5 DAYS GREAT TANZANIA SERENGETI MIGRATIO SAFARI IN SERENGETI AND NGORONGORO

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2023 Mar 03
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This 5-Day Great Serengeti Migration Safari package has been designed specifically to focus on and to increase your chance to see the great Serengeti Northern Serengeti Wildebeest Migration (mara river crossing), Ngorongoro Crater. We have designed the itinerary to include both the Lobo area (area north of the central Serengeti National Park) and Wagakuria area (remote northern Serengeti National Park) where the majority of the wildebeest migration can normally be found from Mid-july to October. This itinerary has been designed that you Drive/Drive back from the Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro then back to Arusha town. The itinerary also include a visit to the world famous Ngorongoro Crater.

Mid-july through October, the migration heads north, out of the central Serengeti, splitting into two routes. The main group heads into the western corridor crossing the Grumeti River in spectacular stampedes. Enormous crocodiles wait patiently to snatch wildebeests as they surge across the river. The wildebeest continue to move steadily across the Grumeti region, making another perilous river crossing to cross the Mara River and reach the lush grazing in Kenya's Masai Mara.

0. Kilimanjaro Airport - Arusha

Arrival - Arusha

Upon arrival at Arusha/Kilimanjaro airport, your Tanzania Burigi Chato Safaris guide will pick you up and transfer you to your hotel in Arusha or Moshi Tanzania. Settle into your accommodation, relax and get used to the African atmosphere. Ready to start your 5 Days Great Tanzania Serengeti Migration safari (Mara River Crossing) and Ngorongoro the next day.

Arusha is a city in northern Tanzania and the capital of the Arusha Region, with a population of 416,442 plus 323,198 in the surrounding Arusha District Located below Mount Meru on the eastern edge of the eastern branch of the Great Rift Valley, Arusha has a temperate climate. The city is close to the Serengeti National Park, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Lake Manyara National Park, Olduvai Gorge, Tarangire National Park, Mount Kilimanjaro, and Arusha National Park on Mount Meru.

Accommodation: (OPTION)

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

overnight stay – (Arusha – Arusha Town)

BUDGET LODGES –

Mrimba palm Hotel | Arusha tourist inn hotel

MID-RANGE LODGES –

Natron Palace Hotel | City Link Hotel | Charity international

LUXURY LODGES –

Mount Meru Hotel | Tulia Hotel & Spa | Kibo Paris | Arusha Serena Lodge

SUPPER LUXURY LODGES –

Arusha – Serengeti (Via Ngorongoro)

On this day you leave Moshi or Arusha town; the base town for safaris in the northern Tanzania and along the Arusha – Dodoma highway a scenic drive towards the Serengeti National Park via Ngorongoro Conservation area. You will pass by a supermarket (if you wish) for some last-minute shopping of any personal effects that you may need. You’ll arrive Serengeti at the rate afternoon.

Serengeti National Park – with its endless plains, rolling into the distance as far as the eye can see. We’ll proceed to the Lobo area which is located just north of the Seronera area (central Serengeti National Park). The wildebeest migration, normally pass through the Lobo area every year around July / August en-route to the Kenya’s Masai Mara Game Reserve and again in late October / November en-route to the southern Serengeti National Park.

You can break up the drive with some or both of thebelow activities:

Both of the above activities are excluded in your Tour (additional cost is Needed).

Arrive the Serengeti in the late afternoon for an Evening game drive until Evening when you will check in at a Camp/lodge, dinner and overnight. Lunch is taken at one of the Picnic sites most likely at the Naabi Hill Gate where you will also get the chance to stretch your legs as your guide sorts out the registration and relevant paperwork. Dinner and overnight at Serengeti. All meals included.

Accommodation:

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

overnight stay – (Serengeti – Central Serengeti)

BUDGET CAMPING –

Nyani (Seronera) Public Campsite | Pimbi Public campsite

MID-RANGE LODGES –

Katikati Tented Lodge | Kenzan Tented Camp | Kiota Tented Camp | Serengeti Wilderness Camp

LUXURY LODGES –

Serengeti Serena Lodge | Serengeti Wildlife Lodge | Angata Serengeti | Asanja Moru | Dunia Camp (ASILIA AFRICA) | Kiota Camp | Serengeti Sopa Lodge

SUPPER LUXURY LODGES – Four Season Safari Lodge | Melia Serengeti Lodge | &Beyond Serengeti Under Canvas |

Serengeti (Central) – Northern Serengeti (Kogatende Area)

After breakfast, we head towards the far northern reach of the Serengeti National Park, also known as the Wagakuria. We will do a game drive en-route from the Lobo area to the Wagakuria area. As we head north, good sightings of giraffe, plain game, herds of buffalo and elephants can often be seen.

We arrive in time for lunch at the lodge and after lunch we will enjoy an afternoon game drive in the area. The wildebeest migration can normally be found in the Wagakuria area from Mid-july to October, depending on rainfall patterns. A long stretch of the Mara River runs through the northern Serengeti National Park and the Mara River provides the migration with its most difficult obstacle. Witnessing the frantic herds of wildebeest crossing the Mara River is amazing.

Accommodation:

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

overnight stay – (Serengeti – Northern Serengeti)

BUDGET CAMPING –

Robo Campsite

MID-RANGE LODGES –

Chaka Tented Camp | Kenzan Mara Tented Camp | Mara River Kati Kati |

LUXURY LODGES –

Lobo Wildlife Lodge | Angata Bologonja Tented Camp &Beyond Klein’s Camp | Bologonya Under Canvas | Lemala Kuria Hills | Singita Mara River Tented Camp | Mara mara Lodge| Orakira Migration Camp | Under Camvas |

Northern Serengeti (Kogatende) -Central Serengeti

After breakfast, enjoy a full day game drive in the Wagakuria area. Resident wildlife numbers are exceptionally high in this area of the park, with prides of lion up to 30 strong, however, from Mid-July to October the area turns into a wildlife paradise. The key feature is the Mara River and it is not uncommon to see the herds cross the Mara River north on one day and then back south a few days later. Please take note –Finding a crossing is very difficult and is sometimes a matter of luck. A herd can be seen next to river and only decide to cross or not cross until 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.

(An option of doing a Hot Air Balloon is also in this area)

Serengeti Balloon Safaris: There are no words that can do the experience of floating over the Serengeti justice.” Get a birds-eye view of the park as you rise alongside the sun.

The flight lasts about an hour, after which passengers gather round a table, surrounded by the park’s lush plains, for an “Out of Africa” English-style breakfast.

Accommodation:

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

overnight stay – (Serengeti – Central Serengeti)

BUDGET CAMPING –

Nyani (Seronera) Public Campsite | Pimbi Public campsite

MID-RANGE LODGES –

Katikati Tented Lodge | Kenzan Tented Camp | Kiota Tented Camp | Serengeti Wilderness Camp

LUXURY LODGES –

Serengeti Serena Lodge | Serengeti Wildlife Lodge | Angata Serengeti | Asanja Moru | Dunia Camp (ASILIA AFRICA) | Kiota Camp | Serengeti Sopa Lodge

SUPPER LUXURY LODGES – Four Season Safari Lodge | Melia Serengeti Lodge | &Beyond Serengeti Under Canvas |

Serengeti (Central) – Ngorongoro

Proceed with morning and afternoon game drives in the Serengeti with a lunch and leisure break at the lodge in the midafternoon. The term Serengeti means endless plains in Masai language. In the central plains there are carnivores like leopard, lion, hyena and cheetah.

This park is normally the scene of the annual migration of wildebeest and zebra that occurs between the Kenyan Mara and the Serengeti. Varied bird species can be seen here including eagles, ducks, geese, egrets, vultures, secretary birds, ibis, stork, herons, kites, pelicans, cranes and guinea fowl.

The Serengeti National park is a arguably the best known wildlife sanctuary in the world with over 3 million large mammals. About 35 species of plains animals can be seen there including the “big 5” - Elephant, Rhino, Lion, Leopard and Buffalo. Other common species found here includes hippo, giraffe, eland, impala and other antelope types, baboons, monkey and a profusion of over 500 species of birds.

In May or early June, huge herds of wildebeest, gazelle and zebra begin their annual spectacular migration northwards. In their wake follow predators, lion, cheetah and wild dogs with vultures circling overhead!

After having your lunch, you will continue with game view in Serengeti heading to the gate of Serengeti to check out of Serengeti National Park, after there you will proceed with game on route heading to Ngorongoro Crater. Dinner and overnight at a Camp or Lodge at the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater rim.

(An option of doing a Hot Air Balloon is also in this area)

Serengeti Balloon Safaris: There are no words that can do the experience of floating over the Serengeti justice.” Get a birds-eye view of the park as you rise alongside the sun.

The flight lasts about an hour, after which passengers gather round a table, surrounded by the park’s lush plains, for an “Out of Africa” English-style breakfast.

Accommodation:

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Overnight stay – (Ngorongoro – Ngorongoro {Crater Rim})

BUDGET CAMPING –

Simba Public Campsite

MID-RANGE LODGES –

Rhino Hotel

LUXURY LODGES –

Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge | Ngorongoro Wildlife |

Ngorongoro SopaEntamanu Camp | Kirurumu Ngorongoro | Lemala Ngorongoro Camp |

SUPPER LUXURY LODGES –

Ngorongoro Crater Lodge

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