8 Days Great Migration Safari – Tarangire, Serengeti & Ngorongoro

The first day of your safari will begin at 8 AM in the morning with a pick up from your hotel at Arusha. Once everyone is aboard, you will head towards Tarangire National Park. The 150 Km drive will be covered in about 3hrs. As you begin your game drive, you will be welcomed by the ancient and gigantic Baobab trees, which make even animals like the giraffe look tiny. The game drive goes on till about late afternoon and includes a small stop for a picnic lunch. The 3,000 Sq Km park gets its name from the Tarangire River that flows through it. The river attracts a lot of diverse animals and you should be able to spot a lot of elephants, giraffes, lions, antelopes and zebra. The Tarangire National Park has the highest concentration of elephants, which offers a unique chance for you to observe interactions between elephant families. Post the game drive, you will head back to your camp/lodge where a delicious dinner awaits you. Have a good night’s sleep for tomorrow’s adventure.

Your adventure begins early in the morning with a hearty breakfast, before departing from Karatu by 6:00 AM. The journey takes you through the scenic Ngorongoro Conservation Area and across the endless plains of the Serengeti, with game viewing opportunities along the way. As you drive further north towards the Kogatende region, the landscape gradually shifts from open grasslands to rolling hills and riverine woodland. This region is one of the best vantage points to witness the Great Migration, where thousands of wildebeest and zebras gather near the Mara River, braving dramatic river crossings. En route, you’ll enjoy a picnic lunch in the wild and continue with game drives in search of resident wildlife such as elephants, giraffes, lions, leopards, and cheetahs. By late afternoon, you will arrive at your camp/lodge in Northern Serengeti, where a warm dinner and a restful overnight stay await after a rewarding day of exploration.

Starting your day at the routine time of 8AM after a heavy breakfast, today you will head south towards the central serengeti. The 4Hr drive to the centre will offer mild enroute game. The drive south from the Mara river valley takes you through hill country, the Lobo area, woodlands and then back into the seronera terrain. The central portion of the Serengeti – known as Seronera area is one of the richest wildlife habitats in the park. As you make your way into the seronera region, you will begin to notice the hilly and broken terrain altering into plain grasslands. Here, one must really look out for the many lion prides that thrive in this region. The interactions and survival of these lion prides provide an excellent game viewing experience all year round. A picnic lunch will be done during the day long drive itself. The eventful day comes to an end with a heavy dinner and a good night’s rest in your accommodation. The next day you will head towards the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

On the last day of your safari, you will have an early start. Finishing up with a quick breakfast you will make an early descend at around 6:30AM into the crater floor. The Ngorongoro crater is the world’s largest inactive, intact and unfilled volcanic caldera. It has a massive floor of about 260 sq kms with a depth of over 2000 feet. The 5-hour game drive in the crater floor, will show you a lot of animal action. Keeping the camera ready is definitely recommended. The African elephant, buffalo, Black rhino, Hippos, Hyenas, Cheetahs and Lions are found in plenty. Post the picnic lunch at the beautiful Hippo pool, you will begin a steep ascend to the top exit of the crater. This is the last leg of your safari, with a 4hr drive left to Arusha. You will be dropped off to your preferred location in Arusha by 6PM in the evening. With an incredible experience and loads of memories to cherish, this is the time you bid goodbye to your team. In fact, the crater has the greatest concentration of wild life in the planet. It contains a river, several swamps, a soda lake that, from the top, looks like steam, full of flamingoes, a forest and open plains. The large bull elephants that reside here have extremely large tusk, due to the rich mineral content of the volcanic soil and its grasses

A final sunrise game drive around Seronera, when lions and cheetahs are most active, then head south-east across the plains with game viewing on the way out of the park. Stop at Naabi Hill gate before climbing into the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, where Maasai herders graze cattle on the green highland slopes. Arrive at your lodge on the crater rim in the late afternoon for dinner and a cool highland night.