TANZANIA WILDEBEEST MIGRATION SAFARI-LUXURY

Upon the arrival of your flight to Kilimanjaro Airport, your transfer driver will be waiting for you in the parking area of the airport and take you to Arusha town at the lodge for Dinner and Overnight, here you will spend your first night recovering from your trip.

Your Tanzania Wildebeest Migration Safari begins today. After breakfast, drive to Arusha National Park for a walking safari and game drive around the Momella Lakes. Enjoy a delicious lunch in one of the beautiful picnic sites inside the park and then continue with a late afternoon game drive. In the evening, you will drive to Arusha for dinner and your overnight stay in at the hotel.

After breakfast, you’ll meet your guide and be transferred to Tarangire National Park to begin your safari adventure. Tarangire is your home for the next two nights, it is set amid a grove of Acacia and Kigelia trees not far from the banks of the Tarangire River. Made up of just six spacious and stylish safari Luxury lodge comfortably spaced out in the bushveld, it is located in a fantastic part of the park. You’ll have a view of the rhythmic movement of wildlife traversing the park from the hills in the west to the swamps on the eastern side, and between the north and the south along the river line.

With an early start you’ll have the full day to experience Tarangire. Safaris in Tarangire are all about getting you right out there. Explore the swamps or through the woodlands in your custom designed vehicle. Tarangire National Park is known for having the greatest concentration of wildlife outside of the Serengeti ecosystem. Named after the river that crosses through it, this park measuring around 1,100 square miles is located southwest of Arusha and is sometimes sadly missed by those heading for the more well-known of the national parks in Tanzania. Included today is a night Game drive in the park, giving you a chance to search for elusive nocturnal wildlife.

After breakfast, you’ll you will drive your way out of Tarangire and into Lake Manyara National Park. Lake Manyara is home to herds of elephants, pods of bathing hippos, among other big mammals. In the wet season, you’ll also see the diverse varieties of bird species which migrate here, including flamingos. Lake Manyara’s rich wildlife and vegetation, with environments ranging from marshes to savannahs. Exit the park after game drive and enter the Ngorongoro Crater Rim for overnight and stay to your lodge.

A descent into the crater is a humbling experience and a favourite for even seasoned safari enthusiasts. The Ngorongoro Crater was created when a large volcano collapsed over two million years ago. Today, the NCAA has UNESCO World Heritage Status due to the high concentration of wildlife and biodiversity in the region, including populations of endangered black rhino and others animals. The views from the crater rim are spectacular, while a descent to the crater floor will see you observing grazing gazelle, stomping zebra and bathing hippos in Lake Magadi. 

Arriving at the edge of the crater, we have our first glimpse of what awaits us the following day. Dinner and Overnight at the lodge.

If the focus of the time in the Serengeti is to seek out the Great Migration, then depending on the time of year we will suggest the right accommodation and area. However, during peak season from July-October, the northern Serengeti is a great bet and today you will bid your private guide farewell at Lake Manyara Airstrip for your flight north. The flight itself is a wonderful experience and keep a look out for the shapes and shadows of elephant, giraffe and herds of zebra and wildebeest as you cross the Serengeti.

The Serengeti is where you can witness the Great wildebeest Migration: the largest terrestrial mammal migration in the world, one of the Seven Natural Wonders of Africa and one of the 10 Natural Travel Wonders of the World. Millions of wildebeest, zebra, gazelle and other herbivores complete an annual circuit up to Kenya’s Masai Mara and then back down to the Serengeti. The ancient cycle is known as “The Greatest Show on Earth.” With stalking predators and stomping masses of wildebeest and zebra, a trip to the Serengeti is a must for any Tanzania safari.

After a final chance for a safari, in the Serengeti you will be transferred to the airstrip in time for you flight back to Arusha or Kilimanjaro Airport to connect your flight home or Zanzibar. This will be the end of our Tanzania Wildebeest Migration Safari-Luxury package with us.