7- Days Experience Migration Safari + Mara river crossing
TRIP DETAILS
- Type - Mid-range
- Duration - 7 Days / 6 Nights
- Start - Arusha
- End - Arusha
Trip overview
The vastness of the Serengeti makes it different out from other wilderness areas. Named as one of the Seven Wonders of Africa, the Serengeti is makes up one of the most important ecosystems on the planet, supporting and abundance and diversity of animals and birdlife that is hard to match anywhere else. The national park, which is a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site, is also home to the highest concentration of large predators in the world. The Great Migration is the most dramatic wildlife spectacle on the planet and thereโs only two places in the world where it takes place: the Masai Mara in Kenya and the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. Every year millions of wildebeest, zebra and gazelle make their way from the Ndutu region in the south of the Serengeti, across perilous river crossings and huge expanses of grassy plains, to reach fresh green grass that comes with seasonal rains as they move northwards.
Day by Day Itinerary
Afret pleasant arrival at the airport (Kilimanjaro International Airport/JRO or Arusha Airport/ARK), you will be met by Sopai Safaris representative. After a short briefing of himself he will drive you to your accommodation in Arusha for an overnight stay, waiting for your adventures to start on the following day.
Meal plan:ย Bed and breakfastsย
Accommodation: Arusha Planet Lodge
Depart after breakfast and drive straight to Tarangire National Park for a full day game drive together with our picnic lunch. In the evening, drive to Karatu for the dinner and overnight. Tarangire National Park covers an undulating area of 2,600km2, between the plains of the Maasai Steppe to the south-east, and the lakes of the Great Rift Valley to the north and west. โฆ In the south are a series of vast swamps which dry into verdant plains during the dry season.
Meal Plan:ย Full boardย
Accommodation:ย Eileens Trees Inย
After breakfast, you will be driving towards the fertile highlands where wheat, coffee and corn are grown by the Iraqi people. Passing through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, you will be able to see the breathtaking Ngorongoro Crater before traveling onwards to the Northern Serengeti National Park “Kogatende” You will have a picnic lunch on the way and reach Serengeti in the afternoon. The Serengeti National Park is the largest park in Tanzania with diverse landscapes and habitats, such as grassy plains, swamps, lakes, savannahs and mountains. After an extensive game drive, you will drive to your accommodation where you will enjoy dinner and your overnight stay at Mara Serengeti Heritage Tented Camp.
Meal Plan:ย Full boardย
Accommodation: Serengeti Heritage Tented Camp “Kogatende”
Game viewing is superb year-round in the Serengeti: the park is home to the Big Five (although rhinos are rarely seen), and is particularly renowned for its predators โ leopard, cheetah, lion and hyena โ which are regularly spotted. The Serengeti also plays host to the phenomenal Great Migration, which sees millions of wildebeest, zebra and gazelle traversing the open plains of the park in search of fresh grass from seasonal rains, moving northwards of the Serengeti known as “Kogatendeโ into the neighboring Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya, and then returning south to the Serengeti again. The dramatic scenes of huge herds on the move, crossing rivers and vast plains and pursued by predators looking for their next kill, are the stuff nature documentaries are made of. Experiencing the Great Migration is definitely a once-in-a-lifetime event that most safari travelers have at the top of their bucket list.
Meal Plan:ย Full boardย
Accommodation: Serengeti Heritage Tented Camp “Kogatende”
On this day you will be driving to the central Serengeti while gaming on the route, The Serengeti is the habitat for an abundance of wildlife, such as impalas, buffaloes, crocodiles, and hippos but is more well-known for its great migrating herds of zebras and wildebeest (depending on their location and time of your trip). The animalsโ trek is determined by the rainfall and varies from year to year. Apart from the migrating herds, you may see predators such as leopards, cheetahs and lions. Dinner and your overnight will be at Into wild Africa.
Meal Plan:ย Full boardย
Accommodation: Into wild Africa Tented Camp
After a beautiful breakfast at your accommodation in the Serengeti, with your packed picnic boxes, you will be driving straight to Ngorongoro crater for the full day game drive inside the Ngorongoro crater, The Ngorongoro Conservation Area is the largest unbroken, unflooded volcanic caldera in the world. It is a scenic showstopper that extends across an astonishing 260 square kilometres. The crater is hemmed in on all sides by sheer craggy walls that rise up to 600m above the floor. The view from the lushly forested rim is utterly stupendous and would justify a visit to Ngorongoro in its own right. But this spectacular crater also stands as one of Africaโs most alluring safari destinations, supporting solid populations of all of the Big Five (elephant, lion, leopard, black rhino and buffalo), plus a host of other iconic large mammals, in a lush and scenic landscape that frequently draws comparisons to the metaphorical โGarden of Edenโ. after the crater tour, you will ascend the crater to Karatu for your dinner and overnight stay.
Meal Plan: Full board
Accommodation: Eileens Trees In
After breakfast, weโll drive to Lake Manyara National Park for a game drive and in the afternoon, ย drive back to Arusha for your drop off at the Kilimanjaro International Airport for your flight to your other destination or back home. Manyara provides the perfect introduction to Tanzaniaโs birdlife. More than 400 species have been recorded, and even a first-time visitor to Africa might reasonably expect to observe 100 of these in one day. Inland of the floodplain, a narrow belt of acacia woodland is the favored haunt of Manyaraโs legendary tree-climbing lions and impressively tusked elephants.
Meal Plan:ย Full boardย
Accommodation:ย No accommodation (End of tour)
- INCLUSIONS
- Park Fees
- Conservation Fees
- Camping fees
- A professional driver/guide
- All transportation (unless labeled as optional)
- All Meals (as specified in the day-by-day section)
- Roundtrip airport transfers
- NOT INCLUDED
- International flights (from/to home)
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
- Tips (tipping guideline US $10 - $20 pp per day)
- Personal items (souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
- Services not mentioned in the program
- Travel insurance and medical repatriation