8 Day Ndutu Calving season Serengeti Migration January to April

Day 1 Arrival in Arusha

You will be picked up from the airport by our representative and conveyed to your accommodation in Arusha where you will overnight, relax, and prepare in anticipation of the adventures to come. Our partner lodge.

Accommodation: Mount Meru Hotel

 

Day 2 Arusha to Tarangire National Park.

Our private safari guide will pick you up from your Arusha lodging in the morning. We set out for Tarangire National Park on a good tarmac road across gently rolling Masai plains with scattered acacia trees. As we speed ahead, we pass a lot of Masai in their vibrant clothing wandering alongside the road, riding bicycles, herding livestock, and pulling carts pulled by donkeys. Numerous more animals can be seen at Tarangire National Park, which is widely renowned for its sizable elephant herds. We explore the seasonal marshes, savanna, and life-giving Tarangire River from the open roof of our cutting-edge safari vehicle to spot a variety of animals, including zebra, wildebeest, buffalo, elephant, and giraffe, to mention a few. We might catch a glimpse of a lion hunting a prey item or a leopard watching, lounging in the branches above.

After a full day in the Park, we will drive to your luxury lodge where you will enjoy dinner and spend the night.

Accommodation

Luxury: Kitela Lodge

Day 3 Serengeti National Park

We left for the renowned Serengeti National Park, the starting point of the Great Migration, after breakfast. Driving up the crater highlands and halting at the rim for a bird’s-eye view of the magnificent Ngorongoro Crater offers breathtaking sights. The huge Serengeti is spread out in front of you as you go on. More than 2 million large animals, including more than a million wildebeest, live in this 6,900 square mile (18,000 square km) park known as Serengeti, which in Kiswahili means “endless plains.” This abundance of migratory prey attracts large predators to the area, including lions, cheetahs, and hyenas. Rock hyrax, bat-eared foxes, mongooses, honey badgers, jackals, monkeys, baboons, and African hares are among the smaller creatures that live there.

Accommodation: Kubu kubu Tented Camp

 

Day 4 Serengeti National Park

Game drives in the Serengeti are scheduled for this entire day. The Serengeti is well known for its vast herds of zebra, antelope, and wildebeest that migrate each year. The Serengeti is home to a variety of animals, including impala, buffalo, crocodiles, and hippopotamuses. The journey of the animals changes from year to year and is influenced by the rainfall. The animals migrate in November and December from the northern region, which is characterized by hills and woods, to the southern region’s grassy plains. They move back to the north during the lengthier rainy season, which lasts from April to June. In addition to the migratory herds, we might get the chance to observe the local predators, like as the lion, cheetah, and leopard, as they play their part in the cycle of life.

Accommodation: Kubu Kubu Tented Camp

 

Day 5 South Serengeti (Ndutu)

After breakfast, we’ll travel to the stunning Lake Ndutu region in the southern Serengeti eco-Ngorongoro system’s conservation area. The trip takes about three hours.

Despite being alkaline like the majority of the other Rift Valley Lakes, Lake Ndutu is a reliable source of water and is frequented by a broad variety of the diverse animals that call this region home.

After a delicious lunch at the lodge or tented camp, our appetites are satisfied and we go out on our afternoon wildlife drive in the Ndutu region. The short-grass plains typically host the majority of the wildebeest migration from December to April. The region is typically densely populated with elephants, giraffes, over 400 species of birds, and a multitude of other animals.

Accommodation

Luxury: Lake Masek Tented Lodge / Lake Ndutu Luxury Tented Lodge

 

Day 6 South Serengeti (Ndutu)

We leave after a filling breakfast to go on a full-day game drive in the Ndutu area. We will make an effort to investigate the variety of local habitats, which include soda lakes, swamps, wooded areas, and the renowned Serengeti short-grass plains. We will see the breathtaking spectacle of massive herds of zebra and wildebeest swarming together. The bulk of wildebeest calves within a brief window around February that typically lasts for about 3 weeks, giving birth to in the neighbourhood of 500,000 young in this amazing display of synchronized childbirth. Young animals are easy prey for several predators, with cheetahs being particularly active, along with Simba or Leo Panthera, and the sea of grass offers little protection.

Within three days of birth, wildebeest calves are often strong enough to keep up with the herd and can begin running.

As our adventure-filled day came to an end and the African night’s shadows started to fall, we made our way back to The Heritage Camp to relax once more, find vivification in discussion, and cast our minds back over the sights and sounds of the day on the Serengeti.

Accommodation

Luxury: Lake Masek Tented Lodge / Lake Ndutu Luxury Tented Lodge

 

Day 7  Ndutu to Ngorongoro Crater

Before beginning your journey to the Ngorongoro Crater, you will leave for a on-route wildlife drive via the Ndutu Area after breakfast. This UNESCO world heritage site is 600 m deep, has a surface area of around 260 square kilometres, and was formed millions of years ago. Of all the parks in Tanzania, the Crater offers the best game viewing because of its large animal population of about 25,000. Before lunch, you will reach the Crater rim. As you enter the Crater, you will soon be able to view wildebeest, zebras, gazelles, elephants, as well as some of the more than 500 bird species that inhabit the region.

After lunch and a full afternoon inside the Crater, you will head to your accommodation for dinner and an overnight stay.

Accommodation

Luxury: Kitela Lodge / Lake Manyara Kilima Moja / The Retreat at Ngorongoro

 

Day 8 Lake Manyara National Park to Arusha

After breakfast, you will travel to Lake Manyara National Park this park is located 120 kilometres west of Arusha, a tiny yet interesting park. A little salt lake serves as the park’s namesake. Thousands of flamingos and more than 500 other bird species call it home; it occupies a sizable portion of the park and floods and dries with the seasons. Monkeys, giraffes, zebras, wildebeest, buffalo, elephants, and, hopefully, lions relaxing in the trees can all be seen as you explore the park. You’ll travel back to Arusha in the late afternoon.