7 Days Great Migration Safari

Tanzania

Price

From $3850.00

Duration

7 days

Max People

120

Min Age

Tour Type

Luxury Safari, midrange, safari

Overview

The great migration is the largest heard movement of animals on the planet. In fact, with up to 1,000 animals per km2, the great columns of wildebeest can be seen from space. The numbers are astonishing: over 1.2 million wildebeest and 300,000 zebra along with topi and other gazelle move in a constant cycle through the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem in search of nutritious grass and water. Guided by survival instinct, each wildebeest will cover 800 to 1,000km on its individual journey along age-old migration routes. Hungry predators including lion, leopard, cheetah, hyena, wild dog and crocs make sure only the strongest survive in this natural spectacle also known as 'the greatest show on Earth.'

The circuit takes the animals from the Ngorongoro Conservation Area (although not into the Crater itself) in the south of the Serengeti In Tanzania, up through the Serengeti and across into the Masai Mara in Kenya and back again. The journey is beset with danger: young calves are snatched by predators, the slow are brought down by prides of lion, brave beasts break legs on steep river slopes, crocodiles take share of the stragglers, and the weak and exhausted drown.

Tour Plan

Day 1 - Tarangire National Park

Leave at hotel at 06:00 am and transfer to the Tarangire National Park via Arusha city, the drive cover approximately covers around 4 hours to the park gate. You'll spend a 7 - 8 hours drive within the park that is famous in having a big number of elephants and huge scattered baobab trees. Other mammals like giraffes, antelopes, lions and cheetahs can be seen. At 05:00 pm you'll leave the park and drive to the hotel for your dinner and overnight.

Accomodation: Camping/Mid-range/Luxury lodge

Meal: Full board accomodation.

Day 2 - Serengeti National Park(North)

After breakfast, will depart around 7am leave the lodge/campsite and drive to Serengeti North and arrive at 10am for a game drive in Northern Mara. Serengeti, among other incredible wildlife and stunning views is famed for the annual migration of over 1.5 million wildebeest and hundred thousand of zebras, a frenzied bout of territorial conquests and mating happening from July-October. Witness an actual survival of the fittest as these animals plunge through crocodile-infested waters. The wildebeest produces more than 8,000 calves daily before the 1,000 km (600 mile) pilgrimage begins again.

Accomodation: Camping/Mid-range/Luxury lodge

Meal: Full board accomodation.

Day 3 - Serengeti North (Kogatende)

After breakfast, we depart for Serengeti North for a game drive viewing the great migration. River crossings at Kogatende starts in August as the mega herd settles into the area. Between August- October, game viewing is at its best with river crossings pretty much guaranteed every day. There is no distinct movement as the herds tend to cross back and forth over the river, following the rains and subsequent fresh grasses.

Accomodation: Camping/Mid-range/Luxury lodge

Meal: Full board accomodation.

Day 4 - Serengeti North (Kogatende)

After breakfast, we will proceed for a full day game drive viewing the great migration at Mara area. Resident wildlife numbers are exceptionally high in the Wagakuria area. The key feature is the Mara River and there is a great chance to see the herds cross the Mara River to the north on one day and back south a few days later. Please note that it can be very difficult to witness crossing and is sometimes a matter of luck. A herd can be seen next to river and only decide to cross a couple of days later. This area is a stunning region with kopjes, woodland, riverine vegetation and open plains, similar to Kenya's Masai Mara Game Reserve.

Accomodation: Camping/Mid-range/Luxury lodge

Meal: Full board accomodation.

Day 5 - Serengeti National Park (Central Seronera)

After breakfast at the camp, we drive to Serengeti central, Tanzania's oldest and most popular national park and a world heritage site. The Serengeti is famed for its annual migration, when some six million hooves pound the open plains, as more than 200,000 zebra and 300,000 Thomson's gazelles join the wildebeest's trek for fresh grazing. Yet even when the migration is quiet, the Serengeti offers an amazing game-viewing in Africa: great herds of buffalo, smaller groups of elephant and giraffe, and thousands of elands, topi, kongoni, impala and Grant's gazelle.

Day 6 - Serengeti Central (Central Seronera)

After breakfast, we will have a full day game drive in Central Serengeti. Apart from the large mammals, Serengeti is also home to gaudy agama lizards; Rock hyraxes scuffle around the surfaces of the park's isolated granite koppies. Wide varieties of dung beetle were found, and around 500 bird species have been recorded ranging from the outsized ostrich and bizarre secretary bird of the open grassland, to the black eagles that soar effortlessly above the Lobo Hills.

Day 7 - Ngorongoro Crater Tour

Today you will be picked up at your hotel after an early breakfast, we will have an early morning game drive to Ngorongoro inside the Crater. The Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA) is an extensive highland area along the eastern arm of the Rift Valley, with the world-renowned Ngorongoro Crater as its focal point. Ngorongoro was established to conserve wildlife and other natural resources. It also safeguards the interests of indigenous people and promotes tourism. Later on we will check out the permit and start to make our way to Moshi / Arusha / Airport.