December is the home-coming month for the migrant animals. After travelling to Kenya for their annual sojourn, wildebeest, zebras and gazelles come home to Tanzania for Christmas and the New Year. After 8 months of gestation, pregnant wildebeest are ready to give birth to calves. This happens in Ndutu located in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and Southern Serengeti, mostly in February.
This Safari offers incomparable game viewing with a chance to witness the Serengeti Wildebeest Migration crossing the Mara River. Also a visit to Tarangire, famous for its baobab trees and game drives in the Ngorongoro Crater. Enjoy evening relaxation at excellent quality authentic tented camps in the African bush
Tour Price Details:
Days: 10 DAYS/9 NIGHTS
Price:
ESERE BASIC : 3,900
ESERE PLUS : 4,800
ESERE BASIC: Start with 8 plus people package -the lowest selling price as in rate guide and apply the ESERE BASIC Package rate
ESERE PLUS: Start with 8 plus people package – the lowest selling price and apply the ESERE PLUS package rate
Picking you from Kilimanjaro International Airport upon arrival and transferred to Arusha for relaxation and overnight stay.
Accommodation: The African Tulip Hotel
Meals included: N/A
Tarangire retains an air of undiscovered Africa. It is less visited than other northern Tanzanian parks and it is a haven for birds. 550 bird species, the world’s largest selection found in one habitat find their home in Tarangire. The stocking-thighed ostrich, the world’s largest bird, might greet you in its party dress of plumes!
Accommodation: EcoScience Camp
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Optional: extra fees apply
You can stay at Tarangire Safari Lodge located inside the park.Where you can go for a night game drive to spot nocturnal animals such as aardvarks, dik diks, genets, civet, serval cats, bush babies and various night birds.
The lush plains of the Serengeti have made it an ideal home to wildlife for millions of years. This ancient ecosystem continues to thrive and wildebeests, zebras, gazelles and giraffes are often seen grazing in herds. This is one of the best places in the world to spot lions dozing in a shade. Also, leaping after a marked prey or gnawing off a share of their hunt. Depart Tarangire and drive to Central Serengeti via Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
Accommodation: Kati Kati Tented Camp
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Early morning breakfast then depart for full day game drives at the northern Serengeti near the Tanzania and Kenya border.
Wildebeest Migration – July to October:
This is the long dry season and the wildebeest migration is moving north with the thundershowers. July, August and September are the months when wildebeest herds cross the crocodile-infested Mara River to reach the Masai Mara. And this provides for some amazing wildlife viewing.
Hundreds of thousands of wildebeest can congregate at crossing points, all crossing in a single continuous wave of beasts. And all this while tooth and claw are waiting around the sides to pick off the weak and the careless.
Accommodation: Chaka Camp – Serengeti North
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Early morning breakfast and then depart for full day game drives in Kogatende with your expert guide.
Many visitors only want to see the river crossings, but the true spectacle of the migration is more than 1,245,000 wildebeests, 200,000 Burchell’s zebras, 18,000 elands and 500,000 Thomson’s Gazelles filling the entire stretch of landscape. The shifting columns of the herds as they traverse the valleys and the hills can only be watched in awe. There is nothing else like this on earth. Enjoy your night at Chaka Serengeti safari camp.
Accommodation: Chaka Camp – Serengeti North
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Return to Central Serengeti after spending a few days in the northern part of the park bordering the Maasai Mara. Kubu Kubu is a brand new tented lodge opening in June 2016. It is situated on a hill, offering panoramic views of the endless savannah plains of Serengeti. You can enjoy a cocktail by the swimming pool, or sip a glass of wine in your private verandah. It’s the perfect place to relax after a day’s activities in the bush.
Accommodation: Kubu Kubu Tented Lodge
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Enjoy game viewing in central Serengeti before heading Ngorongoro Crater rim for dinner and overnight.
The world-famous Ngorongoro Crater is at the eastern edge of the Serengeti in northern Tanzania. Nearly three million years old. The ancient caldera of the once-volcanic Ngorongoro shelters one of the most beautiful wildlife havens on earth. Ringed with towering walls and sheltering forests, grasslands, fresh springs and a large soda lake.
Accommodation: Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Descend into the Ngorongoro caldera very early in the morning to view the wildlife on the crater floor. The Ngorongoro Crater is often called “Africa’s Eden” and the “8th Natural Wonder of the World”.
A massive extinct volcano, the sheet walls drop thousands of feet on the verdant floor below. Large herds of zebra, buffalo, antelope and wildebeest graze nearby while sleeping lions laze in the sun. At dawn, the endangered black rhino returns to the thick cover of the crater forests after grazing on dew-laden grass in the morning mist.
Leave the crater late afternoon and drive back to Arusha for relaxation and overnight.
Accommodation: The African Tulip Hotel
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch
Enjoy your morning at leisure. Take an optional Arusha town tour to visit the Cultural Heritage gallery, curio shops and the Tanzanite Experience. Transfer to Kilimanjaro Airport for your departure flight.
Accommodation: N/A
Meals included: Breakfast
