Serengeti wildlife Migration Safari Tanzania
Itinerary for Serengeti Migration Safaris 8 Days with African Safaris Travel
This may be a Luxury, middle range or budget safari depending on the accommodation facilities you want. That is Hotel, safari lodge/tented camp and camp respectively.
Day 1: Arusha – Lake Manyara
Depart Arusha for Lake Manyara National Park game drive. This lush little park situated at the footsteps of the Great Rift Valley provides a home to a wide range of different animals including Elephants, Buffalos, Giraffes, Hippos and more than 400 species of birds, but its most famous and unusual inhabitants are the tree-climbing Lions, resting on Acacia branches six to seven meters above the ground! Overnight: Lodge/Hotel/Tented Camp/Camp
Day 2: Lake Manyara – Olduvai Gorge - Serengeti
Wildebeest MigrationAfter breakfast head off to the world’s most famous park, Serengeti National Park, with an optional stop at the cradle of mankind, as Olduvai Gorge is also called. And here you are in the celebrated Serengeti National Park, with the size equivalent to Ireland, a home to four million different animals and also the place, where yearly Great Migration occurs. Overnight: Lodge/Hotel/Tented Camp/Camp
Day 3: Serengeti
Cheetah feeding on its preyOne part of the herds of Wildebeest, Zebras and antelopes drift towards the west of Serengeti National Park seeking for permanent waters of Grumeti River and further to the north towards Lake Victoria; they are closely pursued by predators like Lions, Leopards, Cheetahs, Hyenas and Vultures. Overnight: Lodge/Hotel/Tented Camp/Camp in Western Serengeti
Day 4: Serengeti
From the west a transfer to the north of the Serengeti National Park, where the other part of the herds of Wildebeest, Zebras and antelopes races for life in search for the permanent waters of the northern rivers and the Mara. Overnight: Lodge/Hotel/Tented Camp/Camp in Northern Serengeti
Day 5: Serengeti
Another day in the northern part of Serengeti National Park observing the Great Migration; animals are prepared to sacrifice their lives when crossing rivers full of hungry Nile Crocodiles just to reach the green Maasai Mara. Overnight: Lodge/Hotel/Tented Camp/Camp in Northern Serengeti
Day 6: Serengeti
When the grazing in Mara is exhausted, migrators turn back to the central Serengeti to breed. And predators follow! Overnight: Lodge/Hotel/Tented Camp/Camp in Central Serengeti
Day 7: Serengeti – Maasai Boma - Ngorongoro
Sunrise game drive in southern Endless Plains, as Serengeti was named by Maasai. After lunch an optional stop by a colourful Maasai tribe, the pastoral nomads who vigorously resisted change and still live the same as they have for centuries. Dinner and overnight in Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Overnight: Lodge/Hotel/Tented Camp/Camp
Day 8: Ngorongoro Crater - Arusha
After breakfast descend into the astonishing Natural Zoo, the Ngorongoro Crater, abundant with wildlife and where you will have a big chance to spot the Big Five Picnic lunch. In the afternoon return to Arusha town.
