoro Crater to Central Serengeti

After breakfast, we continue our journey to the Serengeti National Park with the option to visit a Maasai Village (at extra cost) near Ngorongoro Crater. After bidding the Maasai farewell, we continue our journey to the Central Serengeti with game viewing as we make our way towards the camp. The Central area encompasses the world-famous Seronera Valley which is known for its prime wildlife-viewing opportunities. You can visualise the meaning of the word ‘Serengeti’ at this point – which means the ‘endless plains’ in Maasai. The Serengeti - renowned for its incredible concentrations of predators and the Great Migration of more than 1,5 million wildebeest and hundreds of thousands of zebras.
Stay: Signature Serengeti Tented Camp (Tent)
Meals: Picnic lunch, dinner & breakfast.

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

Show more

GiraffeCommon

HippoCommon

HyenaCommon

LeopardOccasional

Black RhinoVery Rare

Wild DogVery Rare

White RhinoNone

Accommodation:

Signature Serengeti Luxury Tented Safari Camp

• Luxury tented camp located inside Central Serengeti NP

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinks not included

Central Serengeti to Northern Serengeti

We explore more of the Central Serengeti before we are off to our next location in the Northern Serengeti, Kogatende. The Seronera is often referred to as 'big cat country', and its kopjes and acacias provide an excellent opportunity to spot a pride of lions, cheetahs, and leopards. We drive towards the beautiful Northern Serengeti enjoying en-route game viewing. The Northern Serengeti is virtually unexplored. With spectacular landscapes and magnificent wildlife, it offers an incredible and unforgettable Serengeti safari experience.
Stay: Mara Under Canvas (Tent)
Meals: Picnic lunch, dinner & breakfast.

Main Destination:

Northern Serengeti National Park

Accommodation:

Mara Under Canvas

• Mid-range tented camp located inside Northern Serengeti NP

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinks not included

Northern Serengeti

Enjoy a full day in Serengeti with game drives. You can do a game drive from sunrise to sunset, taking a picnic lunch, or choose to explore more leisurely, coming back to the camp for lunch and do a morning and afternoon game drive. Explore more of what the Serengeti offers and to enjoy the greatest safari spectacle in the world – the great wildebeest migration as herds of wildebeest gathers at the Mara River to cross! During this period herds are crisscrossing between the Masai Mara and the Serengeti on a regular base.
Stay: Mara Under Canvas (Tent)
Meals: Picnic lunch, dinner & breakfast.

Main Destination:

Northern Serengeti National Park

Accommodation:

Mara Under Canvas

• Mid-range tented camp located inside Northern Serengeti NP

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinks not included

Northern Serengeti

Book an early morning balloon safari (at extra cost) and enjoy floating over the famous Serengeti National Park with its enchanting scenery and amazing wildlife. The migration is rated as one of the world’s most incredible wildlife spectacles. It is a natural phenomenon like no other, a spectacle not to be missed. The Mara River runs more or less along the border of Tanzania and Kenya, separating the Serengeti National Park from the Masai Mara. We stay in the Kogatende area where the main crossings happen as there are many crossing points. This is also the only place where you can cross the Mara River by vehicle to the north bank (to the Lamai Wedge area).
Stay: Mara Under Canvas (Tent)
Meals: Picnic lunch, dinner & breakfast.

Main Destination:

Northern Serengeti National Park

Accommodation:

Mara Under Canvas

• Mid-range tented camp located inside Northern Serengeti NP

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinks not included

Northern Serengeti to Arusha to Kilimanjaro Airport

Check-out at the camp after a packed safari filled with endless memories and sightings and drive to the airstrip for our flight by light aircraft to Arusha where we stop at the Cultural Heritage Centre (for shopping of Tanzania art, memorabilia, and Tanzanite’s), and enjoy our picnic lunch. Our safari adventure comes to an end as we drive to Kilimanjaro Airport for our onward flight home.
(Please arrange your flight to depart late afternoon or arrange with us any extra overnight accommodation and transfers you may need).

Main Destination:

Arusha (City)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

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

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