Overview

Serengeti Wildebeests Migration is a display of natural wonders with over two million wildebeests, zebras, and antelope traveling over 450 miles across the plain to ensure their survival, unaware that there's danger presented by the stalking lions and cheetahs among other predators of the wildlife. Witness huge crocodiles of the Mara River as they wait for the herbivorous to cross the swollen Mara river and enter into Masai Mara Game Reserve from Serengeti National Park.

The wildebeest migration river crossing in August moves north, passing through the Lobo area (north of Central Serengeti National Park) and the Wagakuria area (remote northern Serengeti National Park along the Mara River) en-route to Kenya's Masai Mara Game Reserve.

Tour Plan

Day 1 Arival To Kilimanjaro Airport

Welcome to Tanzania! After arrival at Kilimanjaro airport, Royal Tiger Tours & Safaris Ltd will take you to the hotel (Grand Melia Hotel) in Arusha booked by us giving you words of welcoming. Our safari manager will come to meet you and to provide you with a safari briefing. A wonderful home.

Accommodations will be Grand Melia Hotel B/B

Day 2 Fly from Arusha to Kogatende Northern Serengeti

After breakfast, transfer to Arusha airstrip for your flight to Serengeti North which will depart around 09:30am and arrive at 11:00 am for a game drive in Northern Mara. Serengeti, among other incredible wildlife and stunning views is famed for the annual migration of over 1.5 million wildebeest and hundred thousands of zebras, a frenzied bout of territorial conquests and mating happening from July-October. Witness an actual survival of the fittest as these animals plunge through crocodile-infested waters. The wildebeest produces more than 8,000 calves daily before the 1,000 km (600 mile) pilgrimage begins again.

All Meals Accommodation: Serengeti mara river camp

Day 3 Serengeti North (Kogatende)

After breakfast, we depart for Serengeti North for a game drive viewing the great migration. River crossings at Kogatende starts in August as the mega herd settles into the area. Between August- October, game viewing is at its best with river crossings pretty much guaranteed every day. There is no distinct movement as the herds tend to cross back and forth over the river, following the rains and subsequent fresh grasses.

All Meals Accommodation: : Serengeti mara river camp Hot Air Balloon Per Person Cost $546 (price are separate from the total price above)

Day 4 Serengeti North (Kogatende)

After breakfast, we will proceed for a full day game drive viewing the great migration at Mara area. Resident wildlife numbers are exceptionally high in the Wagakuria area. The key feature is the Mara River and there is a great chance to see the herds cross the Mara River to the north on one day and back south a few days later. Please note that it can be very difficult to witness crossing and is sometimes a matter of luck. A herd can be seen next to river and only decide to cross a couple of days later. This area is a stunning region with kopjes, woodland, riverine vegetation and open plains, similar to Kenya's Masai Mara Game Reserve.

All Meals Accommodation: : Serengeti mara river camp

Day 5 Serengeti National Park (Central Seronera)

After breakfast at the camp, we drive to Serengeti central, Tanzania's oldest and most popular national park and a world heritage site. The Serengeti is famed for its annual migration, when some six million hooves pound the open plains, as more than 200,000 zebra and 300,000 Thomson's gazelle join the wildebeest’s trek for fresh grazing. Yet even when the migration is quiet, the Serengeti offers an amazing game-viewing in Africa: great herds of buffalo, smaller groups of elephant and giraffe, and thousands of eland, topi, kongoni, impala and Grant’s gazelle.

All Meals Accommodation: Serengeti wild camp.

Day 6 Serengeti Central (Central Seronera)

After breakfast, we will have a full day game drive in Central Serengeti. Apart from the large mammals, Serengeti is also home to gaudy agama lizards; Rock hyraxes scuffle around the surfaces of the park’s isolated granite koppies. Wide varieties of dung beetle were found, and around 500 bird species have been recoded ranging from the outsized ostrich and bizarre secretary bird of the open grassland, to the black eagles that soar effortlessly above the Lobo Hills.

All Meals Accommodation: Serengeti wild camp

Day 7 Serengeti Central (Cental Seronera)

This is another full day game drive at Serengeti National Park, known for its healthy population of resident wildlife, particularly the "big five", named for the five most prized trophies taken by hunters:

Lion: the Serengeti is believed to hold the largest population of lions in Africa due in part to the abundance of prey species. More than 3,000 lions live in this ecosystem.

African Leopard: these reclusive predators are commonly seen in the Seronera region but are present throughout the national park with the population of around 1,000.

African Elephant: the herds are recovering from population lows in the 1980s caused by poaching and are largely located in the northern regions of the park

African Buffalo: considered by many to be the most dangerous of the big five, reportedly causing the most hunter deaths, with wounded animals reported to ambush and attack pursuers.

Rhinoceros: this may refer to either black or white rhinoceros. Among big five game hunters, the black rhinoceros is preferred, although it is now critically endangered.

All Meals Accommodation: Serengeti wild camp

Day 8 Ngorongoro crater to Karatu

After breakfast, we will have an early morning game drive to Ngorongoro inside the Crater. The Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA) is an extensive highland area along the eastern arm of the Rift Valley, with the world-renowned Ngorongoro Crater as its focal point. Ngorongoro was established to conserve wildlife and other natural resources. It also safeguards the interests of indigenous people and promotes tourism.

All Meals Accommodation:Marera Valley Lodge

Day 9 Tarangire National park to Arusha

Early in the morning after breakfast at 07:00 am our driver will pick up at Hotel drive you to Tarangire National Park. We will enjoy game drive with picnic lunches in the Tarangire National Park heards up 03:00pm in the evening, we procced to Arusha for Overnight stay at Grand Melia Hotel in Arusha

Day 10 Transfer to Airport (Arusha/Kilimanjaro airport)

After breakfast in the hotel we will transfer you to take flight back home this will be end of your tour and safari holidays with us.

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