Private 8-Day Mara River Crossing Serengeti Wildebeest Migration

Day 1: Arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) to Arusha

1. Arusha
   5h
   once you have arrived at Kilimanjaro International Airport, you will be picked up by your private safari guide and take you straight to Arusha to your accommodation for relaxation, dinner and overnight stay.

Day 2: Arusha to Tarangire National Park

1. Tarangire National Park
   5h
   Early morning after breakfast at your lodge in Arusha, you will be picked up by your driver guide and take you straight to Tarangire National Park. Tarangire National Park is most popular for its large elephant herds and giant baobab trees.
   Once you've entered Tarangire, you'll begin your game drive across a rich vista of endless golden savannah that surrounds the Tarangire River. The river itself runs throughout the year and is a vital source of water for the animals of the region during the dry season. Lined with acacia and Baobab trees, the river is regularly visited by the park's large elephant population as well as other herbivores such as zebras and antelopes. You'll also have the opportunity to see lions, leopards, cape buffalo, and a huge variety of antelopes.
   You will have picnic lunch boxes where you will have them inside the park in the afternoon. After your day's drive is done, you'll retire to your accommodation in Karatu for the evening.

Day 3: Karatu to Central Serengeti

1. Serengeti National Park
   5h
   After breakfast, we leave for the central area of Serengeti; Seronera for an evening safari saved a packed lunch on the way. The Seronera valley is crossed by several rivers making this area a permanent habitat for many residents species (impala, buffalo, hippo, warthog, topi, wildebeest, giraffe, gazelle Thompson) and is where we will see the highest concentration of predators
   carnivores. At sunset, we drive to the accommodation for dinner and overnight.

Day 4: Central Serengeti to North Serengeti

1. Serengeti National Park
   5h
   After breakfast depart for a safari in the morning through the Central part, every effort will be made to spot the elusive leopard and hopefully spot a hunting scene, package lunch in the wild, and then after we drive to the North part to Kogatende with on route game drive. Arrive for dinner and overnight.

Day 5: Full day on the Northern Serengeti

1. Serengeti National Park
   5h
   Early morning after breakfast, you will start with an early morning game drive towards the far north of Serengeti following the spectacular great migration of wildebeests and Zebras accompanied by antelopes. this is a spectacular event and if you're lucky enough you can spot the river crossing. After lunch, you will drive back to the camp for relaxation, dinner and overnight.

Day 6: North Serengeti to central Serengeti

1. Serengeti National Park
   5h
   After breakfast in accommodation, departure for the final safari in the morning in the same area around Mara River, after the safari in the morning, we drive to the central part of Serengeti with on route game drive. Package lunch in nature. Last day to see the sunset with the unique colors that only this park can offer, later evening drive to the accommodation for dinner and overnight.

Day 7: Serengeti to Ngorongoro Crater to karatu

1. Ngorongoro Crater
   5h · Admission ticket included
   Early morning after breakfast at your accommodation, you will drive straight to Ngorongoro conservation area whereby you stop at the view point of Ngorongoro crater before you descend down the crater. The Ngorongoro Crater is the world’s largest intact volcanic caldera forming a spectacular bowl of about 265 square kilometres, with sides up to 600 metres deep and is home to approximately 30,000 mammals.
   The crater offers a breathtakingly beautiful scenery and is the best place in East Africa to see the ‘Big Five’ (elephant, rhinoceros, buffalo, lion and rarely leopard). Any safari in northern Tanzania should ideally include a visit to the Ngorongoro Crater.
   The Ngorongoro Crater offers excellent birding, with over 500 species. You will have packed picnic lunch boxes with you and after having lunch at the picnic site, you will proceed with game drive until the late afternoon where you will ascend the crater and drive straight to your accommodation in Karatu for relaxation and overnight.

Day 8: Lake Manyara National Park to Arusha

1. Lake Manyara National Park
   5h
   Early morning after breakfast at, you will drive straight to Lake Manyara National Park which is also known as the home of Tree Climbing Lions and birds’ paradise. More than 500 species are present in Lake Manyara, and even for a first-time visitor to Africa might reasonably expect to observe 100 of these species in a single day. Inland of the floodplain, a narrow belt of acacia woodland is the favored haunt of Manyara’s legendary tree-climbing lions and impressively tusked elephants. Other animals that can be found here are giraffes, Zebras, hyenas, Buffalo, Hippo, elephants and wildebeests. Lunch will be served inside the park and after further exploration of the park you will return to Arusha.

Pickup details

You will be picked up from Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) by your personal guide of representative from our company and drive straight to your accommodation in Arusha for dinner and overnight stay. You will let us know about your arrival details and we will be there on time.

• Wheelchair accessible
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Specialized infant seats are available
• All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels