8 DAYS 7 NIGHTS TARANGIRE / L. MANYARA / NGORONGORO CRATER / SERENGETI

Description

The Migration Safari promises you a ringside seat for what is indisputably the greatest wildlife show on earth - the crossing of the Serengeti plains of hundreds of thousands of wildebeest.

Program

• 1
  

  Day 1: Tarangire

  Depart from Arusha to Tarangire, arriving in time for lunch. Afternoon game viewing. The park has almost a surreal look about it, because of the ancient 100-year-old or more Baobab trees dotted about the landscape, giving it a pre-historic look during the dry season when the trees have no leaves. It is an ideal place to see elephant, especially between July and October. Overnight: Tarangire Safari Lodge.

• 2

  Day 2: Lake Manyara

  After breakfast a morning drive to Lake Manyara Park and a picnic lunch during a game viewing drive in the park. Famous for its tree climbing lions and herds of elephant, as well as sightings of hippo, giraffe and the pink feathered flamingo. The park has diverse ecological zones ranging from the rocky Great Rift Valley wall, a ground water forest, woodland, open grassland and swamp. Overnight: Kirurumu Luxury Tented Camp.

• 3&4
  

  Day 3&4: Ngorongoro Crater

  After breakfast guided walk from Kirurumu camp with spectacular views from the escarpment across the Rift Valley, with a stop at a local village where the local witch doctor may be in residence. After lunch drive to Ngorongoro Crater for overnight at Ngorongoro Serena Lodge. The next day, after an early breakfast, descend 610 meters to the crater floor for a full day's game viewing with picnic lunch. When the warm rays of the sun clear the morning mist, the first glimpse of the crater is breathtaking.

• 5-7

  Day 5-7: Serengeti

  After breakfast, morning drive to the Serengeti National Park, unique for its annual wildebeest migration. Afternoon game viewing drive and overnight at the Serengeti Serena Lodge. The following two days of game viewing drives in the Serengeti according to the animal migration periods. The Serengeti is undoubtedly the most famous wildlife sanctuary in the world with its seemingly endless plains, rivers and fascinating rocky outcrops called `kopjes’ and where the highest concentration of wildlife ebbs and flows. The famous wildebeest migration, rotate in their hundreds of thousands in a circuitous route seeking young blades of grass by following the rain patterns throughout the year. Overnight: Serengeti Serena Lodge.

• 8

  Day 8: Arusha

  After breakfast transfer to the airstrip at Seronera for the scheduled flight back to Arusha. Depart for home or take a coastal safari.