7 Days Great Wildebeest Migration Safari

Day 2 - Ngorongoro Crater

You will have a very early breakfast then depart from the lodge carrying packed lunch and drive into the Ngorongoro Conservation Area as you head to the crater floor to be among the first people there. Here you will visit one of nature's true wonders - its collapsed volcanic crater is 12 miles in diameter and 2,000 feet deep. The fertile soil and lake attract a huge range of wildlife, and your tour there will seek to uncover them amongst the floor's forests, grasses and plains. You will have a full day game drive and a picnic breakfast and later lunch on one of the designated picnic sites. Here you have great chances of seeing the ‘Big 5’ including the endangered Black Rhino. Spend the morning and the afternoon in the crater floor enjoying the wildlife viewing and then depart in the early evening heading back to the same lodge to overnight. On arrival back at the lodge, you will get a wonderful chance to enjoy the amazing countryside setting up close and personal by exploring on foot an authentic African farmland area if you will wish or just take it easy and laze by the swimming pool or enjoy the gym or the lovely spa located on site.

Booked on Full Board basis (B,L,D)

Day 3 - Ngorongoro Crater - Serengeti National Park

After a very early breakfast, continue your journey into the heart of Tanzania by heading west, towards the Serengeti Plains. You will have a stop to visit a Maasai village located en-route. This will be an opportunity that will give you a chance to try and learn about this majestic warriors’ tribe’s unique way of life. This tribe hugely stands out due to the way they have managed to cling to their culture regardless of the changes around them. After you reach the central part of the Serengeti, you will spend some time in the 'Kopjes' areas searching for the resident big cats that are frequently seen here before heading to your lovely permanent tented lodge nearby to overnight. ‘Kubu Kubu Tented Lodge’ is located on one of the lesser visited area of the huge park. The lodge's position is carefully chosen to allow for excellent game and Migration viewing during the season, whilst staying away from the busier areas of the park.

Booked on Full Board basis (B,L,D)

Day 4 - Central - North Serengeti National Park July/August/September

You will check out and again depart from the lodge taking packed lunches with as you head to the Mara River area which borders the Maasai Mara in the park's northeast corner in search of the most amazing spectacle in the safari world - the legendary Wildebeest Migration and the amazing Mara River crossing if you are lucky. After reaching North Serengeti, you will spend a half-day enjoying this most remote and exclusive part of the country deep in the Serengeti before driving for a short distance heading on to the luxury seasonal tented camp to overnight. It will be a very long day but worth every kilometre covered. Set closest to the banks of the Mara River, and boasting the dramatic views out across the wide plains of the northern Serengeti, ‘Mara Under Canvas Camp’ offers an exclusive window and unparalleled access to the greatest migration on the planet.

Booked on Full Board basis (B,L,D)

Day 4- Central - South Serengeti National Park Dec/Jan/Feb

After an early breakfast, you will head back east, towards Ndutu. This is an area found within the vast Ngorongoro Conservation Area bordering the Serengeti National Park. This is the time of the year whereby the Wildebeest in thousands come to this area to calve and then stay due to the favourable conditions for them and their young ones. Once you reach Ndutu, you will enjoy a half day game drive deep in the North Ngorongoro/South Serengeti ecosystem enjoying a spectacular game viewing opportunity before heading to your lovely permanent tented lodge located nearby to overnight. ‘Lake Masek Tented Lodge’ is located on an amazing site overlooking the lake.

Booked on Full Board basis (B,L,D)

Day 5 - 6 - North Serengeti National Park

On one of these two mornings, you will have an option to depart from the camp very early this morning for a Hot Air Balloon flight over the magnificent North Serengeti and then enjoying a Champagne breakfast out in the wild on landing. This is truly once in a lifetime activity and will offer wonderful memories once experienced. The activity could be booked and paid for directly at the camp. After breakfast; you will head out again for another full day game drive in other locations deep within the same Mara River area tracking the Great Migration and the other resident game. The Serengeti eco-system is the oldest on the planet. It boasts a diversity of plants and animals that is unavailable anywhere else on the globe. The world-famous ‘Great Migration’ should be in the north of the park at this time of the year and it is indeed an amazing spectacle to experience. The Great Migration is the largest overland migration in the world. The animals travel a total of 800 kilometres or more during each cycle whereby approximately over a million Wildebeest and thousands of Zebras and Gazelles form one super herd. This will be another wonderful full day game drive with picnic lunch held out in the wild again.

Booked on Full Board basis (B,L,D)

Day 5 - 6 - South Serengeti National Park

On one of these two mornings, you will have an option to depart from the camp very early this morning for a Hot Air Balloon flight over the magnificent North Serengeti and then enjoying a Champagne breakfast out in the wild on landing. This is truly once in a lifetime activity and will offer wonderful memories once experienced. The activity could be booked and paid for directly at the camp. After breakfast, you will enjoy another full day game drive deep in the area enjoying a spectacular game drive with picnic lunch held out in the wild, seeking out the migratory animals, the big cats, buffalo, giraffe and many others that habituate the vast open plains of this huge park. The sheer scale and seemingly endless horizon in this part of Africa is simply spellbinding. You will return to your lovely lodge early this evening to enjoy the lovely setting and overnight.

Day 7 - North/South Serengeti Np - Arusha

After breakfast, you will check out and taking some packed lunches one more time, you will have a road transfer to the nearby Kogatende/Ndutu Airstrip for a morning scheduled flight back to Arusha Airport to be there by noon. This will be a very scenic way of seeing almost all the beautiful areas you had visited in this trip from above and it will also make you avoid going back to Arusha using the same long, bumpy and dusty route you used to reach Serengeti. Once back in Arusha you will either proceed with your pre-organized next stage of your trip or you will be transferred back to Kilimanjaro International Airport in time for your flight out.

Day 8 - Full Day Game Drive At Ngorongoro Crater

After breakfast, we descend to the floor of the world’s largest unbroken caldera for the most wonderful day of game viewing. We will have lunch at the designated picnic site at the side of the hippo pool and continue with a game drive as we drive up the crater rim overnight.