9 Days 8 Nights Cozy Comfort Migration Safari

One of our guides will welcome you at the Kilimanjaro International Airport or Arusha airport and drive to your accommodation in Arusha, where you will be able to refresh and prepare for your safari experience.

Starting at your accommodation around 08h00am, you will have a short briefing about safari there after you will start driving by your driver guide depart to Tarangire National Park. The Tarangire National Park is located in South west of Arusha Region and South of Lake Manyara, the River which pass inside of the Park is the one which deliver the Name of the Park “TARANGIRE” which means the River of Warthog in Bungwe Language. The source of Tarangire River starts from Kondoa High Lands and ends in Lake Burunge via Tarangire National Park; The Tarangire National Park was established in 1970 by the government for the aim of reserve Fauna and Flora in the natural habitants /environments, the Park covers an area of 2,850 kilometers square with different lands scraps such as savanna with scatted trees, savanna with grass and plains, swamps and small hills. Attitude of Tarangire National Park is 1,100 above sea level, and 120 kilometer from Arusha. When you’re in Tarangire it will be possible to collect amazing African Postcards for viewing those attractions which found in the Park such as High concentrations of Elephants, The oldest and huge Baobab Trees, the Tree Python in trees and in swamp water, some Herbivore and Carnivore like White Beard Wildebeest, Lesser Kudu, Elands, Impalas, Thomson’s Gazelles, Grand’s Gazelles, Zebras, Lions, Cheetah, Leopards, 850 species of Residents and Migrants Birds. The uniqueness of Tarangire National Park is the local Migration which done by Herbivore for finding the mineral grass outside the Park during the rainy season around the Maasai steps and this kind of migration they done on February to May and be back in the Park on June to January. After done the game drive in the Park you will have lunch at Picnic site and then you will be driving to the Park gate with game viewing en route for Exit the Park towards to your accommodation place for dinner and overnight.

After morning breakfast at your accommodation place your driver guide will pick you and start driving to Lake Manyara National Park for game drive and canoeing. The Lake Manyara National Park was established in 1960, and cover an area of 648 Kilometers Square so is among of oldest National Park in Tanzania and also is the among of Man and Biosphere Reserve in Tanzania. The Park is Located on North Tarangire and West part of Arusha Region. The Park deliver its Name from Maasai Language “EMANYATA” the name of plant “Euphorbia turicalii” which was used by Maasai people for protecting their domestic animals by making the “Coral /Boma” (local fence). The Park is famous due to the attractions which make many people be attentive while they are in the Park, they observes and experience the things in the natural place such as Climbing Trees Lions, The source of Hot spring, Underground water forest, Lake Manyara itself, The Great Gregory Rift Valley Escarpment and High concentration of animals such as Olive Baboons, Antelopes, Aquatic Birds known as Flamingos and Pelicans. After having morning and afternoon game drive in the Park you will have lunch at Picnic Site and then you will have game en route drive to the Park gate for Exit and drive towards to your accommodation place at Karatu for dinner and overnight.

On this day after having breakfast at your accommodation your driver guide will pick you and start to drive from Karatu to Serengeti National Park for game drive; The Serengeti National Park was established in 1951 as a National Park by the government for the aim of protecting Wild animals in their natural habitats. The Serengeti National Park cover an area of 14,763 kilometers square, also the Park is surrounded by 5 buffer son such as;- Loliondo Game Controlled Area on East, Ngorongoro Conservation Area on South, Maswa Game Reserve on South West, Grummeti Game Reserve on North West and Masai Mara National Reserve on North. The name “Serengeti” was derived from the word “Siringit” in Maasai language meaning endless plains, the Serengeti is also renowned for its large Lion population and is one of the best places to observe prides in their natural habitats, approximately 70 large mammal and 850 birds’ species are found there. This high diversity is a function of diverse habitats; include riverine forests, swamps, kopjes, grassland and woodland. Blue wildebeest, gazelles, zebras and buffalos are some of the commonly found large mammals in the region. After afternoon and evening game drive, you will be driving to your accommodation for dinner and overnight.

After breakfast your driver guide will pick you and start drive to experience the Northern Serengeti Wildebeest Migration is the most famous migration and is counted as one of the seven wonders of animals on earth. This wildebeest migration takes place on the extreme North of Serengeti National Park around the Lamai Triangle and it’s the largest and mass wildebeest migration. The migration happens from July to September as the wildebeest cross the Mara River to the Maasai Mara National Reserve of Kenya passing through the Serengeti Maasai Mara ecosystem. The Northern Serengeti wildebeest migration is more dramatic seeing wildebeest and other grazers throw themselves in water amidst the lager Nile Crocodiles in the water. This wildebeest migration is interesting that human cannot tell exact date of the migration but fellow animals especially the predators can camp there in time just waiting for the great opportunity to start hunting. At the time of migration every wildebeest has a dream to cross and survive yet the Crocodiles also count on the animals for their dinner and lunches hence making everything strange as they have to go for the survival for the fittest. Then after game drive you will be back to you accommodation place for dinner and overnight.

After morning breakfast at your accommodation place your driver guide will pick you and start to drive to Ndutu area for game drive and nature experience; The Ndutu area is found in the north-western part of the Ngorongoro conservation area, this area covers about 8300 square kilometers and includes the Ngorongoro crater area stretching to Serengeti national park. The calving season in the Ndutu area is a major highlight to look up to during a safari in this destination from December, January, February and March, this is during the wildebeest migration when wildebeests move in search of greener pasture. Ndutu area has green grass which the wildebeests feed on during the calving season before continuing north wards; Predators like Lions, Cheetahs, Hyenas and Leopards can be also seen during the calving season as they prey on the wildebeests. Over 1,000,000 wildebeests are given birth to in the Ndutu area during the calving season on a daily, a good location to enjoy the calving season in this area is around Lake Ndutu where other wildlife species can also see and these include Giraffes, Elephants, Hyenas, Antelopes, Zebras, Lions, Leopards, Cheetahs among others. Then after having some experience in Ndutu area your drive guide will drive back to your accommodation place for dinner and overnight in Ndutu area.

After morning breakfast at your accommodation your driver guide will pick you and start morning game drive for searching for the wild animals while you are in their nature places so that during the calving season apart from the wildebeests giving birth to their young ones, other wildlife species like Zebras and Gazelles which accompany the wildebeests also give birth to their young ones using the cover of the many calves of wildebeests born to hide away from the predators like Lions, Leopards as well as Cheetahs. The presence of rains determines the movements of the wildebeests and in Wet Seasons in the Ndutu Area, these wildebeests can be seen around the grasslands while in the Dry Season the move off searching for greener pastures. This area is also known for its beautiful landscape which you can enjoy during a safari around the Ndutu region, Safari to Ndutu area can also be combined with safaris to Ol duvai Gorge, Ol Doinyo Lengai and the Ngorongoro crater. Then after game drive you will be back to your accommodation place for dinner and overnight.

After early morning breakfast you will check out from your accommodation place and you will start morning game drive to experience one of the beautiful sunrise then drive towards to Ngorongoro Crater to have more nature experience which has vast expanses of highland plains, savanna, savanna woodland and forests, from the plains of the Serengeti National Park in North-West, to the Eastern arm of the Great Rift Valley. The area has been subject to extensive archaeological research for over 60 years and has yielded a long sequence of evidence of human dynamics collectively extending over a span of almost 4 million years to the early modern era. This evidence includes fossilized footprints at Laetoli associated with the development of human bipedalism, a sequence of diverse evolving hominine species within Olduvai Gorge which range from Australopiths such as Zinjanthropus boisei to the Homo lineage that includes Homo habilis, Homo erectus and Homo sapiens; an early form of Homo sapiens at Lake Ndutu and in the Ngorongoro crater, remains the development of stone technology and the transition to the use of iron. Also the landscape of the area is seen to have the potential to reveal much more evidence concerning the rise of anatomically modern humans, modern behavior and human ecology. The World largest intact and unfilled Volcanic Caldera which was formed when the huge Volcano exploded and Collapsed on itself. The Conservation was established in 1959 as conservation and it cover an area of 8,300 kilometers square, while before was a part of Serengeti National Park and it was a National Park also since 1951 when the Conservationist Doctor Bernard Grizymark had an idea of established the area to become a National Park due to the annual migration of wild animals such as wildebeest (gnu) and their followers Zebras, Gazelles and lager Carnivore Lions, Cheetah, Sported Hyenas and Leopards. The Ngorongoro Conservation Area has uniqueness in wildness for having multiple habitants of Wildlife and Humans (Maasai) with their domestic animals (Cattles, Ships, Goats and Donkey) which share grazing area with wild animals but they not disturb each other. When you had an opportunity to arrival in Ngorongoro Crater you will experience the unique Crater which cover an area of 302 kilometers square, and Crater ream has 610 depths, attitude inside crater is 1900 m above sea level large heads of animals grazing in the Crater with large groups of Carnivore which spend their time around the herbivore. The Ngorongoro Conservation Area has seven dormant Craters such as Olmoti 3100m, Lemagrut 3107m, Lolmalasin 3648m, Empakaai 3262m, One Caldera known as Ngorongoro Crater and One active Volcano of Ol Doinyo Lengai Mountain 2878m. Inside the Caldera there are different land scarps such as Elerai Forest which covered by Acacia, Lake Magadi which has high concentration of Flamingoes, Ngoitoktok Swamp with large Hippo Pools, Crater Ream which covered by bushes with Eastern Black Rhino, Plains with small hills and River which cross from the Crater ream to the Lake Magadi. The Seneto route is used for descent and Elerai route is used to exit the Crater. Then after done the game drive in the Crater you will have lunch at picnic site then you will start to exit the Crater drive direct to your accommodation in Arusha for dinner and overnight.

On this day you will have a transfer from Arusha to Airport but it will depend on your flight time so that it will be the end of safari with us.